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  1. The Gift

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    / July 3, 2012 / 4 Comments
    I want to give Mark Zuckerberg a great big collective hug from all of us prehistoric beings (read as ‘those born before the times of the internet’)… You see, Facebook is giving us a very special gift indeed! How else would I have located my teen-time buddy, with whom I...

  2. Handwriting…Going…Going…Gone

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    / June 26, 2012 / 1 Comment
    Is it time to write an obit to yet another ancient human skill? While computers and the Internet have made English the global language, they have also just about killed cursive writing or handwriting today. The focus is totally on the computer keyboard. Beyond computer keyboards, texting also moves people...

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    / May 17, 2012 /
    Facebook’s IPO, reported to the biggest public floatation for an Internet company, opens Thursday, 17th May. The eight-year-old company is expected to raise nearly USD 16 billion, with sale of 421 million equity shares. Facebook will be listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange on Friday. According to Forbes, an American...

  4. Ajith – Cool, grey and Billa 2

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    / May 15, 2012 / 1 Comment
    Actor Jeeva was shooting inside the Madras Race Course and a large crowd had gathered, hoping to catch a glimpse. This was December 2007 and my cameraperson and I were waiting for Ajith Kumar to arrive, to record what was going to be his maiden interaction with a national TV...

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    / May 10, 2012 /
    New rules for the cops in Kerala. They have been forbidden from using their official designations when expressing their opinion on social networking sites like Facebook or Twitter. The Kerala government feels expression of opinion on issues on such sites is against police rules. However, Home minister T Radhakrishnan has...

  6. Guilty till proven innocent

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    / April 19, 2012 / 3 Comments
    Last night Mumbai’s Joint commissioner of police Himanshu Roy was on CNN-IBN, to talk about the Vijay Palande-Simran Sood duo, accused of four murders. No doubt this story has been a talking point in Mumbai over the last few days, with newspapers devoting a significant share of newsprint to how...

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    / April 6, 2012 /
    Ever since the government of Andhra Pradesh promoted and moved out SIT chief investigating the liquor scam, K Srinivas Reddy to the virtually defunct post of IG, Coastal security wing, the 1994 batch IPS officer has become the symbol of the fight against corruption in the state. Now the social...

  8. Rahman and Mani at sea !

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    / March 21, 2012 / Leave a comment
    This is one of those rare photographs that offer us fans a glimpse into how Mani Ratnam and A R Rahman work. The music composer posted this photograph in his Facebook album with this caption : “Brainstorming with Mani Ratnam in the middle of the sea, down in the south...

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    / March 18, 2012 /
    About four years ago, a friend and I started a blog called Secondtake. (http://secondtake.wordpress.com). The blog was aimed at giving a second opinion on the business news and events of the day. Until then, when we felt like giving an opinion, we used to write to `Letters to the Editor’....

  10. Posted by
    / February 27, 2012 /
    So my aunt calls my mother and says “Wow, Nivedita has grown up to be such a beautiful girl.”  My mother finds that comment odd. Though Nivedita is a beloved and smart kid in the immediate family, “such a beautiful” is probably a stretch!  “Where did you meet her?” asks...

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