Listening to some of the biggest names of the 20th century
I am currently reading 3 books by three of the biggest names of the last century. Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Bill Clinton. Actually I am not reading Bill Clinton…
Times of India follows up on my complaint
A few days back I wrote about my complaint to the Maharashtra IT dept and to the Times of India about the disappearance of punemahapalika.org, which was supposedly the official…
power off
About an year back, a large portion of the US lost electric supply and it was reported all over the globe as a major news story. That was a very…
e-governance egovpmc update
In an earlier blog I had noted that I had lodged three complaints / requests with the Pune Municipal Corporation using their website www.egovpmc.com. The current status is that for…
Things and People can change
Often in India you feel hopelessly helpless as regards making any change or improvements to the system or the people. However I have felt that things can change. For example:…
Aishwarya on Oprah
Just read /saw some excerpts from Aishwarya Rai's appearance on the Oprah Winfrey show. She is a super ambassador for India and seems to have pulled off a great PR…
Harshad Number
I never knew that a particular type of numbers have been named after me. A Harshad number, or Niven number, is an integer that is divisible by the sum of…
e-governance in India
I have spent most of Sunday trying to be a good citizen of Pune. I wrote to a newspaper about a few issues, I used the Pune Municipal Corporations e-governance…
Just keep swimming!
The title to this entry comes from the movie Finding Nemo. Remember Dory? I learnt swimming many years ago however I never learnt it properly or was good at it.…