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Presently i am writing a paper, the abstract of which has been seected at an international conference.
The paper talks primarily about the use of technology as a platform in order to collaborate with the customers for brand building. This includes using open source technologies as well as other plaforms like blogs, twitters, you tube, networking [...]

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Yesterday, I was driving down from Vellore to Bangalore. The road is smooth enough to let you press the throttle to the fullest. A speed of 120-130 looks quite natural and you can feel yourself slowing down when the meter indicates 100. The speed needs lot of caution and control as there are not only [...]

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Recently, I was on a trip to Pondicherry from Bangalore. The road was fantastic at least till Krishnagiri (thereafter too, it was a nice road). Driving early morning, I expected least amount of traffic on the highway and when I hit the highway I was not disappointed – at least not immediately.
However as I drove [...]

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Having successfully launched Italian satelite into space, ISRO has launched itself and India into a new orbit. India turns into one of the few countries which undertake commericial launches and ISRO became one of the revenue centres of the country.
There are many more in the pipeline, including satelites of our own country and Chanrayaan to [...]

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Today one of the news making round on indian Televisions is test fire of Abdalli by Pakistan. Nothing new about it. As such any country has all the rights to enhance its defence system and the same is being exercised by Pakistan. It is another thing that seemingly it is at the cost of other [...]

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The 14th summit of Non-aligned Movement (NAM) is going on and is being highlighted in India. Indian Prime minister stating time and again that ‘NAM is still relevant’. Similar statements are coming from other quarters too.
But is it true? Was NAM ever really relevant and stood for what is was formed for?
The organization was founded [...]

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Was just thinking about the Mumbai blast and compare it with the other terrorist activities in the world and action taken by the respective victim governments.When 9-11 happened,
Afghanistan was attacked and Taliban government was replaced a civilized government. Taliban could not be uprooted completly is another matter but at least the government took an action.
But [...]

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The state government of Delhi has come up with a ridiculous rule: “ shut your shops by 7 :30 PM.
Delhi in May-June: Max temperature around 48 degree Centigrade (today it is expected to be around 43 and it is just the beginning of May).
The scorching heat makes it almost impossible for anyone to get out [...]

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I was reading about Black holes – the hypothesis on their formation and existence and on the concept that nothing – not even the light – can come out of it.
The concept of black hole is somewhat charming but at the same time seems very hypothetical, so much so that it can lead Mr. [...]

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Respect for Martyrs

Last week, to be exact on 23rd of March, it was Shahadat diwas.  An aunt, who incidentally happens to be a teacher too, reminded me of the same. She also told me that she is disgusted by the attitude of her students towards the great souls and the lack of respect for them. I do [...]

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