There was a time when my neighbourhood ‘mom and pop’ store charged me MRP(Max retail price) on everything they sold me. In fact, I didn’t even know that it was MRP, I used to think that was the cost of the item. Sometimes they used to give me a discount of Rs 1/- due to…
There are cell phones in the market starting with a VGA camera to upto 18 MP (Mega pixels). what started out as hazy recordings on a VGA camera have reached a state of cyrstal clear picture with high resolution cameras. With the increase in resolution, every individual has become trigger happy and you could find…
family balancing?!!! – come again – what is that was my first reaction till the time i read the article by Ms Tara. A bit more of reading educated me further on the topic. The blog balanced families is quite informative and can be reached here http://familybalancing4u.com/ post # 1 – what is family balancing…
“And I will invest $15 billion a year in renewable sources of energy to create five million new energy jobs over the next decade – jobs that pay well and can’t be outsourced; jobs building solar panels and wind turbines and a new electricity grid; jobs that will help us eliminate the oil we import…
“And I will invest $15 billion a year in renewable sources of energy to create five million new energy jobs over the next decade – jobs that pay well and can’t be outsourced; jobs building solar panels and wind turbines and a new electricity grid; jobs that will help us eliminate the oil we import…
This is an article i read in another blog http://balancedfamilies.blogspot.in/ Afternoon Despatch and Courier (Mumbai), By Tara Patel Is there such a thing as a tailor-made baby? No such thing yet, exclaimed a bemused British Doctor, Dr. Alan Thornhill, visiting Mumbai and India for the third time — this time in association with city doctor…
“Uncle can u give me that tin”, i heard a feminine voice behind me, saying but i continued looking at the different items on display at the mall. “Uncle can u give me that tin”, i heard it again but only this time the voice was louder and firm. I can’t be a uncle for…
A good friend of mine had forwarded this lecture ” Mind Vs Mindset: The great Indian Challenge” by DR RA Mashelkar, F.R.S. I found this to be quite an inspiring one with some notable extracts mentioned below:- 1. About Teachers – “…..we say Guru Devo Bhawa Guru Sakshat parabrahma tasmay sri guruve namah about our…
the part 1 of this post could be accessed here http://recklessmusings.blogspot.in/2012/09/cibil-growing-monster-or-saviour-part-1.html Brief history —————— CIBIL was set up in 2001 to reduce the number of NPA’s the banks were facing by providing apriori information of the prospective borrower’s payment pattern by studying his previous loan track records. Earlier these records were not available centrally but…
My friend Ramesh showed me the new flat he was planning to purchase. I checked the vaastu for him and found that it was perfectly suitable for him. He was getting the flat at a good price as he had promised the builder quick settlement. The moment, the agents (of different banks) came to know…