Yourdesicoupons.com

Found a brochure for this desi deals website Yourdesicoupons.com in Swagat Restaurant. Not many coupons in there yet. Interesting concept though not sure how many stores will buy in. There is some coupon for Bombay Express though. 🙂 Will be worth checking back this site in 1-2 months time to …

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Weekend Roundup

This could become a weekly feature. :-). Interesting things and news noticed over the weekend.
– Walmart in Milpitas has stopped issuing plastic bags. You can buy reusuable blue colored environment friendly bags from them for 15 cents each. Its time to start carrying bags in your cars and taking them to stores just like India.

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Quick & Simple Quinoa Soup

What is Quinoa – A whole grain with the most protein for vegetarians. I am looking for more recipes with this whole grain, so please share if you use this regularly 🙂 I recently tried this recipe from the web and liked it. Sharing it here for others to try.  …

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Enhancements to KV Past Events

A new page is now active for looking at past events. http://kutchvalley.com/pastevents.php You can visit this page from the “Past Events” link below the Events section. This lists all the events that have been entered into the system by various folks since 2005. Also, for events that are past you …

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Bombay Express

we had recently been to this fast food joint in fremont it is a new branch for Bombay Garden and there food is really good. They have many dishes to offer  and is open the whole day and not closed during afternoons as most of the indian restaurants are closed …

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Windshield repair

I have two small cracks in my windshield currently and would like to get it fixed before they grow larger. Has anyone successfully used any of the windshield repair kits ? If you have recommendation for either a kit or a repairman, please let me know.

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Deep in news (Fortune Magazine)

I just picked up my Fortune Magazine in the mail and started flipping through their cover article (Fire Up Your Career! – LinkedIn) and there I see Deep’s picture!. So Deep is in news again. The links are below. BTW……Just in case you are looking of his picture. Note that …

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Should Laptop be Banned in College Classrooms

A generation ago, academia embraced the laptop as the most welcome classroom innovation since the ballpoint pen. But during the past decade, it has evolved into a powerful distraction. … Professors have banned laptops from their classrooms at George Washington University, American University, the College of William and Mary and the University of Virginia, among many others.

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Google renames itself to Topeka

Mindblowing move by Google to rename itself Topeka (yes, that town in Kansas that changed its name to Google). Go to http://www.google.com to see for yourself! Google lost the right to use the name “Google” to a small shop in middle east (of all the places!) that had been using …

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