| Id |
Name |
Link |
Description |
| 1004 |
Prashant |
Standard Apology Form |
Next time that you commit a mistake, consider using this form to rectify and ask for forgiveness. :-) |
| 1003 |
Prashant |
Top 10 Grossing Hollywood movies for 2008 |
A lot of animated movies made the cut |
| 1002 |
Sanjay2 Gala |
LinkedIn founder updates resume, reclaims CEO Job |
Deep is mentioned in this article as well. |
| 1001 |
Prashant |
Google Executive to Join LinkedIn |
Congratulations and Best Wishes for a new adventure starting next year. :-) |
| 1000 |
prashant |
Big Pictures of the Mumbai Mayhem from Boston.com |
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| 999 |
BhaveshG |
Obama - President along with Palin as Vice President |
In one of the rare calculations along with senate numbers it is possible !!! |
| 998 |
Deepa |
Me Marathi - Shobha De to Raj Thackeray |
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| 997 |
Nilesh |
20 Timeless Money Rules... |
This is one of my favourite articles.... |
| 996 |
Nilesh |
Wall Street Storm hits the Valley... |
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| 995 |
Prashant |
An unlikely Jihadi |
Wow. This person holds a position with Yahoo! Inc and still shows up in Yahoo's internal employee directory. |
| 994 |
Nilesh |
Impact of the Bailout??? |
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| 993 |
Dimple |
Y! Maps India |
For direction from Santacruz to Mulund, it also mentions some hotel names as reference for making turns etc. cool.. |
| 992 |
Prashant |
Upside down House built in Germany |
Even the toilets are upside down. |
| 991 |
Prashant |
How did the media create the Raj Thackeray bogey |
A nice article on the excesses of the Indian media and sensationalism journalism. |
| 990 |
Nilesh |
Retailers take a slow road to India... |
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| 989 |
Prashant |
Fight over movie "Hari Puttar" |
I think Warner Brothers should take a chill pill on this one |
| 988 |
Dimple |
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANDIA? |
Is team KV up for this? Is it time for team KV to go public, outside of diwali party & babay shower performances? |
| 987 |
Dimple |
High Heel Race |
May be next sports day, can do some out of the way game like this one :-) |
| 986 |
Leena |
A truly inspiring story |
Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. The courage to continue is what counts. - Winston Churchill |
| 985 |
Prashant |
Start Up Ideas that We'd Like to Fund |
A list of startup ideas if any one of the entrepreneur kutchis is interested in pursuing..... |
| 984 |
Dimple |
Thanks to Olympics, Beijing gets its Eiffel Tower, of sorts |
Bunch of amazing new buildings in Beijing |
| 983 |
Prashant |
A place to buy and sell all things which are hand-made |
Just came to know of this today only. |
| 982 |
Prashant |
Motion Sickness explained |
Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains why your best bet to avoid motion sickness is to actually drive the car itself. |
| 981 |
Dimple |
Quick rental by hours or by day. Perfect for folks in city. |
Came across Zipcar boards at multiple places in SF during recent visit. Hence had to check it out on net on return. |
| 980 |
Prashant Shah |
Teen paralysed after rebuke on reality show |
Reality shows come with a deep negative impact as well for those who are often scolded and made fun of by the judges. |
| 979 |
Prashant |
Pilots go off to sleep in flight to Mumbai |
Now that is a bit scary |
| 978 |
Prashant |
Sindhi, Marwari and Kutchi Money Lenders funding realty boom |
Posted this article since it mentions Kutchi money lenders as well. |
| 977 |
Prashant |
See a Larger Moon Today |
Today the moon will appear larger. Click above story to read why. |
| 976 |
BhaveshG |
Baroda in US!!!! |
There is another Baroda....:) |
| 975 |
Prashant |
Agra gets its second wonder - a 6D theatre |
India has more and more interesting things. |
| 973 |
Prashant |
Houston, we have a Problem !!! |
The Ants finally are ready to take over the earth. (Well, Texas at least :-) ) |
| 972 |
Nilesh |
Real reason HP buying EDS??? INDIA |
