The sticker giveaway that I announced earlier this month ends, but there are no winners 🙁 That’s because each of you who commented to that post – Manan, Nirmal, Annis, Priyam, and Ashwin – gets the sticker 🙂 Would request each of you to to email me your shipping address at abby@baxiabhishek.info. The stickers are … Read more‘I’M A Windows 7 PC’ Stickers ready to be shipped!
Yes, A.R.Rahman and Resul Pookutty have won three Oscars between them. There are debates about this being a British effort, portraying Indian poverty, and Indian fixation for a firangi award. All shit aside, there’s no doubt that we are proud of the two Indians (yeah, that’s the whole point) recognized on a global stage. More … Read moreThank you, gentlemen! Jai Ho!
http://www.devdthefilm.com/v/5498 DevD has been hyped up with shower of praises on the lead Abhay Deol and director Anurag Kashyap, and once you immerse yourself into Anurag’s kitschy cinema, you’ll be a fan too. Dev D is a fresh and contemporary take on Sarat Chandra Chatterjee’s Devdas. The story revolves around a Chandigarh – Delhi drifter … Read moreFilm Review: Dev D
Delhi 6 is not about Abhishek Bachchan – an NRI experiencing a sub-culture within India, or his romance with the leading lady, Sonam Kapoor (who typically is not impressed with the foreign-returned). In fact, these two are the smallest bits of the movie in terms of screen-time and as intention. Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s Delhi 6 … Read moreFilm Review: Delhi 6
This PC World news feature came as a shock: According to the revised “Fair Usage Policy” (FUP) for many regions where Airtel offers broadband service, a user on an unlimited data transfer plan avails the usual full speed until he reaches 40GB data transfer. Beyond this the transfer speed gets cut by a whopping 50 … Read moreAirtel limits ‘unlimited broadband plans?
Wonderful stickers for my two notebooks running Windows 7. Thank you Windows team at Microsoft. I also sneaked in a few more to give away here. Say Yay! Spreading the PC love on Valentine’s eve. All you need to do is, leave a comment here with your email address. The comment can be anything about … Read moreI’M A Windows 7 PC
If you are enthusiastic about Twestival in Delhi, you would sure want to wear the official Twestival shirt! The nice guys at Pringoo have offered to pitch in their support for the event and fund-raising. You can order a Twestival T-shirt from http://pringoo.com/twestival at INR 400 only (Yes, that’s cheaper than the global store ;)) … Read moreTweet. Meet. Give. Wear.
I mentioned about the Twestival in Delhi last week, and fund-raising for the same. Here are finer details of the same. There is NO registration, and no participation fees. Interested? Turn up for the event. Though the intention is fund-raising, we wouldn’t have wanted a selected paid audience for a networking and learning event. So, … Read moreTweet. Meet. Give: How-to?
On 12 February 2009 175+ cities around the world will be hosting Twestivals which bring together Twitter communities for an evening of fun and to raise money and awareness for charity: water. Twestival was born out of the idea that if cities were able to collaborate on an international scale, but working from a local … Read moreTweet. Meet. Give.
And hereby I take the pledge to never perpetuate violence or remain silent in the face of it. to support those facing Domestic Violence. to educate myself and others about the Protection of Women From Domestic Violence Act, 2005. to encourage men and women working towards ending Domestic Violence. to advocate for the immediate appointment … Read moreLet him know, that you know