Category Archive: Interesting

Jul 06 2011

First look at Google Plus

On GooglePlus for the last few hours and here are my first thoughts Account Settings: The classic Google Account Settings takes a new shape once you sign up for Google Plus. The settings are more social networking centric now and have lots of checks and balances on what to share and what not to. A …

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Jun 22 2011

శాలిని గారి పెళ్ళి కార్డు

శాలినిగారి పెళ్ళి కార్డు చూడముచ్చటగా ఉంది. నా చిన్నపట్నుంచీ చూసిన పర్సనల్ కార్డుల్లో ఇంత క్లుప్తంగా, హృద్యంగా విషయాన్ని చెప్పిన కార్డులు చాలా అరుదు. అచ్చ తెలుగులో ఇంత బాగా చెప్పిన కార్డులు లేనే లేవు. కవరు మీద ఒకపక్క సింపుల్‌గా “నా పెళ్ళి”. అవతలిపక్క చిన్నారి సీగానపెసూనాంబ. తన బ్యాక్‌గ్రౌండులో చల్లని చంద్రుడూ, చిన్ని పిల్ల మేఘం. అడుగుపక్క చిన్ని చిన్ని డోలూసన్నాయిల తోరణం. లోపలి కార్డు మీద ఎడమపక్క చిన్ని ఫ్లేప్ మీద సుముహూర్తం, …

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Nov 29 2010

10K Run 2010

This year, I am back at 10K run (I am down sick last year and 2008 is good). Spurthi started the preparations by inviting her friends. That made me start my planning at work. For the first time, we at NetEnrich wanted to do it as a formal corporate run (we always have participants in …

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Aug 26 2010

Traffic Deadlocks

Wedensday evening is another traffic nightmare in the city. It took me more than an hour to reach home from work. In fact, I parked my car in an empty parking lot a couple of blocks away from home and walked home. By doing so, I might have saved at least another 30 minutes.

Jul 16 2010

Indian Rupee New Symbol

The new symbol for Indian Rupee is here. Looks good, but takes time to get used to.

Jul 13 2010

Cashless Mediclaim

Slowly, the cashless mediclaim facility seems to be heading for an exit from the market. Late last week, the insurers started backing out from cashless facility in major metros. Now, there is a further blow on insured -  a 10.3% service tax. This tax is going to have a chain effect. First, the newly introduced …

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Jun 08 2010

Fuel Price Hike

The much talked about fuel price hike is not implemented on Monday. Anticipating the hike, most fuel pumps in the city are fully packed, creating a bit of traffic headaches. Now they are eased a bit.

Apr 13 2010

MagicalRide @ TreasureHouse

Surya is a patron of TreasureHouse, the library and experience house. They are conducting a summer reading program called Magical Ride from April 15th to May 30th. This is a very good program for kids during summer vacation. They also have a set of summer workshops. More details here: http://www.treasurehouse.in/summerWorkShopsList.jsp

Jan 20 2010

Godavari

We headed to Godavari River (near Chinchinada) on 11th Jan. It is a very short trip to see the cottages there. Kids spent some time in the breeze and by wetting their feet in the river. The boat rides are too expensive and we backed out from that. Here are a few pics with the …

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Dec 21 2009

Test Drive – Mahindra Xylo

I test drove Mahindra Xylo over the weekend. Let me give the ugly details first: Car’s interiors (plastics) are really cheap. Luggage space is not up to the mark. Okay, but not good enough. Looks are not good. No Airbags Gear shift is not smooth (even on the test vehicle that has 7.7K km on …

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