Posts Tagged ‘Around the world’

Is Mumbai ready for “Tide of the Century”?

July 16, 2009. Tags: , , , ,  •  1 Comment

Mumbai is at an average elevation of 10-15 meters above sea level and receives an annual rainfall of about 2,200 mm per year, of which almost 50% is recorded in July every year. I am sure everyone would recollect the tragic 26th of July, 2005 when the rains created a havoc all over Mumbai bringing this metropolis to a grinding halt – for 3 consecutive days! With a record rainfall of 944mm in a single day, it caused tremendous losses …

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Would you like to win Asus Eee Laptop?

July 15, 2009. Tags: , , , , ,  •  5 Comments

Yes, it is true and 100% autherized. ReviveYourLife (RYL) is giving out a free ASUS EEE laptop to celebrate its grand success in the blogging sphere.

The grand prize to be won is ASUS Eee notebook PC with Intel Celeron processor | 1GB DDR2 | 160GB | 8.9″ widescreen | Webcam | Windows XP Home.

In order to participate, simple subscribe to RYL’s feeds. To score more, you may also blog about this contest, link back from blogroll, etc. etc. Interested? Good. …

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How to achieve your dreams (5)

July 9, 2009. Tags: , , , , , ,  •  No Comments

<< continued from PART 4 of this series…

I have recently penned down a few pointers that will help all of us to achieve what we dream with relatively less pains. Note that these are based on my own experience…

>> How to achieve your dreams series continued…

Make boring checks cool & glamorous

June 29, 2009. Tags: , , , , , , , ,  •  No Comments

CHECKS are perhaps one of the most widely used participatory note instruments, i.e. money-exchanging instruments, after cash. Checks typically are printed papers bearing logo of the issuing bank and carry watermarked security signs. Traditionally, checks have bore this boring look. The only glamour-factor checks carried was the colors of the issuing banks. For example, HDFC Bank issues checks which has light-blue background color, Axis bank checks carry light-pink background color, and so on. I always wanted that these checks should …

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How to achieve your dreams (4)

June 9, 2009. Tags: , , , , , ,  •  No Comments

<< continued from PART 3 of this series…

I have recently penned down a few pointers that will help all of us to achieve what we dream with relatively less pains. Note that these are based on my own experience…

>> How to achieve your dreams series continued…