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| 971 |
BhaveshG |
Where are India's Innovative companies |
Very interesting article about Innovations in India |
| 970 |
Prashant |
Woman pregnant with 18th child |
All children are named on letter "J" |
| 969 |
Prashant |
Firm Handshakes will help you Land Jobs |
Next time you go for a job interview, remember this. :-) |
| 968 |
BhaveshG |
Mukesh Ambani's home worth of $2 Billion |
Home of $2 billion (not Rs 2 billion) in India |
| 967 |
BhaveshG |
Now Sam's Club limiting Rice/Flour purchases !! |
|
| 966 |
Prashant |
Airlines Win Big on Those who Overpack |
Its time to start paying for that second checked-in bag. (from 5th May) |
| 965 |
Prashant |
Men more forgetful than women |
Now that this is well researched, maybe the better halves will stop harassing the worse halves for being the worse halves (in terms of memory). ;-) |
| 964 |
Dimple |
Fast Food German Style |
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| 963 |
paras |
tax rebate information |
useful information regarding tax filing and getting a rebate |
| 962 |
Prashant |
Bear Sterns T-shirt sold for 151$ |
Worth about 14-15 shares of BS. All those yahoo memorabilia that i have may actually be worth something :-) |
| 961 |
Prashant |
Extreme Car Concepts |
A look at some of the futuristic cars |
| 960 |
Prashant |
The stunning new Beijing Airport |
The Nishars could be the first KV family to experience this new airport. |
| 955 |
Paras |
Ricky Ponting's behavior in the 2nd Australian Test against India |
|
| 824 |
BhaVESHg |
Visa God |
Interesting article on what folks would do to get a US Visa :-) |
| 803 |
Prashant |
Top 10 StartUps to watchout for in 2008 |
Some of these startups could make it big in 2008 |
| 802 |
Prashant |
"w00t" crowned word of year by U.S. dictionary |
And the word of the year is "w00t". |
| 801 |
Prashant |
Proposed legislation would force Americans into smaller cars |
Legislation for a min of 35 mpg by 2020 |
| 782 |
Bhavini |
Avoid those long waits on a phone to talk to the customer service representative |
Do you get frustrated of that long wait and those 'n' options to select before you get to talk to a customer service representative. A solution for this frustration :) |
| 629 |
sandip |
world clock |
Dashboard view of world stats ... (These are approximate figures based on past stats) |
| 623 |
Paras |
Pakistan using bulk aid of US to arm against India |
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| 622 |
BhaveshG |
17 reasons America needs a recession |
Interesting Article |
| 612 |
Dimple |
Study says Women earning higher salaries do less housework |
I dont think most of working KV women fit in this category or will agree with this study. My fav. statement from study is 'married women do about one less hour of housework a week for every $7,500 they earn as full-time workers" :-) |
| 569 |
Prashant |
Foreign Students added 14.5 billion to the US Economy |
Something to chew on. |
| 142 |
Rupesh |
What's the Hindi Word for Dot-Com? |
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| 141 |
Prashant |
Futuristic Car makes reversing obsolete |
I think this will generate more problems since people will not realize that they are going the wrong way. |
| 140 |
BhaveshG |
Boarding planes @ Night in India |
hopefully will come to an end !!! |
| 139 |
Prashant |
Aamir Khans blog |
Apparently Aamir has started blogging and responding to comments. |
| 137 |
Prashant Shah |
Microsoft backs cricket to woo Indian employees |
Interesting tactics being employed by various companies to retain employees.... |
| 134 |
Dimple |
Pankaj Shah's Crusade Against Junk Mail |
Prashant has register with one of the direct marketing Assoc at nominal one time fee. And it has definately reduce junk mail. |
| 133 |
BhaveshG |
Why the Private Equity burst |
Interesting Article on - what is going on with the Private Equity Burst or rather what it is |
| 132 |
Prashant |
Coffee may slow memory declines in women |
No wonder KV women folks have more memory power then KV men. |
| 131 |
Prashant |
17 kids and wanting more |
This couple is giving competition to Lalloo and Rabri. :-) |
| 130 |
