Everyman's story

Barkha Dutt in her editorial column in Hindustan Times discusses how the mobile phone has become a symbol of middle class activism. People can now sms and voice their opinions. She welcomes such gestures, as according to her, these empower the otherwise passive junta. Read full article here

She should know, ofcourse. As Managing Editor of NDTV, a big pie of the channel's profits come from the SMS revenue generated on mindless topics - Should Abhishek marry Aishwarya? Who will be the lead wicket taker in xx test?

Middle class activism. Thanks!

Saddam executed

Saddam Hussain finally got hanged today. President Bush calls it an important milestone on the road to building Iraqi democracy. Saddam execution important milestone: Bush

I would say it is a clear signal to anyone who stands against the American economy of wars and oil wells. History is written by the victor, and Saddam will go down as a threat to the freedom and democracy of Iraqis, a person who amassed weapons of mass destruction, who was a threat to global peace and existence and who indirectly supported terror groups.

Who dare raise voices against the mighty Americans? Who dare stop them from capturing foreign soil in quest of black gold? Who dare suggest their economics of terror, of first destroying countries and then sending their own companies under the garb of rehabilitation and construction?

We are a global world, committed to free spirit and democracy, arent we? So what if only the sound of the dollar gets heard? Long live the king!

Opentable

Just discovered a service http://opentable.com/ for making restaurant reservations. The site claims to be free, instant and reliable. wonder if there is anything like this for Noida/Delhi/Gurgaon region. Also on similar lines, the struggle for cinema tickets makes me wish for a similar site linking all theatres in the region, with ticket availability, show timings, seat preferences and maybe even ordering popcorn in advance. Santa, are you listening? :)

New Year will not be the same again..

Was casually flipping the newspaper pages which had major coverage on all the planned festivities and celebrations. However, there were some articles on the tsunami victims, for whom New Year brings a flurry of sad memories, thoughts of lost loved ones, harsh reality checks of rehabilitation programs, the horror and the trauma. With all the scars, will it ever be the same again for them?

Hail Delhi!

According to a study done by Forbes on the densest cities in India, Delhi is supposedly much better as compared to Mumbai, Kolkatta, Hyderabad and even Bangalore.

Windows End Task

Dear Mr Gates,

If End task is not intended to show up immediately or end the task most of the times, why not just remove the dumb button?

Thanks,
Sonal

Telecommuting

After a six month stint at telecommuting, I think it may be worthwhile to pen down some posts on the subject. The benefits, the downsides, how to go about it, the approach that worked for me, lessons learnt etc. So the next few posts are going to deal with telecommuting. Keep watching.