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Orbit Musings and other things

on 3 Aug, 2006 in Random | 0 Comments

>>> How come chennai doesnt have any English / Hindi FM channels? I think (correct me) all other metros have them. The only FM channel where you can hear something in Hindi is All India Radio’s FM Channel.
>>> I am planning to buy a TV. My budget is 10k. The TV must be flat screen, [...]

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A date with my plate!

on 31 Jul, 2006 in Random | 0 Comments

I would call it the Chennai’s food backbone, Saravana Bhavan as it is popularly known in this coastal city. As we enter this high-class vegetarian restaurant’s head office branch in Vadapalani, my friend was skeptical about the quality of the food and worried looking at the bustling crowd.
We opted for the AC room and even [...]

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A bachelors guide to renting a house in Chennai

on 27 Jul, 2006 in Random | 0 Comments

All you hopeless and wifeless bachelors, get up and start looking. With PHD releasing “the unofficial bachelors guide to renting a house in Chennai” today, you will never again get a “no, we dont rent to criminals, politicians, drummers, dogs, carpenters and bachelors” reply from your prospective landlords.
Where to look:

Never call a housing broker. They [...]

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CATvertising

on 24 Jul, 2006 in Random | 0 Comments

This is that of the year when a huge business would thrive. A conservative estimate of the size of that business would be 60 crores or more per year. And its none other than Indian MBA entrance exams and their coaching. The CAT notification is out and so are the notifications for other prominent schools.
People [...]

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Learnings of the week that was

on 21 Jul, 2006 in Random | 0 Comments

Not that you would be interested to know them, but anyways,
>>> It does rain in Chennai for more than 12.3 seconds at a time. It happened once yesterday.
>>> Using combo-boxes in excel is not that difficult, it is so much more fun and intuitive. Try learning them here if you are a excel freak like [...]

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Now Adsense in Hindi

on 19 Jul, 2006 in Random | 0 Comments

PS: Click on the image for a bigger version
This is amazing. Adsense now comes with hindi ads as well. Noticed it for the first time in CNN-IBN site today. Since their search is available in local languages, adsense in regional lingo would be a killer business application.

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Bombay - Pune Expressway : A travelers Delight

on 15 Jul, 2006 in Random | 1 Comment

I had the opportunity to travel on this extremely well built and located Bombay-Pune Expressway when I went back from Khandala to Bombay 3 weeks ago. I tooks some snaps and since then, I have been trying to post them here, sadly, I had to wait a really long time to finish this post. So, [...]

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