Archive for February, 2005

Poverty in India

Friday, February 18th, 2005

I have seen it since ages but it stings now harder than ever. Maybe because I am earning myself and by god’s grace I am doing good. And when I see people working harder than me to earn a fraction of money I make… it hurts.
Am I lucky? Or they are unlucky? I have no [...]

Not a good idea?

Thursday, February 17th, 2005

Publishing these photos on the net was not a good idea. However, I had dared to be… … … Stupid? Some of these photos should not be shown to kids for a good reason. Totally R-Rated stuff… … …
Duh, here they are: Dhaba Phun Part 2
Here is a censored example snapshot

Did I tell [...]

India Food Guide

Thursday, February 17th, 2005

I am quite sure that it is the same everywhere. However, I find it interesting that there is such a large variety of food options available in India. Today we went to a roadside dhaba on the national highway and three of us guys (Mridul, Ankur, and me) had the complete dinner for just 120 [...]

Citibank Telephone Spam

Wednesday, February 16th, 2005

There was a time when I called these dudes (Citibank) asking for a bank account. But alas, I was short by around 60,000 bucks from their minimum account balance, which was an incredible Rs. 1,00,000. Today, some marketing dude from the same company contacted me on phone and enquired if I was interested in getting [...]

When I went to Net4India Office

Tuesday, February 15th, 2005

I went to Net4India office today for some official work. And happened to meet a senior dude who was telling us about this new hoopla surrounding the newly opened to public .in domains. I was more interested in getting my own work done.
During the meeting, that marketing dude got an important call. The call [...]