One of the most fragrant flowers I have ever smelt - the Paarijaata - makes its presence felt on the GEO blog. I am lucky enough to see a plant in full bloom inside our garden - thanks to my mom. This flower is so powerfully fragrant and addictive that you can’t think of putting […]
Archive for October, 2006
Paarijaata - The Heavenly Flower
Published by October 31st, 2006 in The Bangalore Blog and The Mumbai Blog. 4 CommentsSpell checker? What’s that mate?
Published by October 30th, 2006 in Technology, The Bangalore Blog and The Mumbai Blog. 0 CommentsWhen it comes to computer software, it is often said that people use 20% of the features 80% of the time.
At State Bank of Mysore, a spell checker and a grammar checker do not figure among those 20% of the features which people use 80% of the time. Take a look at their new ATM-card […]
Buy home made chocolates in Bangalore
Published by October 29th, 2006 in Public Service Ads and The Bangalore Blog. 3 CommentsPublic Service Advertisement
Buy home made chocolates to your heart’s content at
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“Jala Darshini”
#117, Annaswamy Mudaliar Road
Bangalore - 560 042
Contact: Anupama Amarnath @ +91 98450 19639
Email: chocolatejunction at gmail.com
Open from 10AM to 8PM on all days
Taste free sample of chocolates
Indulge in a wide variety of chocolates
On display, a private collection of Bonsai
Some bonsai for sale too
Roadmap […]
Cook to your heart’s content
Published by October 28th, 2006 in Public Service Ads, The Bangalore Blog and The Mumbai Blog. 0 CommentsMy friend SriVidya had sent me a few cooking recipes. While I can’t try any of these at home - I have been banned from entering the kitchen after I managed to set a brand-new pressure cooker on fire trying to make popcorn (hey, I followed instructions on the cover to the dot) - maybe […]
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Broadband Customer of the Month!
Published by October 26th, 2006 in Technology, The Bangalore Blog and The Mumbai Blog. 8 CommentsNow that I am an elated owner of a shiny-black 80GB iPod - whose review is yet to come - most of my free time is spent in searching for and downloading audio and video podcasts. Audio sounds so delightful, I had to threaten good old Notary with dire consequences before he reluctantly agreed to […]
Hey, what’s that on your lap?
Published by October 25th, 2006 in Technology, The Bangalore Blog and The Mumbai Blog. 4 CommentsPicture this:
You have recently bought a laptop from HCL. You are sitting in the quiet comfort of your home with the laptop on your lap (say). One of your mates (i.e. friends, in case you were naughty enough to think otherwise) comes over and then:
“Hey, what’s that on your lap mate?”
“It’s my brand-new Leaptop!”
“What? What […]
I have both good news and bad news about Customer Relationship Management (CRM) at Indian Airlines.
First the good part. Indian Airlines a.k.a Indian seems to have successfully revitalized it’s brand - and this is reflected in the overall customer experience. It’s a good example of what competition can force you to become. The online reservation […]
A delightful CRM experience
Published by October 24th, 2006 in Technology and The Bangalore Blog. 0 CommentsI have had an unbelievable experience early morning today. Within fifteen minutes of publishing my write-up on slideshare’s presentation hosting services, I received a comment from Rashmi (www.rashmisinha.com) who’s part of the slideshare team. Imagine that! Fifteen minutes. That’s product management on steroids.
From our conversation, I learnt that Rashmi got to know about my post […]
Host and share your PowerPoint presentations
Published by October 24th, 2006 in Public Service Ads and Technology. 2 CommentsI have constantly been on the lookout for a quick and painless way to host Microsoft PowerPoint presentations. I have found a “quick and painless” solution in slideshare (slideshare.net). slideshare let’s you embed embed a presentation on your blog (like I have done below) or share it as a standalone link. Tagging lets you discover […]
Hindu Temple Architecture - Set #3
Published by October 23rd, 2006 in The Bangalore Blog, The Mumbai Blog and Travel. 1 CommentThe final set in the Hindu Temple Architecture series. It’s been fun using a new tool called FotoTagger (www.fototagger.com) that annotates all your photographs. Give it a spin - you’ll like it. FotoTagger can export tagged images to your Flickr, LiveJournal, or Blogger account. Unfortunately, because of the method I use to publish images on […]
MP3 from the TV Serial Chanakya
Published by October 23rd, 2006 in The Bangalore Blog and The Mumbai Blog. 18 CommentsHere’s an MP3 from the TV serial Chanakya that was aired ages ago on Doordarshan. It goes, “Asatomaa sadgamaya…Tvamasomaa jyotirgamaya…Mryutyomaa amrutamgamaya…Om shanti shanti shanti hi,” followed by another chant. Managed to compose this MP3 from the Chanakya CD-set that I borrowed from Raghuram.
Chanakya.mp3
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I wonder why they don’t bring such gems back on TV. […]
Buy assembled PCs and branded laptop computers in Bangalore
Published by October 22nd, 2006 in Technology and The Bangalore Blog. 16 CommentsSimply head over to or call
Mr. Muralidhar
Aroor Infotech
#99/C, 3rd Main, Hanumanthanagar
Bangalore - 560 019
Tel: +91 (80) 26500980, 26529285, 57666715
Mob: +91 98453 48210
Email: aroori@vsnl.com
I have known Muralidhar for close to eight years now and he is a very dependable and reliable seller. He’s in fact the person who repaired my Acer laptop with a turnaround time […]
Book Review - Subroto Bagchi’s
“The High Performance Entrepreneur”
Published by October 21st, 2006
in The Bangalore Blog, The Mumbai Blog and The SP Jain Blog.
10 Comments
Subroto Bagchi’s “The High Performance Entrepreneur - Golden rules for success in today’s world,” is a good read for the budding entrepreneur. The book does not prescribe a magic formula for success - and correctly so, because there is none - instead it packs a wealth of advice gained through experience that you can follow […]
You really need to be extra careful when you are live on radio. Yesterday afternoon, there was a hilarious incident on Radio Indigo 91.9 FM during which two sisters guest-hosting a show innocently said, “We sisters love hardcore…[brief pause when they probably realized its meaning and then corrected it to]…aaahh…hard rock…”
Needless to say, you really […]
Protect yourself from Dengue and Chikungunya
Published by October 20th, 2006 in The Bangalore Blog, The Mumbai Blog and Travel. 0 CommentsPublic Service Advertisement
Dengue and Chikungunya are viral diseases spread by the Aedes mosquito. Prevent breeding of mosquitoes and protect yourself from mosquito bites by:
Covering all water tanks and containers with tight lids
Emptying and drying water containers and coolers at least once a week before refilling
Destroying all unused junk, tyres, coconut shells etc.
Wearing full-sleeved clothing to […]
Why you should avoid buying a laptop from Acer?
Published by October 19th, 2006 in Technology, The Bangalore Blog and The Mumbai Blog. 3 CommentsBecause their customer service sucks big time! If you want to see a very bad example of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) in action, go ahead, buy a laptop from one of those Acer Malls, and wait for the laptop to fail. Next, try and get the laptop repaired; I wish you good luck.
I bought mine […]
Of late, I have been very attracted to the much-hyped subject of Customer Relationship Management (CRM). Every enterprise - both big and small - boasts of being excellent at CRM. The customer, they claim, is king. Reality, however, points to the alternate (you pick the adjective).
Rather than boring myself with dry theory, I have been […]
It’s already been three days since I landed in Bangalore - most of my time has been spent in hanging out at our usual hangouts and in playing with my four-year old niece who has become very talkative. Amidst all this, I’ve got many experiences to share. Here’s a preview of the topics I am […]