Prashant |
Oscar the Cat predicts patients' death |
Now that is scary..... |
| 129 |
Prashant |
Tendulkar and Harry Potter come face to face |
Who gets awed by whom. Click link to find out more :-) |
| 128 |
Prashant |
The Gandhi Protests Pay Off |
Facing political pressure and legal action, the U.S. government may speed up green-card processing and make more slots available |
| 127 |
Prashant |
World Press Photo Contest Winners since 1955 |
Some amazing photos in there for each year since 1955. Each photo has a short story about the subject and the photographer situation. Most of them are very moving. |
| 126 |
Prashant |
Twins Reunited after 15 years |
Now this is a classic scene seeming right out of a movie. The twins bump into each other at a restaurant and discover they are in fact twins. |
| 125 |
Prashant |
Village of Twins |
More than 100 pairs of twins in this village. |
| 124 |
Prashant |
Green card hopefuls to resort to Gandhigiri in US |
Gandhigiri get TOI's attention. |
| 123 |
Bhavini |
When you've got to go.... |
Now this really made me laugh when i read this. What an idea !!!! Would you subscribe such a service ? |
| 122 |
Leena |
All Employment based priority dates now current |
Can someone confirm with their lawyers ? |
| 121 |
Rupesh |
Breakthrough brings 'Star Trek' teleport a step closer |
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| 120 |
Prashant |
Once upon a time there was a hoarding in India |
Very funny. Dont forget to read the tiny text on slide# 6. Hilarious !!! Now that is Bombay..... |
| 119 |
Sneha |
Fix Your Own Neck, Upper Back, and Shoulder Pain |
Cervical Pain is one of the most common problems of IT workers. This is a good article and most of these exercises were recommended by my Physical Therapist. |
| 118 |
Prashant |
Cancer to skyrocket in Asia |
Bad habits inherited from the Western World is to be blamed. |
| 117 |
Rupesh |
Microsoft Surface: Behind-the-Scenes First Look (with Video) |
|
| 116 |
Prashant |
The Most interesting and amazing houses in the world (Pics) |
Some really different architectures in there. |
| 115 |
Rupesh |
Financial Advice for New Grads |
Five tips to share with the young people in your life. |
| 114 |
Leena |
Visa Dates finally move ahead. |
|
| 113 |
Prashant |
AbiWord |
An alternative word processing program to Word which can read Word files also. |
| 112 |
Prashant |
The Google Killers |
A slideshow of alternative search engines and their respective strengths.... |
| 111 |
Prashant |
How we ensured a free and fair election in UP |
A good article by the Chief Election Commissioner of India. Good Progress by the EC. |
| 110 |
Prashant |
WaterNoIce.com |
An Indian site related to Bay Area. |
| 109 |
Prashant |
Mom's annual pay : 138K |
Since mother's day is so closeby, here is a feel-good article on Moms and their annual salary if they were getting paid. |
| 108 |
Prashant |
Similar movie showdown |
Some good comparisons of similar movies which have been released within 1 year of each other. |
| 107 |
Prashant |
Cavities increasing in baby teeth |
Too much sugar in diet is the reason. Time to stop giving candies and chocolates to kids !!! |
| 106 |
Prashant |
12 ways to be a better dad |
A great article and a must-read. Applies to Moms as well and to everyone who wants to know how to deal with any kid. |
| 105 |
Prashant |
Woman, 95, to be oldest college graduate |
Now that should be a motivation for all of us. :-) |
| 104 |
Prashant |
Worlds first tree reconstructed |
385 million year old. wow. |
| 103 |
Prashant |
Voyeurism still rules the Web 2.0 world |
KV follows rest of the web in terms of % of people who contribute vs % of people who just consume. Actually I think we are slightly better with about 10-15 people regularly contributing. Which means about 7-10% contribute from a total of 110 email addresses in kutchvalley. |
| 102 |
Prashant |
Before & After |
A nice hobby website by our own Nimit Maru and Dave from Yahoo! Travel..... |
| 101 |
Prashant |
Many Parents admit Bribing Children |
A very true article and a thing for parents to always keep in mind. I am sure we all bribe kids. The levels to which we do it differs. |
