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S. Krishna's Books

Book Review: The Siege – Cathy Scott-Clark & Adrian Levy - Title: The Siege: 68 Hours Inside the Taj Hotel Author: Cathy Scott-Clark & Adrian Levy ISBN: 9780143123750 Pages: 352 Release Date: October 29, 2013 Pub...
2 hours ago
Sentimientos

Endless Tales: Different Shades - And then there was a time when I thought about life. And then there was a time when I thought there's so much to see. And then there was a time when the wo...
6 hours ago
Scrambled Egg

Mailfactor - ‘There’s a courier for you Madam’ the office boy said. ‘Huh,me?’ said Valentina raising her eyebrows not expecting any mail that day. The office boy nodded...
19 hours ago
Indian food, Andhra recipes

Eggless Fruit Cake - This Christmas try an ultimate eggless fruit cake. A rich, moist, rum soaked dry fruits laden fruit cake without eggs. A no fail, easy eggless cake recipe!...
23 hours ago
~A Moment Please~

The Theory Of Relativity - Big Sky, Small Moon, Big Moon, Small Plane. Big Plane, Small Me, Isn't this - The Theory of Relativity?? [image: The Theory Of Relativity]The Theory Of Rel...
23 hours ago
John P Matthew on Writing and Life!

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela R.I.P. - Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela is no more. He died on 5thDecember, 2013, at the ripe old age of ninety-five. Another leader of world ranking, whom the world lov...
1 day ago
Utpal Vaishnav on Project Mgt

The Absolute Right Thing - Consciously or not, everyone searches for it but only a few have figured that out: The ABSOLUTE right thing. The problem with the absolute right thing is...
1 day ago
typos, gravity and other mishaps

An Argument for Meritocracy - *This is my third column for The Sunday Guardian.* “What's the matter, you dissentious rogues, That, rubbing the poor itch of your opinion, Make yourselves ...
1 day ago
Insights of a Catalyst in Alignment & Innovation

Joseph Schumpeter and the principle of indeterminateness - For most of his life, Joseph Schumpeter, the prophet of innovation, was seeking an exact science. It would be a science that would precisely predict the e...
1 day ago
Chhaya Path

Gender Migration and Sexual Abuse and Exploitation - I find the commonly used term ‘migration’ highly political in nature. In humanitarian crisis parlance it refers to “the movements of refugees and internall...
2 days ago
Aalayam Kanden

Santhana Prapthi Kaalabhairava! - A portion of the Ramagiri Valeeswara Temple At the end of the Ramayana war, Rama was affected by Brahmahathi Dosha (the curse of killing a brahmin) after ki...
3 days ago
Modern Gypsy

My favorite things: Winter Wardrobe - I love winters! The crisp, cold air. Steaming mugs of coffee. Curling up under a quilt and reading until my eyes fall out. And all those lovely sweaters an...
4 days ago
Just a little Something!

From the archives: The sisters visit Arunachal! - Many, many years ago the intrepid Bora sisters took off to Arunachal Pradesh. At that time, it was a big deal to travel without guardians, but we were quit...
4 days ago
Nishita's Rants and Raves

Snubnose’s Favorite Series Books - A couple of months back, snubnose finally discovered the joy of reading regular books (non-picture books), and I was beyond thrilled. To make the transitio...
4 days ago
My Travelogue

Hutheesingh Jain Temple (Ahmedabad - Gujarat) - Very close to the Dada Harir ni Vav is the Hutheesingh Jain Temple. This is very modern temple built in *1848 AD* by *Seth Hutheesingh*. The temple is ded...
5 days ago
2point6billion.com - Investment in Asia

The Future of E-Commerce in Asia-Pacific - Dec. 4 – A recent report by Forrester Research Inc. predicts that business-to-consumer online retail sales (e-commerce) in the Asia-Pacific region’s five l...
5 days ago
Fit As Fiddle

Look Of The Day - Florals and Pearls - Look Of The Day - Florals and Pearls I love prints. Unspoken elegance! Floral prints are the ones always on my radar. They continue to flourish on clothing...
5 days ago
Abhijit Bhaduri

Hiring for Strengths - This is the second year in a row I attended the India Inclusion Summit in Bangalore. I am left speechless and humbled at the spirit displayed by so many di...
6 days ago
Confessions Of The Chocolate Obsessed

