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Vote and help put 40,000 Indian kids in school for a year

// January 17th, 2010 // 5 Comments » // Uncategorized

One of India’s most trusted and credible NGOs, GiveIndia is taking part in a competition on Facebook to win a US$1 million grant. The winner will be the NGO that gets the highest number of votes from Facebook users. The prize of $1 million will help put or keep 40,000 children across India in school for one year.

I guess I finally found a use for all those friends on Facebook.

What’s really sad at this point is despite our population, we are in the 65th position. Hopefully bloggers can make a difference. Do vote and spread the word:

http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/charities/338730

Windmill shot from the Kanyakumari Express

// January 14th, 2010 // 13 Comments » // Photography

Standing at the door of a moving train, one leg braced against the doorframe, the other on the steps, camera strap choking my neck. What surprised me about this picture was that I wasn’t even looking in the viewfinder. I was more concerned about keeping my head from being knocked off by an electricity pole!

The Fallen

// January 9th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // Uncategorized

Credits go to the herd of elephants which trampled through our farm recently. This is the underside of an uprooted coconut tree.

Sunset at Pallam Beach

// January 9th, 2010 // No Comments » // Uncategorized

Meet Shocky, my Siamese Fighter

// January 9th, 2010 // No Comments » // Photography

Is Google making the same mistakes that Microsoft made with IE?

// September 10th, 2009 // 14 Comments » // Cribs, Google

For years now, users have been griping about Microsoft bundling their web browser with Windows. By doing so, users were never compelled to install a browser – why go about selecting the best one when my pc came with one installed? Microsoft was blamed for monopolizing the market, using the popularity of Windows to make Internet Explorer the dominant force.

Google does not have a product like Windows (yet!) but they do have their web properties which are used by millions of people. I was just surfing youtube, on the latest version of Opera and I saw this:

Correct me if I’m wrong, but aren’t they doing the same thing by nagging me when I surf one of their websites? Also, “new web browser”? Does that mean my browser is outdated?

The same message shows up in Internet Explorer, Safari and Firefox.

Experiments with HDR

// June 17th, 2009 // 27 Comments » // Photography

I didn’t really spend much time tweaking these… got some good originals though so will get better HDRs when I have more time to play with them.

Power is beauty: The White Tiger

// June 16th, 2009 // 14 Comments » // Photography

This was another trippy trip with the Patels. We headed off one Sunday afternoon to the Vandalur zoo, and for once – all that walking was worth it cause it ended with this White Tiger putting on a great show for us!

Love those greenish-blue eyes!

I didn’t know these buggers liked leaves. Soon they’ll develop longer necks.

Yummy – humans! (I’m sure we’re not as tasty as he thinks we would be)

Now that’s a profile pic – I don’t know how he doesn’t bite that tongue with his own teeth. I can picture myself running for my life and the tiger thinking “relax dude, I was just yawning”.

I so wish we could have thrown a cute little deer in there and watched it be hunted down.

Rest of the pics on Flickr. A much more descriptive post about this trip  (including the battle of the apes) on Anwin’s blog.

Madras Crocodile Bank

// April 23rd, 2009 // 7 Comments » // Photography

Cute little bugger

Not so cute now

More pics on Flickr. Fellow naturalists were Anwin, Anoop and Nafisa.

Bangalore IndiBlogger Meet 2009

// February 27th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Blogger meets

We’re back, and we can’t wait for this meet to start! The Bangalore meet last year was a load of fun, and it was the meet that inspired so many others all over India. This time around, we have a session on the much awaited Windows 7 instead of the session on Live Writer. We also have a session on blogging rights and freedom of speech which will moderated by the guys at Mutiny.in. So if you’re from Bangalore or if you’re going to be in Bangalore this weekend, this is a must-attend event!

Register here:

http://www.indiblogger.in/bloggermeet.php?id=26