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Re: Indian Education System is the Best … for India!

sketharaman — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 12:09:13 -0000

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Re: The Future of IITs

sketharaman — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 07:44:16 -0000

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Re: Credit Cards Come A Full Circle

sketharaman — Sun, 30 Aug 2020 13:50:21 -0000

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Re: Is CROSSWORD Heading Towards A ‘BORDERS Moment’?

sketharaman — Sun, 26 Jul 2020 12:26:34 -0000

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Re: Rocking London Rock Music Tour!

sketharaman — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 09:41:42 -0000

REPOSTING UPDATED DATED 21 AUGUST 2012:

When I read "Should councils sell off their best homes to build cheaper ones?" (https://www.lovemoney.com/n..., I was reminded of the London Rock Music Tour. I'd been on this iconic trip around five years ago.

The tour started from world's first Hard Rock Cafe in Piccadilly. On the way from the Green Park tube station to the boarding point of the tour, I got my first ever experience of walking through the upmarket Mayfair district after having read about the high cost of real estate in this part of London for several years. The tour van had hardly traveled half a kilometer when the tour guide pointed to a council estate just outside our window and said that Syd Barrett, the famous founder of Pink Floyd, used to live there in his early childhood. "Council Estate in Mayfair?".

I immediately wondered, "Could Syd Barrett afford to buy a house in this neighborhood even at the height of Pink Floyd's fame and fortune?"

Re: What If Google Only Displayed Ads?

sketharaman — Sat, 30 May 2020 15:11:59 -0000

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Re: How Humanlike Are Virtual Agents? – Part 2

sketharaman — Sun, 13 Mar 2016 10:21:23 -0000

UPDATE DATED 13-MAR-2016:

Stanley Bing seems to be having better experience with live humans than me. That's why he wants to pass on AI and virtual assistants.

http://fortune.com/2016/03/...

Re: A Tale of Two Sites

sketharaman — Sun, 02 Feb 2014 10:19:40 -0000

With the passage of time, excellent delivery track record of @Flipkart, and the recent entry of @Amazon into India, you'd think @eBayIndia would've gotten its act together by now. But, alas, no. According to this article in today's Economic Times (http://economictimes.indiat..., many more buyers are still encountering the same problems that I faced with eBay India seven years ago.

Re: Securing Airtel WiFi Broadband Connection

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Re: Running From Pillar To Post To Link Aadhaar Card To Bank Account

CJ Junior — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 07:37:28 -0000

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Re: Gayatri Ketharaman Is National Winner of Doodle for Google!

sketharaman — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 03:51:02 -0000

Thanks a lot Detlef. I specifically told Gayatri about your comment. She's able to recall you even though she was barely 4-5 years old when she'd met you in Germany.

Re: Gayatri Ketharaman Is National Winner of Doodle for Google!

Detlef Reddig — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 06:50:54 -0000

CONGRATULATIONS – I am very happy that Gayatri was declared the National Winner of the Doodle for Google contest.
This are really GOOD & GREAT NEWS.
Thanks for updating me.
Have a great day and celebrate with your daughter.
Detlef

Re: The Everlasting One Minute

sketharaman — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 05:37:49 -0000

When I was living in Switzerland / Germany in the early 2000s, I used to be shocked to see stocks of Rolex and Omega watches being shipped from factory to retailers by ordinary post inside Switzerland and courier inside Germany. By that token, CapitalOne / Tesco were perhaps well within local norms to ask applicants to send original passports by post. Just that, coming from India, this was too much of a culture shock to me! And, perhaps for you, too, if you have an India background.

Re: The Everlasting One Minute

Atrayee — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 05:34:51 -0000

I had a similar experience while applying for a Tesco credit card, in which the procedure lasted for 3 weeks or more and was inconclusive as I gave up my application as I didn't feel comfortable sending my passport.

Re: Why Indian Marriages Last Longer

Express Jodi — Sun, 15 Sep 2013 00:55:42 -0000

Your Wedding Handbook

Get Organised

Plan your leave from work

Apply for leave work as much in advance as possible. Complete all pending tasks
and divide the workload between cooperative co - worker. “This way you can get up
to speed real quick when you return from your blessed – out honeymoon”

Delegate small wedding day tasks

Delegate duties in advance – get a couple of close friends to be by your side during
the ceremony to calm your nerves and handle the gifts, some relatives (in rotation)
to greet guests at the entrance, someone with a list of all vendor contact
information.

Have a chat with your photographer

Decide the theme you want for the marriage pictures and give the photographer a
list of moments you want captured.

Pack your accessories and wedding night bag

Pack a bag with all the accessories you’ll require to get dressed on the wedding
day. This includes jewellery, makeup, hairpins, safety pins, undergarments. Leave
this bag next to your wedding dress along with your bag of “just – in – case” items.
Also, pack a small bag to carry with you to the hotel for the wedding night. This bag
should have everything you’ll need. Besides lingerie, make sure to pack a change of
clothes for the next morning, your cosmetics pouch and a midnight snack (since no
one seems to eat at their own wedding!)

Gather Memories

Make a DVD of the days leading up to the wedding

“What I’m sure I’ll continue to find truly endearing and entertaining in the years to
come is the DVD of my wedding preparation – from the sangeet practices to the
makeup trails to some heartfelt moments with my family”
Maybe you can include messages from your close friends and family as well.

