when trying a new software on a windows mobile, it always comes with its set of apprehensions…never sure how good it will actually turn to be…and when getting bored yest sitting in a meeting, i was trying out traveling blogger, which promised me to remove my boredom, allowing me to blog from my mobile, which would have traveled to my twitter and from there to facebook directly. alas, that didnt happen, and now i go back too google baba and try looking for another, and hopefully a better one which actually works!

I went to rediff.com after a long time, and was a bit surprised not to see the packed/claustrophobic layout we all had got accustomed to, over the last few years. What i found instead was a clean look, completely inspired by google.com, complete with an uncannily similar search box to google.com. And surprisingly, there is no advertising on the home page. With shrinking revenues, i am not sure if this new design is a good thing for rediff. perhaps, the next AGM alone can tell…

There was a time when railways used to serve fairly decent food. With enough variety in a plastic tray at a reasonable cost. Imagine my surprise when i asked for matar paneer and paratha combo in jammu mail, on my way back from pathankot to delhi. Some quick observations, which you can test for yourself from the image too:
1. Extremely oily matar paneer subzi. Every little piece of matar and paneer was floating in a sea of oil
2. 3 cold parathas wrapped in a glitzy silver gift wrapping paper, complete with a ribbon that held the paper together
3. paper plate, which i had thought had become extinct…hence you can imagine how it feels like to hold food on a flimsy paper plate, in a moving train
4. Disgusting taste, to say the least.

Just got back from a mini vacation to dalhousie and mcleodganj. And given my passion for clicking random images which bring about the idiocyncracies to india to the fore, i present a few from my latest trip! Hope you enjoy them!

i’m a bit surprised by the practice games currently on, in the icc world t20 tournament. should the teams try to give it their best, and expose their strengths and weaknesses? should they hide their best, in the hope of springing a surprise when the real fun begins? should they get strengthened or disheartened by wins and losses? is the idea to give enough practice so that rustiness can go away, and players come out blazing in the real matches? whatever the reason, these games are takign away all the fun…

Just read this story on rediff.com:
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The Left Front’s economic policies may continue to haunt the UPA government as the Trinamool Congress, largest ally of the Congress, is opposed to divestment of public sector insurance companies, strategic sale of profitable PSUs and entry of big capital in the retail sector.