Has Alexa changed the way they work?
Thursday, August 30th, 2007On "The India Street" I read,
Archive for August, 2007
Social Networking seems to be in the news, AGAIN!
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007Orkut manages to be in the news in India very often, always for the wrong reasons. Last week a 16 year old boy was kidnapped and murdered in Mumbai by his "friends". TV channels were quick to suspect/conclude - the murder was planned on Orkut. But new reports say that ...
Voice chat providers may be taxed
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007According to an article in Hindustan Times,
Royal ride, Mysore is Mysuru now
Tuesday, August 21st, 2007Our politicians across all parties are united when it comes to diverting the attention of their citizens. Dharam Singh initiated the change of name of 12 cities and finally it got approved during HDK's tenure. Why has the government unnecessarily fiddled around something which was going on smoothly? I ...
How do you build future leaders/bureaucrats?
Sunday, August 19th, 2007Yesterday I had a very interesting conversation with my cousin from US. We met her family after 11 years. We were talking about her son's extra-curricular activities. One of her sons went to National Youth Leadership Forum in Washington DC.
Patriotism on the rise? Good show!
Wednesday, August 15th, 2007Happy Birthday India! Today India is 60 years young. While growing up as a child I remember Independence Day was merely a holiday. You couldn't see the celebrations anywhere other than the Govt offices (yawn!). One would think hoisting your country's flag is your birthright. Unfortunately it wasn't ...
Age and the entrepreneur
Sunday, August 12th, 2007Most of you who have been thru or read about the late 1990s internet boom would agree upon one thing - most entrepreners were young (below 30). Marc Andreessen was just 24 years when he co-founded Netscape. He has published his analysis of the relationship between age and entrepreneurship based ...
Villages log on to escape bribery
Saturday, August 11th, 2007We have not only inherited English language from the British Raj but also "corruption". We have learned to live with the system. Unfortunately there are many who are deprived of benefits and services from the Government because they cannot afford to "grease" the officials. It is very frustrating when you ...
A simple intro to Facebook
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007You get to read a lot about Facebook these days (unless you are in a cave). Articles about My Yahoo! Vs Facebook Vs Orkut Vs xyz have been floating around. Many times we miss out the "basics" of what is being discussed. I bumped into a simple blog ...