| 100 |
Prashant |
Is it Better to Buy or Rent ? |
NY Times's tool to Compare the costs of renting vs buying a home. |
| 99 |
Leena |
Google provides free in-home wireless broadband service |
For those who missed out their new service introduction yesterday... |
| 98 |
Prashant |
Good article on post-mortem of indian cricket |
some good points made in there. |
| 97 |
Prashant |
Most dangerous roads in the world - part 1 |
Surprisingly no roads from India here :-) |
| 96 |
Prashant |
Doing Business in India: 20 Cultural Norms You Need to Know |
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| 95 |
Bhavini |
Grand Canyon (south rim) opens a skywalk March 28 2007 |
A glass walkway 4000 feet above the canyon's level is scheduled to open this march. Not for all those people who fear height but a must see for all the thrillers :) |
| 94 |
Vijay |
What Is Your 401(k) Costing You? |
leaving money in 401k vs IRA |
| 93 |
Vijay |
New IRA Conversion Rule |
Another interesting article on IRA |
| 92 |
Vijay |
IRA Conversion Considerations |
Nice article on IRA |
| 91 |
Prashant |
World's warmest winter till now |
A sad thing for the whole world :-(. |
| 90 |
Prashant |
The Trouble With India |
Business Week's cover story is on India and how Crumbling roads, jammed airports and power blackouts can hobble growth. |
| 89 |
Prashant |
If you were ever to interview with Microsoft |
Someone has made an actual microsoft interview questions site. Could be useful for other interviews too. :-) |
| 88 |
Prashant |
US to miss Indian mangoes boat again |
Reposting Snehas link here. No yummy mangoes yet for us. |
| 87 |
Prashant |
How NOT to talk to your Kids |
The Inverse power of praise. It is rightly pointed out that too much praise is never good. |
| 86 |
Prashant |
11 Top Underground Transit Systems |
Good article accompanied by Great photos. |
| 85 |
Prashant |
Top 10 Largest Databases in the World |
To be taken with a grain of salt of course. Am sure plenty of other huge ones have been left out. |
| 84 |
Prashant |
Sharing heritage with next gen Indians |
Article in SF Chronicle. Our very own Aashna Gajaria can be seen in the photo (blue-stripes) !!! |
| 83 |
Bhavini |
KidZania - Japan's latest theme park |
A new theme park opened in Oct 2006, has become so popular that weekend tickets are sold out till April. |
| 82 |
Prashant |
Himesh to stop singing |
i.e., Nasal Singing. Now Leena will be happy. :-) |
| 81 |
Rupesh |
Sensitive data dumped at recycling center Indian Consulate tossed visa applications from business, p |
Consul General Prakash says "In India, I would not be alarmed, We have grown up giving such information in many, many places. We would not be so worried if someone had our passport number." |
| 80 |
Prashant |
Yahoo! Gujarati |
Yahoo! served up to you in Gujarati. |
| 79 |
Dimple |
U.S. plans hike in immigration, citizenship fees |
Apply soon if eligible or else Under the proposed increases, citizenship applications would cost $595, up from $330, while permanent residency applications would jump to $905 from $325. |
| 78 |
Prashant |
India-WI 4th match highlights |
Thanks to Nitul's link we can see some amazing shots for yesterday's match |
| 77 |
Prashant |
http://www.burrp.com/ |
Burrp ! Let it out. A place to write and find local reviews for hangout places in Mumbai/Bangalore. |
| 76 |
Prashant |
Toddler's temper ousts family from plane |
By experience Making a kid sit on their seat (any seat) can be very daunting sometimes.... |
| 75 |
Bhavini |
Car Carma |
When bad things happen to good drivers, is your "Astrological Sign" to blame? |
| 74 |
Prashant |
Hands Painted to Look like Animals |
Now this is Awesome !!! A Must-See Link !! |
| 73 |
Rupesh |
The Secret of How Microsoft Stays on Top |
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| 72 |
Rupesh |
The Simple Economics of Open Source |
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| 68 |
Prashant |
"What should we do to free our planet from terrorism?" |
President of India Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam asks the question on Yahoo! Answers. Your chance to reply to the president. 3 days to go.
