When you look at few ancient temples and construction, you wonder how could they achieve it in yore, when there wasn’t enough technology at disposal. Read more »
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Sid - who has written 53 posts on India Special.
Sid is from Hyderabad, currently lives in the UK and works for a large BPO and IT Service provider. He has experience in managing very large and diverse teams.
Off work he is an avid photographer and experimental cook!
Are You Superstitious?
Posted on 22 February 2009
There are quite a few actions that elders and grand parents at home have perhaps recommended us to do. Many times they sound superstitious but we just do it for their happiness. Read more »
How to Update Twitter, FriendFeed and Facebook with Google FriendConnect Activities
Posted on 21 February 2009
Google FriendConnect sorely lacks a RSS Feed, here’s a Mashup which will help you overcome that problem. Read more »
Urban India–Not Keen To Learn Local Languages?
Posted on 17 February 2009
It is very urbane to speak English in India. Even day to day communications of most of us have English words in them. Perhaps this is one of the reason why, we are able to steal the thunder of China in the outsourcing side of things. Read more »
Buying Things That you Don’t Need? Then…
Posted on 15 February 2009
If you buy things you don’t need, you’ll soon sell things you need. How profound? Read on… Read more »
Ovi – The Door
Posted on 14 February 2009
Ovi, which means door in Finnish, is the new service from Nokia for all its users. Read more »
Location Mapper, Zero Cost Geo Tagger for Symbian Devices
Posted on 13 February 2009
Location Mapper is an application for Nokia (Symbian) GPS enabled phone like N95, which will help Geo tag the images and videos taken on the phone. Read more »
Nokia Users Can Rejoice (Again) and Get Fit
Posted on 12 February 2009
Blogosphere is full of news about Nokia planning to launch an application store on the lines of Apple. Read more »
Rumpology – ‘Butt’ Tells The Future
Posted on 11 February 2009
People more keen on fortune must have seen those “Nadi” fortune tellers in Vaideeshwaran Koil. But here’s something new that I stumbled upon, Rumpology. Apparently a science used read lines on butt cheeks to reveal past and future of people. Read more »
Introducing, Your Thoughts
Posted on 09 February 2009
We are introducing a new page on India Special, “Your thoughts”. Read more »
Please Do Not Make It An Issue of Religion
Posted on 07 February 2009
It surprises me how politicians turn simple things to issues of religion to meet their selfish ends. Read more »
Google Latitude is Cool!
Posted on 07 February 2009
Simply put Latitude is a spy in your pocket 
, I suggest that you try it for yourself and you will like it. Read more »
Was India The Pioneer In War Rocket Technology?
Posted on 03 February 2009
War Rocket Technology was indeed developed in India. Rockets as such were invented by Chinese around 1000 AD, however entertainment was the prime purpose. It was in the period of 1750 AD and 1799 AD, when Haider Ali and his son Tippu Sultan have improvised the technology and use them in battles against British Troops. Read more »
Geo Tag Your Photos Easily Using Geo Setter
Posted on 01 February 2009
GeoSetter presents a very easy to use and intuitive interface to do this. It uses Google Maps to find the locations, and then lets you transfer the locations to photos Read more »
Ashutosh Gowariker, I Think You Have Erred…
Posted on 24 January 2009
Irrespective of whether someone is a celebrity or not, asking them to shut up in front of thousands of audience is more criminal than mocking someone. Read more »
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