Fragility - In the time it took for the sparkling rivulet to make its way down from the rim to the stem of the bubbling champagne glass, fluid leaked, brakes disenga...
6 days ago
The Compulsive Confessor

Feminism: A "Let's Not" Guide - Look, we're all really happy you're part of the club, and we need more people to join, so one day it's not a Thing, it's just a thing, where OBVIOUSLY you'...
1 week ago
Life Unlimited

Rejection - Exasperated, she stood next to more than a dozen empty auto-rickshaws and tried to flag down yet another one unsuccessfully, screaming out her destinat...
1 week ago
Wilderness

Faces of Models Transformed Into 2D Images with Face Paint - [image: Faces of Models Transformed Into 2D Images with Face Paint face painting] [image: Faces of Models Transformed Into 2D Images with Face Paint face p...
1 week ago
Queen's Quill

100+ List of blogs that pay to Guest Post and Free ebooks - Request for a *FREE Guest Post* that is otherwise worth $$ from a Professional Freelance Blogger. *Contact now*! *Avail my Blog Writing Services- *Click...
1 week ago
theindiaphile

Our favourite Non Fiction Books about India published in 2013 - It’s been another amazing year for books about India. Alas, Jhumpa Lahiri didn’t win the Booker but that’s for her next book. Here are our top recommenda...
1 week ago
Ultra Violet (Feminism)

16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence – Queer Feminist Caucus India - Queer Feminist Caucus India is hosting 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence online. This year’s theme is militarism, and we are especially focusing ...
2 weeks ago
Miss_teerious

Bubble Spinner - Found another one of my old-time favorites in online games - Bubble Spinner. This used to be a toughie back then, but with diligent practice, I did event...
3 weeks ago
Amreekandesi.com

Strangers No More - [Guest post by Baljinder Sharma who studied Electrical Engineering at MNIT Jaipur and migrated to Mauritius in 1993. He is an occasional writer and has be...
4 weeks ago
Shwetal's Space

Standing the test of time - Colours of Love Pic Courtesy: Google Images He cradled me in his arms. I cooed. He threw me up in the air. I laughed. I knew he would catch me; never...
4 weeks ago
Unruled Notebook

வணக்கம் தொலைக்காட்சி வெள்ளம் - அம்மாமண்டபம் படித்துறை உடைந்து காவிரி வெள்ளத்தில் எங்கள் ஸ்ரீரங்கம் வாடகை வீட்டிற்குள் வைத்திருந்த காட்ரெஜ் பீரோவினுள் தண்ணீர் புகுந்தபோது நான் குடவாசலில் ...
5 weeks ago
Brown Penny

When The Distance Matters.. - Well, this time of the year has always been my most favorite, with Diwali around the corner, there’s this different feel in the air (or was) that gives you...
1 month ago
Verbosity

Changes - One Mr. Narayan Shankar in a Bollywood blockbuster ‘Mohabattein’ emphatically declares – “I don’t like Changes” in 2001, I was a young 20-year-old guy then...
1 month ago
Wannabauthor's Stories

Eat, Play, Love - It has happened sooner than I expected. A lot sooner. Little Ryan is smitten by a girl in his class. She’s gorgeous as hell. With those adorable pigtails a...
1 month ago
The Yogi Zone

Are you MAN enough, then? - Google returns this pic when searching for 'masculine men' ... hmm?There hasn't really been a dearth of incidents in my life when I have been left fee...
1 month ago
Alka Dwivedi

Wedding Decorations and Dresses - This post was triggered by a TV program. I was surfing and just saw the last five minutes of it. Here people were sending wedding decor and dresses related...
1 month ago
Monologue

On Being (Slightly) Famous - So the book is out, it is getting good reviews so far - a few from celebrities like Gul Panag and other Twitter-celebs *(Stop the eye-roll, enough with th...
1 month ago
Aadab Hyderabad

Golconda Fort - It is said that Golconda gets its name from Golla Konda or Shepherd's hill. Discovered by a shepherd boy in the 13th century, a simple mud fort was built ...
1 month ago
Awesome Indian Cuisine

Tomato Dal Pachadi - Tomato Dal Pachadi
1 month ago
Clearing the clutter in the attic...