This is Official and is not fake. Watch the video for more proof of authenticity. |
| 67 |
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China's new shopping craze: 'Team buying' |
More and more consumers meet online before banding together at stores to bargain for lower prices. |
| 66 |
Prashant |
100 things we didn't know last year |
Some funny and interesting factoids in there. |
| 65 |
Rupesh |
Sell 'aam ras' and make millions in US |
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| 64 |
Rupesh |
The Graphing Calculator Story |
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| 63 |
Rupesh |
Microsoft CEO launches the revamped Yash Raj Films Website |
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| 62 |
Prashant |
With a 3-year BA, you can now join a US varsity |
15 years of education only needed now instead of 16. |
| 61 |
Prashant |
Brotherly Browser Love |
Microsoft's IE team sends cake to Firefox team. :-) |
| 60 |
Dimple |
Why Don't We Do It In Our Sleeves? |
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| 59 |
Prashant |
The Return of India's biggest Villain |
Cool Poster |
| 58 |
Prashant |
US population to hit 300 million on Tuesday |
Still just 1/4 of india :-) |
| 57 |
Dimple |
Smoke and Bubbles: Cool Video |
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| 56 |
Prashant |
Your wait for a US Visa got shorter !!! |
As per the article "Additional manpower has been put at the Embassy and Consulates to clear the backlog and at least 12 officers are being sent from Washington for the purpose". (If you want to meet these gentlemen wait till Nov 4th evening. :-) ) |
| 55 |
Leena |
World's Most Unusual Hotels |
Link to complete article is here |
| 54 |
Prashant |
PC World's 25 Worst Web Sites |
Hotmail is #20 and MySpace is #1 worst website. |
| 53 |
Prashant |
Are Indians the Model Immigrants |
A Businessweek Article |
| 52 |
Vandana |
Making the Most of Your 401(k) |
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| 51 |
Rupesh |
The Best Time to Buy Everything |
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| 50 |
Prashant |
Dhoom-2 : The Trailor |
They are Back in Action. |
| 49 |
Prashant |
A brief newsreport on Laxmichand Nanji Gala, 55 who passed away in the Mumbai Train Blasts |
First CA of his village (Chhasara, Kutch) in Gujarat, found success in Mumbai |
| 48 |
Nilesh |
Russians Climbing.... |
Nice video... |
| 47 |
Rashmi |
Neha Rambhia has won a Bronze Medal at IPHO |
Good to see Kutch girls are in IIT |
| 46 |
Prashant |
Toddler Golfer could be next Tiger Woods |
He is Only 2 years old. |
| 45 |
Prashant |
English village cricket team gets all out for a Duck! |
Now this is embarassing. :-) |
| 44 |
Prashant |
Top 10 Dumbest Online Business Ideas That Made It Big Time. |
Your dumb idea may have the potential to make it bigtime. So dont be afraid to dream up ideas. |
| 43 |
Rupesh |
NRI Kutchis flood banks with forex |
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| 42 |
Prashant |
More Zidane |
This time you do the headbutting. :-) |
| 41 |
Prashant |
Zidanes head-butting incident as seen from various perspectives |
This is funny. :-). Different nationalities , Different views. ;-) |
| 40 |
Prashant |
Paralyzed man moves computer cursor through thought |
Now that is fascinating stuff. |
| 39 |
Prashant |
How your siblings have shaped you? |
A Time Cover Story on how your siblings have influenced your personality and who you are. According to Time, parents are there with us only till a certain stage. The Spouse and Kids come after a certain stage in life. Thus siblings are the the only true partners who are there with us throughout the life. |
