Evergreen Films

The other day I was just browsing channels on TV and one of the channels was showing Parent Trap starring Dannis Quaid, Lindsay Lohan. I have seen the whole movie once and in parts several times. And yet I watched it for some time before we started watching another movie. …

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Humidifiers : Any experience ?

Winter is here and with it has brought dry skin and cold weather. With the heaters on in the home, the humidity is still lower. I have been doing some R&D on humidifiers and seems like Humidifiers help you feel warmer also since more the humidity the less cold you …

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Apples Apples Apples

[photopress:Apples_3.jpg,thumb,centered] A for apple. B for bada apple. C for chhota apple D for dusra apple. E for ek aur apple. F for fokat ka apple. G for gol apple. H for hazar apple I for itney saarey apple? J for jaao nahi khaana hai apple K for kaise nahi …

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Reva – the electric Car (India)

[photopress:reva.jpg,thumb,centered] We had gone to Bangalore on a short visit and while there we got to ride in a Reva (India’s first electric car). One of our cousins has bought a used one and we rode in that for a day around the city. Now this car is really really …

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Mercury News vs Times of India

Years of Mercury News exposure has left me dumb. 🙁 It was such a pleasure to be reading the Times of India for 6 weeks. The TOI contains so much informative material that it is easy to get lost for 2 hours in the newspaper (Now that they supply the …

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Yeh hai Bombay meri jaan….

Starting this thread to document some of the idiosyncrasies about Mumbai w.r.t shopping and other things to do. 1) Nirmal-Lifestyle Mall in Mulund: They have a huge open space around which there are various shops. The theme in the open space is “Space”. They have huge planets hanging from the …

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HongKong Airport – A nice place to spend time

[photopress:hkairport1.jpg,thumb,centered] We had a 8 hour halt at HK airport on the way to Mumbai and I must say that the HK airport is really beginning to stand out as a airport in terms of the services that it offers. [photopress:hkairport2.jpg,thumb,centered] This time around we noticed an airplane model which …

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