Why, amma, why ?! - My day began like any other day. After a good breakfast and a short nap, I dressed in new clothes and got ready for my daily walk. The weather was sunny an...
2 months ago
I Like कला

A break from school work - I miss coffee filters soo much!!
2 months ago
Reuters: Bollywood News

Born to Bollywood royalty, Ranbir Kapoor makes new film a family affair - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bollywood heartthrob Ranbir Kapoor is one of Indian cinema's most bankable young stars, and his latest film, "Besharam," which also st...
2 months ago
Priyashmita's Blog ...

The last letter….a short story - A short story written by me
2 months ago
C'est La Vie

So True... -
2 months ago
Notes from wherever I happen to be...

Krishna Janmashtami - Our apartment was redolent with the aroma of the frying 'taler - bora' or tal (palm sap) pakora, this rain soaked afternoon. Afterall it is Krishna Janmash...
3 months ago
Akshayapaatram

Simple meals | Soba Noodle Salad - Dear Foodies, The last few weeks our grocery shopping has been an exercise in self control, well, when is it not actually. On each trip, my dad and I come ...
3 months ago
This Is My Truth

Complan Tele Samman Awards – Actress Ankita Chakraborty - I have heard of many fashion faux pas, but Bengali TV actress Ankita Chakraborty’s awkward dress worn at the Complan Tele Samman Awards beats them all. It ...
3 months ago
Blah..blah..blah...

I Jumped Over A Puddle - In the past couple of weeks, I’ve had this irresistible urge to write. I’ve filled about ten pages of my notebook with incoherent, abstract stuff. I could...
3 months ago
Akshiva's Blog

Independence - Really? - So I just waited for the entire hullabaloo to end – the Independence Day frenzy.It is good to be patriotic, but not selectively patriotic on one out of 365...
3 months ago
Roads

Little talks - Little talks! Those little talks we do, while our walk in this worldly fare, We tag them by fair, frank, and unfair. We do it with loved ones, we do it wit...
3 months ago
cribb.in : for a social cause | India

India need the shakti of Durga! - When Akhilesh Yadav came to power in U.P, i thought there is some hope for the state now. He is young, educated and seemed that he had the desire to change...
4 months ago
The New Age Bard

BABBAR DA DHABA - chEAT EATS!!! -2 - As they were about to make an exit - *Arya Babbar* escorts the media persons and provides them with *a collage* that can be published in tomorrow's news p...
4 months ago
Silverine - poomanam

Frandship forever - Today is International Friendship Day. A day to remember friends and commemorate friendships. Friendship is not be mistaken for "Frandship”, a word that took...
4 months ago
Otiose Opinions

The Hunger Game - The 'survival of the fittest' way of living should have seized when men decided to live in colonies...when civilizations were formed...when people chose ...
4 months ago
Newsmericks

When Mid-Day Meals Take Lives - They sat with their friends and they ate Their mid-day meal, but on that date, The government's mission Against malnutrition Went awry -- served up DEATH on...
4 months ago
Sulmoz - Puja's Blog

Hello world! - WordPress へようこそ。これは最初の投稿です。編集もしくは削除してブログを始めてください !
4 months ago
Trying to Learn Music (Karnatic)

V Sumithra, Musiri Chambers - V Sumithra - Anayampatti Venkatasubramanian - Mannarikoil J Balaji Musiri Chambers 19 May 2013 slOkam on guru sAmi - kharaharapriya [varNam] vandhisidhavar...
6 months ago
The Indian World

Products of Illusion - *Re-sharing an article by Rishi Gangoly of The Zeitgeist Movement:* *We use the word ‘product’ to describe tangible commodities we can own. But let’s be cl...
7 months ago
Within / Without

The first intoxication - I’ve spent the whole of today thinking about the first few months on the Internet. We had one of the first few internet accounts in India. An unassuming vs...
8 months ago
Anindita Sengupta

SEARCH, a set on Flickr. Dr Abhay Bang and Dr Rani Bang’s… - [image: Journalists][image: Manual][image: Patients][image: Chart] SEARCH, a set on Flickr. Dr Abhay Bang and Dr Rani Bang’s medical centre in rural Gadc...
8 months ago
Weakest Link

Long Ago - Long Ago I met her, She was in her teens, so did I Charm & laughter did the magic Love kindled, feelings blossomed Several happy days & nights passed C...
9 months ago
Everyone's Blog Posts - Materialia Indica

looking for books on Titania Nano Tubes - Hello everyone I am 3rd year undergraduate student and looking for good books on titania nano tubes. Can anybody please suggest me???
9 months ago
Conversations with Dina