Write out ‘Thank you’ notes

A lot of people have worked tirelessly, spent lots of money and treated you like a
princess in the weeks leading up to your big day. Make some time to write
personalized cards for all of them and give it to each one before the wedding
ceremonies begin.

Look And Feel Your Best

Oodles of pampering

This is perhaps one of the most essential and enjoyable parts of your pre – wedding
routine. Book appointments at least 10 days in advance for your pre – wedding
beauty regimen, preferably at a spa you frequent. Make sure to include a stress –
relieving massage to soothe those nerves.

Get lots of sleep the night before

“No matter what beauty regiment you go through in the days before your wedding,
unless you’re well rested on the night before the big day, you will neither look nor
feel your best,”. “The last thing you need is a headache putting a
damper on your mood.” So the evening before your wedding should be a quite one –
spend quality time with your family, eat a healthy meal and get at least eight hour
of sound sleep. Eat something and use the washroom before the ceremony. You
have got a long day ahead of you. Grab a healthy snack before you put on your
makeup and use the washroom right before you head out to the mandap”

Focus on your husband – to – be

If, in spite of your best efforts, things get too chaotic, try this trick : “Every bride will have a moment of nerves, no matter how perfect
everything around her is. It’s human nature. When this happened turned complete focus on my handsome fiancé and on the beautiful life we were about to
embark upon together. My mind instantly quietened down and I had a lovely smile
on my face that made me look even more fabulous in the pictures”. Maybe
you could even give his friend a note to slip to your fiancé right before the
ceremony. This could pep things up a bit for the two of you and help ease the stress
too!

Re: Why Is It So Hard To Search Inside A Single Website Compared To The Entire WWW?

sketharaman — Sat, 17 Aug 2013 09:08:08 -0000

The online edition of the FORTUNE magazine is an exception: Simply Google the name of the article and it appears on the top of the search results. Don't know how @FortuneMagazine manages this but it's something that I hope @TechCrunch, @EconomicTimes and others should find out.

Re: Tirumala-Tirupati Updates

sketharaman — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:35:52 -0000

@ManiSP: TY for the travel tip.

Re: Tirumala-Tirupati Updates

mani sp — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 04:50:09 -0000

when you visit Tirupati Balaji next time, please visit Shilparamam of Govt of AP's tourisim site on the way to Tiruchanur Temple. You will find a Sun Dial there.. Please click on this link to see the sun dial http://tirupatishilparamam....

Re: Indian Education System is the Best … for India!

Ranjini — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 01:55:35 -0000

Indian education system is good but Indian few colleges are not good where they never pay more salary to lectures and lectures not bothered to teach student or we can tel few college Recruit lecture with no knowledge for less price, and they take more money and not bothered to give facilities like good lab ..... and of-course lot many student in one class (60+) I Regret for this....Since i can't Learn in group...

Re: Changing Face of DIY Markets

sketharaman — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:31:27 -0000

@RohanN: TY for your comment. Best wishes with Infistock. BTW, when I clicked the Twitter button on your website, I was taken to @buildabazaar's Twitter page. Please feel free to contact me if you need any assistance with setting up your company's social media presence and with digital marketing in general. More on this at my company's website (http://www.gtm360.com/GTM36...

Re: Changing Face of DIY Markets

Rohan Nagarkar — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 05:46:00 -0000

Please check out http://www.infistock.com

Majority of our customers are DIY customers and response has been good so far

Re: Games Airlines Play

sketharaman — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:38:07 -0000

@Sue: TY for your comment. I'd a similar experience with Air India a few years ago. I was booked on the Mumbai-London flight, which was scheduled to reach LHR at around 5:30PM local time. Once we'd boarded, the flight attendant announced that the flight would make a "short detour" via Kolkata, which actually lies some 2000 kms in the opposite direction. Apparently, the previous day's flight from Kolkata to London was cancelled for some reason and there was a bunch of irate passengers who had to be flown to London that day or else... Once we took off from Kolkata, we were told that we'd stop over at New Delhi. To date, I don't know the reason for that unscheduled halt but, given that the seat of power of the Indian government lies in the capital city and the fact that Air India is government-owned, it didn't take a genius to connect the dots. Long story short, at 5:30PM local time, I was still inside India, an 8 hour flight had taken some 18 hours, I became one of those rare Indians who had traveled 3 out of the country's four metros (Chennai being the fourth) in a single day and, last but not the least, I never flew Air India again.

Re: Games Airlines Play

Sue — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:08:57 -0000

If a flight is underbooked to the extent that it would incur a loss if it flew, it is cancelled "for technical reasons" and the passengers are then rebooked on to the next available flight. This happened to me some years ago when I was due to fly from Madrid to Manchester on Iberia. The flight had only thirty passengers on it, who were kept waiting for several hours with the excuse that the flight was delayed "for safety reasons". Eventually we were told that it was cancelled and that we would be transferred on to the flight to London - which, by some remarkable coincidence, just happened to have thirty vacant seats on it.

To add insult to injury, when we did eventually land at Heathrow (about seven hours after we should have arrived in Manchester), the Manchester passengers' luggage was the very last to come off the plane. It had obviously been put on first. Iberia clearly never had any intention of flying to Manchester that afternoon.

Re: Cheque Deposit Systems — Are They Really Worth It?

Sankar Balasubramaniam — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 03:00:12 -0000

I agree to this.

Re: A Little Communication Can Go A Long Way

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