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Diwali is also known as the Festival of Lights is celebrated with great pomp and joy across India. The festival marks the home-coming of Lord Ram (the 7th incarnation of Lord Vishnu) after defeating Ravana, it marks the victory of good over evil. Every house is lit with candles, diyas, and LED lights …

Yet another post in “The Volvo Way” series after Delhi-Lucknow, Delhi-Ahmedabad, Delhi-Bangalore trips. After having traversed almost every inch of the western part of India, it was time for me to explore the other half and what better way to start than from our very own Port City of Visakhapatnam aka Vizag …

Everyone is aware that the Indian Prime Minister has been traveling a lot lately meeting delegates of various countries, getting a lot of investments and of course taking ‘Selfies’ we all know he’s a crazy selfie fan ! In a RTI Query filed in May, had sought information on his foreign visits, …

Exactly a year ago I ‘revisited’ this city with faded school memories about Charminar, Ramoji Film City, Hussain Sagar et al. However this was no time to act as a tourist, rather it was time for this ‘Banjara’ to settle down in the city and soak in its culture. Like …

The commercial website of Indian Space Research Organization or ISRO  is hacked, reportedly by Chinese Hackers. The hacked website www.antrix.gov.in is pointing to a website to buy Baseball jerseys which claims to be providing free shipping in China. Just last week the ISRO had achieved a great feat. by launching 5 satellites using its …

I mentioned in my previous post that National Mobile Number Portability was implement on July 3rd, 2015 by all the Telecom operators. I had been waiting for this one and glad this is in place. Well in this post I thought to let you know “the procedure to port your number from …

“India….India…”,”Sachin….Sachin….” are probably two of the most famous chants in India. Be it a person from the remote town of LongChing (yes its a town in Nagaland) or be a pakka Mumbaikar, people from all parts of India irrespective of their religion, race or the language they speak, these two chants bring all of them together. …

Were you waiting for this scheme just like I was all this while ? Well it’s good news – Telecom Biggies Airtel and Vodafone will be rolling out National Mobile Number Portability (MNP) w.e.f. 3rd July 2015. This was a much awaited announcement as it was scheduled to be launched …

It was a perfect weekend as I took some time off and thought to visit the bazaar and see the festivities that were in play for the ongoing “Ramzaan” Just came across this wonderful food-joint called Cream Stone, its an ice cream bar. It was my first visit to this place and Whoa ! …

Hyderabad is famous for the iconic Charminar and the finger licking, world famous Hyderabad Biryani (Bawarchi or Paradise ? Who’s got the best biryani) and no tour to Hyderabad is complete without these two. But that ain’t all that one can do in Hyderabad, one can learn about the rich history of Hyderabad and India …