By the way, Shillong is in Sikkim
…or at least some people at The Indian Express think so. I wouldn’t have otherwise posted about this ‘oversight’, but for the fact that the news item in question appeared…Continue Reading →
Microsoft bars Indians from searching for sex
Update (23 September 2010): Bing now allows Indians to search for sex. But only text no photos or videos. Microsoft…
Stupid Profile Names on Orkut
To say that Orkut is popular here in India would be a gross understatement. And since it is popular you…
No Smoking (Also No Drinking or Eating)
Starting todaySmoking in public placesBANNED I don’t have anything against the new anti-smoking regulation (Prohibition of Smoking in Public Places Rules, 2008) but one clause seems a little overboard: Rule…Continue Reading →
New Suggest Feature in Google Hindi – Not Safe For Kids
B for बू* (B*r)… Tej pointed this out to me. It seems that the newly implemented transliterated suggest feature on…
TOI Story on e-Ticketing: A Distorted Perspective
Yesterday, The Union Minister for Railways Lalu Prasad Yadav tabled a populist Railway Budget for the next financial year in…
The Megapixel Hoax
Don’t go for megapixels I tell everyone and even had written about it in a tech column that I used to pen for a youth magazine. But given all the…Continue Reading →
Railway Regulations
Travelling on Indian Railways is an experience one should not deprive oneself of. You get to know the nation, its…
Losing the Little Cultures
The greatest challenge before independent India was one of keeping the nation together. ‘Unity in diversity’ became the catchphrase. Public…
