In December some of us went to India and decided to have an outing with the folks from here who have moved to India permanently. Everyone who was in India at that time was contacted. Some could make it and some could not make it.
The date was Sunday, Dec 27 2009
This past Sat, a few of us (Us, Nitul, Nilesh, Hasmukh) bumped into each other accidentally at the Cal Skate of Milpitas. Its a roller skating rink (wooden floors). It seems very popular with Indians. 95% of the people were Indians. The session that we went to “Tiny Tots” is …
Amisha and I took part in the Dream Run (6KM) section of the Mumbai Marathon yesterday. We were part of the KVO Seva Samaj group which had a 150 people strong contingent. KVO had the theme of promoting preservation of the Panch Mahabhut (5 elements) which make up life. They …
Not sure how true this it. But multiple articles appear on the web and also on KVOSS (from where I got the tip). Use your own discretion while deciding how to cook Maggi.
I was surprised to learn recently that the PAN Card (Tax ID for India Tax purposes) can be obtained from sitting here in the USA itself. I was under the impression that the application had to be made in India itself. But there is information on the web and through …
Since I just returned from India and had some think time on the plane I thought of what will I do differently the next time that I travel to India to make my trip a bit more smoother. So here is a list of things to make the trip to …
Recently we made use of Bahena – An Animal Welfare organization to take care of a baby pigeon living in our home. We did not want to remove the nest initially since the baby was small. After waiting for some days for the baby to grow up, we thought its …
I just made my first purchase via Bing Cashback and I am happy to report that I saved 168$ on a Dell Laptop. Bing was offering 20% cashback on Dell laptops. Some KVites already are experts in Bing Cashback purchases (Nitul for example). But it could be great way to …
Not many on KV are on twitter yet. But thought i will post this nevertheless. Many celebrities are on twitter now. I recently started “following” karan johar, priety zinta, yuvraj singh, a r rahman , etc. The way to know whether a celebrity account is for real is to check …
Heard this ad on the 1170 AM Morning Masti program today. Now you can invest in Pune real estate from the Bay Area itself. Kolte Patil developers have teamed up with Intero Tri City to bring some Pune real estate oppurtunities to the Bay Area. Their promo line is “A …