| 38 |
Prashant |
Teaser Trailer for Spiderman-3 |
For all Spidey fans, Spidey is back and this time in Black. Though the movie is due for Summer 2007, the trailer is out. |
| 37 |
Prashant |
3-way telephone prank |
A 3-way telephone prank between 2 chinese take-out restaurants :-) |
| 36 |
Prashant |
Mid-Day newspaper in a new format |
Mid-Day switches to epaper type format. Nice. |
| 35 |
Prashant |
Man's brain rewired itself in 19 years after crash |
Doctors have proof on how man who was barely conscious for decades woke up. |
| 34 |
Vijay |
Organic dairy growth raises concerns |
The cows on Pam and Jeff Riesgraf's farm chomped happily away on lush green grass on a warm, sunny afternoon. Their milk would soon find its way to grocery stores, where organic dairy products are a hot item. |
| 33 |
Prashant |
kutch mitra newspaper |
Kutch's Local Newspaper now online |
| 32 |
BhaveshG |
Bombay's Rudest city |
Complimentary article on Mumbai |
| 31 |
Prashant |
Bombay's Boom |
Cover Story on Bombay in the latest issue of Time magazine. |
| 27 |
Prashant |
MIT Students make boat out of Gatorade bottles |
Pictures included from start to finish. |
| 26 |
Dimple |
37 Albertsons closings in Santa Clara and Alameda counties |
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| 25 |
Prashant |
PC World's 100 best products of the year |
Useful information on some good products which you may not know about. |
| 18 |
Prashant |
Mercury News Ads can now be found online too |
For the Fry's fans among us (not me) the pamplet that you wait for on Fridays can now also be browsed online. Is Jayesh listening? :-) |
| 17 |
One Man Army |
Sep 11 |
A documentary on 9-11. |
| 16 |
Prashant |
Volkswagen's storage facility in Germany |
This could well be the parking garages of the future. |
| 15 |
Prashant |
Popular Magic Tricks Explained |
The title says it all. |
| 14 |
Prashant |
Cricket Comedy Video |
Standup comedy on Cricket at the CEAT cricket function - Superb Imitation |
| 13 |
Prashant |
Rent a Coder |
In case you have some extra time and want some extra cash you can always offer your services at this website. |
| 12 |
Prashant |
Sunita is NASA's new Indian face |
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| 11 |
Prashant |
Santa Claus is Hindu |
A short one minute funny video |
| 10 |
Prashant |
A List of Web 2.0 companies |
Web 2.0 = more power to the users |
| 9 |
Prashant |
Kutch becomes hot, new locale for Bollywood |
Bollywood is interested in the rugged look of Kutch |
| 8 |
Dimple |
The Bodies - Exhibit |
Real bodies preserved and presented in different
ways. Some with the minuest blood veins, some 3 to 7 diff section (litterally body sliced in 2, 4, 5 & 7 pieces) with all organs intact! They had Brains, Lungs etc. again some displayed all the blood
veins, others displayed other parts of those organs. |
| 7 |
Prashant |
The world's most modern management - in India |
Who would have thought? |
| 6 |
Prashant |
SD Phadnis Captionless Cartoons |
Some cartoons for Timepass. |
| 5 |
Prashant |
Missouri plans to put drivers on left of road |
Although for a short distance only |
| 4 |
Dimple |
The Rise of India..! (Video worth watching!!!) |
|
| 3 |
Prashant |
Amazon's S3 |
A online storage service. 15 cents/GB |
| 2 |
Prashant |
IIT on CBS 60 minutes |
short documentary on IIT telecast on CBS
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