Miscellaneous
CIA Just Released Secret Documents containing 900+ Mentions to India
Needless to say, this is a treasure. The CIA (Central Intelligence Agency, USA) released about 930K previously classified documents today and many of them has direct mentions to India. There’s everything from wars fought, spy scandals, espionage and what not! Here are a few of them. CIA on our nuclear program: [...]
Insights from LinkedIn’s 200 Million Members
So, today I received and email saying that my profile is one of the top 1% most viewed LinkedIn profiles for 2012. Nice to hear, feel so special. But that is an interesting claim. 1% of most viewed profiles, hmm…..does that mean that there is an exclusive 1% or is every other percentage special? Anyways, along with came this interesting [...]
A must-have iPhone app for anyone visiting the Taj Mahal
If you’re looking to visit the Taj Mahal in Agra, Delhi anytime soon, make sure you grab this app. It could be your only guide required to get around the place. The app has got almost all the info about the Taj Mahal – surprisingly! Where to find food, history of the Taj, Audio guides, Shopping areas, Practical tips just to name a few. [...]
India’s first lesbian couple marries in Haryana
Now, that’s a news that’ll make lot of of folks frown. According to The Telegraph, Veena and Savita, some 20 year old girls are the first Lesbian couples from India. Savita, a 25 year old student at Choudhary Charan Singh University and her 20 year old wife Veena, 20, were married by a court in Haryana, close to New Delhi, earlier this [...]
Even a battery Ad can be funny–Amaron, Ting Tong !
Batteries are boring and so are ads. There are two types of battery ads I’ve seen in Indian Television. One, the ones that are a verbal diarrhea of technical things and claims things like “ZYR Technology” blah blah. Goes over your head, client satisfied, cos they shouted all that they could about the product, viewer – confused! Two, the [...]
What is KILB (K.I.L.B) ? The Irfan Khan Ad
It’s good time for series ads alright? I remember, the first one was “Digen Varma” (for Mango fruity ad), which was big hit during my school days. I personally like all the series ads as they have a “kick” to them. They take advantage of our curiosity and the natural mouth to mouth publicity reaches a peak [...]
Social Media Marketing in India – Virgin mobile a great example
I was exhilarated to see a twitter feed for Virgin mobile. None of them have done this before and cheers to Richard Branson for being the first. The blog out reach and social media marketing craze has caught up in India too and this is the finest example for it. Check it out. Blogged with the Flock Browser
Hello world – This is my first post!
This is my blog about the random things I find in my day to day life interesting. There wouldn’t be any talk on SEO, or Web 2.0 and Social Media. I thought, I should have a separate blog where I can pen down my daily thoughts, after all there are many things that I bury down untold daily, so this would be a place to feature them. [...]