Monthly Archives: July 2006

Of Clouds And Haze

The skies are a bit overcast in Muscat these days, and the beautiful rugged mountains are covered with a thin layer of haze till late afternoon. Despite all this, there is no respite from sweltering heat. The Gulf News reports … Continue reading

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Garden City Turns Crime City

Crime-related incidents on a rise in Bangalore. Reason — the growing disparity (read frustration) between the unemployed or lowly-paid locals and the well-to-do professionals representing IT, FMCG, Media, and Hospitality-related industries. The so-called ‘underprivileged’ have a wrong notion that the … Continue reading

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Beat The Heat

Rain dance is here. Some relief in times of scorching heat. Source: The Week

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Good Job, Ad Agency

I am a sucker for catchy advertisements and ideation. And, I found the “Opening Soon” concept for this gas station coming up near Darsait roundabout very cool.

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Three Cheers To Technorati

Technorati, the Internet search engine for weblogs, turned three a couple of days back. As a mark of celebration, an upgraded and colourful website is in place to make the site more appealing to non-bloggers too. David Sifry, the founder … Continue reading

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‘Badshah’ of Blockbusters

Karan Johar rocks. I like his style of filmmaking. His ingredients to success –– simple storyline, brilliant acting and great music. From Kuch Kuch Hota Hai to Kal Ho Naa Ho, he’s done it time and again. Although Karan has … Continue reading

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Revealed

Forbes.com comes out with a list of world’s most expensive homes. …over to you Mr. Lakshmi Mittal

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A Bagful Of Blog Resources

Blog Resources, Enjoy! POST YOUR BLOGS BlogBiB Directoryhttp://blogbib.com Blog Directory/Search Enginehttp://www.lsblogs.com Blog Spot: Post Your Blogshttp://pub6.bravenet.com/freelink/show.php?usernum=498340581 Blog Sweethttp://www.blogsweet.com Blog Visitorshttp://blogvisitors.com/addblog.php Bulletize It! Directoryhttp://bulletize.com FREE Blog Directoryhttp://www.blogsubmission.com Free Blog Directoryhttp://www.SynBlog.com FREE traffic for your bloghttp://www.link2blogs.com National Directoryhttp://www.thebloggernation.com Small Business Blog Directory … Continue reading

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Stumped By Phone Bills

Calls from landlines and mobiles in Oman to India are quite expensive. It costs around 240 baisa (around Rs. 25) per minute during peak hours and 220 baisa (around Rs.23) during off peak hours from a landline, and 20-30 baisa … Continue reading

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As Interesting As It Gets

Google Trends –– a recent addition to the popular search engine –– allows web surfers to check the relative popularity of any search term. When I searched for “Lebanon” and “Israel”, the results were quite surprising. The top ten list … Continue reading

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