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Happy Republic Day to All.

सीखे नित नूतन ज्ञान,नई परिभाषाएं,
जब आग लगे,गहरी समाधि में रम जाओ;
या सिर के बल हो खडे परिक्रमा में घूमो।
ढब और कौन हैं चतुर बुद्धि-बाजीगर के?
गांधी को उल्‍टा घिसो और जो धूल झरे,
उसके प्रलेप से अपनी कुण्‍ठा के मुख पर,
ऐसी नक्‍काशी गढो कि जो देखे, बोले,
आखिर , बापू भी और बात क्‍या कहते थे?
डगमगा रहे हों [...]

Kanchan Gupta a former PMO official has written a story for The Pioneer and it is bleeding the truth about Dec 25, 1999 when world’s Biggest Democracy became a frenzy of headless chickens.

Could the Kandahar episode have ended any other way? Were an Indian aircraft to be hijacked again, would we respond any differently? Not [...]

Rishi has jotted down all the references and steps needed to get a Voter ID in Bangalore, act now an get it painlessly. The last date for getting your name on the Electoral Rolls is 22 Feb, 2008. Use your rights and use it for Good.

Brindavan Garden, originally uploaded by abgpt.

Brindavan Garden (near Mysore in Karnataka, India) is amazingly awe-inspiring specially in the night. This photo is of the colourful fountains which are an integral part of the beautiful garden, taken at aperture f/5.6, 10 sec shutter speed and 6 mm focal length by my Canon S3 IS.

That’s me in YEP 2006, thanks to Sujoy for this photograph. Everything in the tag list of this post was there . Really an Awesome Party.

In a country like India, Mera Bharat Mahan, who is almighty? Law or God. I remember when Sanjay Dutt had to go to jail in 1993 for 16 months, his father used to read Sundar kand of The Holy Ramayana almost daily just for his well being. Today, what happened, we all know. Sometimes I [...]

FOSS.IN is here again, going to be organized from Nov 24 to 26 at IISC, Bangalore. Register Now before you have to pay double the registration fee.

I always thought, only AIR and a few private music broadcasting companies own the public radio channels in India but after reading this…
http://www.asiawaves.net/india-fm-radio.htm
There are 11 FM Radio Stations in Bangalore and 12 in Delhi, can anybody believe that?

If you ask me what do I want in the middle of my daily office work? What do you think would be my answer?
1) Singing “These are a few of my favorite things”?
2) Watching the whole “The Sound of Music”?
3) Pronouncing “rrrrrrruuummmmpunch”?
4) Listening to “Just you wait, ‘enry ‘iggins, just you wait!”?
5) Having a pizza [...]