Monthly Archives: February 2008

Xbox360 is now 30% cheaper!

Great news for gaming buffs! The supremely fantabulous XBox360 gaming console is cheaper by $50. It’s down from nearly Rs 7000 ($180) to Rs 5000 ($130). If you want to make it your own lightning quick, just visit HERE. Happy gaming! Just don’t become an addict! And in case you do, make sure you start

Want to be fit as a fiddle? Read on…

Much of our time is spent worrying about  the maid who didn’t come today or the business meeting we have scheduled for the morning.  The problem is not the worry. The fatal  flaw is  the way  work and home worries envelop our lives 24/7. To wrestle out of this situation, here are a few tips

Aamir says ‘no’ to piracy

Reigning Bollywood filmstar Aamir Khan is snowed under bouquets for his directorial film debut, Taare Zameen Par. Based on the trials and tribulations of a dyslexic child, it’s a moving tale that any age group can identify with. And according to the Indian Box Office, it has already made Rs 54 crore, and declared a

Online scam: Identity Theft

I always believe, forewarned is forearmed. With online scams increasing by the thousands and lakhs, here is what you can do to secure your identity online… Read more about this Here. Happy surfing!

Gmail scam

I just uncovered a scam being carried out by Gmail. I send out a mail to 500 people (my group ID) and later realised that I couldn’t send any more email. Everytime I tried to send a message, a window would pop up saying, ‘An error occurred trying to send the message’. Later, I tried

Spreading positivity!

The other day, i had written about how people of different religious groups co-exist in Bangalore. It was picked up by an Indian ashram and my entire blog post was reproduced with my byline description on to their website. What followed were diverse reactions from people who were overwhelmed by this form of secularism… ofcourse

Got juice?

With Internet at your arm’s length, edgy and humourous writing is up for sampling every day. One such cool website is dailycandy.com. Sample this recent piece on their website and you will know why I like their daily reviews. You can subscribe to their daily newsletter, too. Even if it’s out of your geographic reach,

Bus tickets at your doorstep

Some good news for road transport users. BangaloreOne has tied up with www.redBus.in to offer a ‘Private Bus ticketing service’ to folks in Karnataka. You can now walk-in to any BangaloreOne centre and book bus tickets for the following bus operators: VRL Travels, Raj National Express, Praveen Travels, Kesineni Travels, Kamat Tourist, National Travels, ABT

A city by the lake

HSR Layout is a beautiful city within a city. It’s self sustaining and has just about everything needed for peaceful existence: long roads, less of pollution, innumerable department stores, hospitals, clinics, gyms, beauty parlours for men and women, spas, creches, schools, and also a beautiful lake gone to seed. Just when things were looking up

Wipro’s park

A few years ago, a park in Koramangala was adopted by India’s richest man, Azim Premji. Go there today, and you will realise the poor state of it. Children’s amusements like see-saw, slider and so on are in ruin. The pond is home to mosquitoes. The lawns aren’t in their best finery. The security guard

Writer of Shah Rukh Khan starrer ‘Swades’ unspools

MG Satya (46) who scripted the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Swades, is back to what he does best: write stories for the big screen. Two of his stories have been bought by producers and one Tamil film is to take off shortly. Another story of his is being considered by Yogaraj Bhat, the director of the

The life and times of Vijay Mallya

Vijay Mallya and the jet he owns have a lot in common. Boeing as a brand is pretty much what aviation is about. Mallya as a brand is what India Inc. is all about. It takes Boeing 10 months to build a large and trustworthy piece of machinery. That’s about how long it took Mallya