A Special Day - For our parents – Drs Roshan and Homi Dastur: Happy 50th, Dearest Mum and Dad! Thank you for always opening up possibilities. For giving us wings and teach...
10 months ago
Death Ends Fun

How Rahul Gandhi blew it - My column in the Daily Beast is about the Gandhi family's reaction to the Delhi gangrape. Please do take a look: How Rahul Gandhi Blew the Indian Rape Cri...
10 months ago
S&T in Developing Economies

ALL CLEAR: FeedMedic Alert for blogspot/BjjF - Your Source Feed, http://shurjo.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss, is now working fine. Carry on! We will let you know if anything bad happens in ...
1 year ago
Desi Diaries

An Inch in Their Shoes - Being a Punjabi here in Brampton is totally different than what it is in Australia. People are more accepting and less judging coz of the turban. Even tho...
1 year ago
Have Your Share Of Honey...

Colourblocking with handbags - Runways around the world have been busy this summer, showcasing hot trends in solid blocks of colour. For those of youwho love the bright boldness of ...
1 year ago
Confessions of a Confused Soul

Journey is the Destination: Introducing my self… - I joined my company on 8th May, 2012 in Pune for induction and then moved to Chennai for final posting. All the new joinees were asked to write about thems...
1 year ago
Veni, Vidi, Vetti

Kumaravyasa on Current Affairs - (The sage Nārada has just arrived at King Yudhiṣṭhira's court (before the Rājasuya and the subsequent dice-game), and the poet makes this an avenue for his...
1 year ago
Lifestory and Me

Nobody cares how much you care… - The Corporate world in itself presents a carnivorous ecosystem that asks people to be merciless and cunning at the same time. You need to be merciless with...
1 year ago
Back to LiFe !

New Year Eve at Life ! Village art ! -
1 year ago
LOOKING FOR MAYA - A radio DJ's Blog

In which we realize IT'S A SHAME - It's really a shame when last few posts on the blog begin with ''Its been long I have posted ,but promise I will do more often here on''.From almost-conver...
2 years ago
MINISTRY OF SPORTS UNOFFICIAL

babu-like contest - through delphi method, the following babu's have been shortlisted to compete in the prestigious babu-like contest. all the contestants are the results of k...
2 years ago
makeSplash !

Give me a number - You don't have to be a rocket scientist to see that such large outpourings of support for Anna Hazare is basically a demand for a phone number, viz 101, wh...
2 years ago
Dejavu

High Fiction - Dreams That Won't Die In Oblivion - I started blogging in the year 2006, things changed, many things evolved, I wrote things that fascinated my soul, I have found paradise in my blog. Suddenl...
2 years ago
Catch the asteroid

The blog has moved! - Hello people My blog has now moved to my own website for better usability and integration with the other parts of the website. You can access the blog he...
2 years ago
A Time To Reflect

Vote in the name of love - This appeared recently in the WSJ India Real Time blog as Indian Political Party’s Unique Platform: Love *** Kumar Sri Sri, whose beaming face is still pla...
2 years ago
Vinitha in my own words

Google Plus - WhaT IS SO BIG ABOUT Google Plus? (c) Vinitha 2009
2 years ago
Alai Vani

Where on earth is 'The Real Africa'? - What constitutes 'the real Africa', 'the real Kenya' or the 'real' aspects of any country? Do we base our experience on visiting another country based on...
2 years ago
The Gone-Fishing Book

Comic 8 - Paper Mache -
2 years ago
Corruption Free India - No Bribe | No Scam

Why is everyone gunning for Anna Hazare? - Since his moral victory in forcing the government to form a joint panel for drafting the long pending Lokpal Bill, Anna Hazare has been facing sniper attac...
2 years ago
QAspire Blog - Quality, Management, Leadership & Life!

Drucker’s Err – The Purpose of Business - Drucker got it wrong. Drucker famously wrote that “the purpose of business is to create and keep a customer.” I’m as much a fan of Drucker’s as any managem...
2 years ago
scan man's notes

A Parable Of Rigidity - … Note: This is a true incident. Though all characters in the story are anonymized, they are recognizable to the knowledgeable based on the events portraye...
2 years ago

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