The following quote has always inspired me to travel : “The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page…” 4,258 Kms traveled and about 2% of the world traveled. That is what TripAdvisor says about me ! Well, that’s a huge value but its …
Read More »Nexus 5 launched in India and out of inventory already.
After waiting for almost a month, Google finally launched the Nexus 5 in India earlier today through its online Play Store at the price of Rs. 28,999. But as expected, the page soon said ‘We are out of inventory. Please check back soon.’ for the 16 GB model while the …
Read More »Finally a passport after 8 months !
Yes, you read it right, It has taken close to 8 months for the Passport Dept. to to issue me a Passport. Had been running form pillar to post in the past few months to get this done. Finally relieved ! Though there is no time duration mentioned for passport …
Read More »'Sachincredible' Sachin
It all began on November 15, 1989 when the BCCI took a bold decision to include a 16 year old ‘kid’ in the Indian Cricket team. Nobody would have thought the way this kid will change the face of Cricket to what it is today. This kid showed the world …
Read More »A Day without Newspaper !
Yesterday was Diwali and while reading “Our offices will remain closed today, so there will not be any edition tomorrow” in yesterday’s newspaper, I wondered how would my day start tomorrow ! Everyday its a routine for me to stand at the door and wait for the paper boy to …
Read More »Diwali ‘Diya’ Photograph
Diwali has been and will always remain and integral part of the Indian culture. Be it a Kannadiga, Marathi, Gujarti, Punjabi or even our UP Bhaiya, Diwali is celebrated with great joy in all parts of India. The buildup to Diwali itself is exciting and starts well before a month …
Read More »Sachin's farewell series only for VIPs ?
“God Retires”, “Sachin to retire after playing 200th Test”, “Sachin wants to play his last test in Mumbai” – these are a few headlines that one might have come across in the recent past when the Little Master announced his retirement from the pristine Test Cricket. I don’t remember such a hype being created …
Read More »Political hodgepodge lands Indian Grand Prix in a mess
Today when you see Sebastian Vettel (Pole position), Nico Rosberg (Second position) and Lewis Hamilton (Third position) burn rubber at the Buddh International Circuit at Greater Noida and fight it out to win the Indian Grand Prix, you should be aware that this might be the last time you are seeing zooming Formula 1 cars in India. Bernie Ecclestone the Formula …
Read More »Balcony Memories
In my childhood days, I remember playing with a red formula car by racing it on the railings of my balcony. I used to run from one end to the other racing my car unaware of all the things happening around. And today I sip my hot coffee along with …
Read More »Section 160 of Income Tax Act segregates people as ‘Idiots’
Well once again a computer science & engineering student is wandering in the Law department with this post ! 😛 I was applying for a new PAN card and was filling the form online. At some point I came across this line (see image below) that defines people as Idiots also …
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