Today I complete my 3 years in TS2 and the feeling is like the initial lines of these songs.
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Mysore Trip
On Monday when I reached home, plans were being made for a trip to Mysore. I was not much enthused as I had already been there. But Garima's and aunty's constant pestering to come along forced my to consent. So there it was. All planned.
Leave Bangalore at 6:00 am. Qualis was booked. Everyone took bath the previous day and some even went to the lengths to get their legs and hands waxed. For me it was a night of gossip and thought. Slept late but woke up at 5. A quick glass of horlicks and a bath with cold water set me for the day. The Qualis came on time. We boarded it and started to the tunes of 'Woh Lamhe' (nice songs btw).
The roads were empty and we cruised along. Once we were out of the city, it started drizzling. It was already cloudy but it was not so in the city. Gradually the drizzle turned to a downpour and again to a drizzle and sometime dry and the tango went on. The wind was cool and everyone slept. Being in the front seat and after a cold water bath, I was wide awake.
It was a nice ride, cool winds, slight rain and a nice road (Bangalore Mysore highway). I missed the ride of the Avenger (Feel Like God.).
First we touched base on Balamuri. It a small irrigation project which uses a small concrete wall to hold the water. The water splashing from the top of the wall gives a feel of a rapid. Took some pics and then moved into the water. The water was pleasant but a dip of half an hour brought in the shiver in my skin. The level of water was also rising so we moved out. Changed clothes and moved on to Mysore. Had our breakfast and moved straight to the Mysore Palace. Built by the Wodeyars, its magnificent, huge and beautiful.
We strolled through the visitors area and took some pics from the outside. Then went to a Mysore Sari and Handicrafts store and bought a sari for mom. Post that had a lunch and went to Chamundeswari Temple on top of a hill nearby. Full of monkeys, the place was a hell for Garima and we used this information to the hilt ;).
It was evening now and we moved down to hill to Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) dam on Cauvery. One of the first dams to be built in India, it was the first to produce hydro-electricity and light up Bangalore. It has also has the renowned Brindawan Gardens at its base. We went through the garden till we reached the gates. The dam was full till its brim and the gates were opened to let out the excess water.
We stayed back there till it was time to experience the musical fountain. It was good. Thereafter we left for Bangalore. It rained heavily on the way back hence our destination time got pushed till 11 but we reached safe to Vineet bhaiya's house for a nice dinner to end the day.
Leave Bangalore at 6:00 am. Qualis was booked. Everyone took bath the previous day and some even went to the lengths to get their legs and hands waxed. For me it was a night of gossip and thought. Slept late but woke up at 5. A quick glass of horlicks and a bath with cold water set me for the day. The Qualis came on time. We boarded it and started to the tunes of 'Woh Lamhe' (nice songs btw).
The roads were empty and we cruised along. Once we were out of the city, it started drizzling. It was already cloudy but it was not so in the city. Gradually the drizzle turned to a downpour and again to a drizzle and sometime dry and the tango went on. The wind was cool and everyone slept. Being in the front seat and after a cold water bath, I was wide awake.
It was a nice ride, cool winds, slight rain and a nice road (Bangalore Mysore highway). I missed the ride of the Avenger (Feel Like God.).
First we touched base on Balamuri. It a small irrigation project which uses a small concrete wall to hold the water. The water splashing from the top of the wall gives a feel of a rapid. Took some pics and then moved into the water. The water was pleasant but a dip of half an hour brought in the shiver in my skin. The level of water was also rising so we moved out. Changed clothes and moved on to Mysore. Had our breakfast and moved straight to the Mysore Palace. Built by the Wodeyars, its magnificent, huge and beautiful.
We strolled through the visitors area and took some pics from the outside. Then went to a Mysore Sari and Handicrafts store and bought a sari for mom. Post that had a lunch and went to Chamundeswari Temple on top of a hill nearby. Full of monkeys, the place was a hell for Garima and we used this information to the hilt ;).
It was evening now and we moved down to hill to Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) dam on Cauvery. One of the first dams to be built in India, it was the first to produce hydro-electricity and light up Bangalore. It has also has the renowned Brindawan Gardens at its base. We went through the garden till we reached the gates. The dam was full till its brim and the gates were opened to let out the excess water.
We stayed back there till it was time to experience the musical fountain. It was good. Thereafter we left for Bangalore. It rained heavily on the way back hence our destination time got pushed till 11 but we reached safe to Vineet bhaiya's house for a nice dinner to end the day.
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| Mysore Trip 24.7.2007 |
Friday, July 20, 2007
Cluster Maps
Just saw this cool Web 2.0 tool so thought why not try it out. It shows location of the visitor mashed on Google Maps. Lets see how cool is it really !!
Did you know?
Its a cool video about whats going on and what may happen in future. Nice video packed with facts and is worth a view.
Did You Know?
Did You Know?
Monday, July 9, 2007
Sensex Scales 15000
Sensex scaled 15K for the first time and I am doing a tango with it with a ratio of 5. Hope to increase it as it goes up up and all the way.
Monday, June 18, 2007
Billion Dollar Indian Companies
Finally we have a good bunch of Indian companies in the Billion Dollar club. The top is still dominated by public monopolies. I expect it to change in the next few years with the IT companies hogging the limelight.
| Company Name | Net Sales (2007) in $ billion (conversion rate Rs.40.90 per dollar) | |
| Indian Oil Corporation Ltd | 52.53 | |
| Reliance Industries Ltd | 25.76 | |
| Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd | 23.85 | |
| Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd | 21.95 | |
| ONGC | 9.75 | |
| State Bank of India | 9.73 | |
| Steel Authority of India Ltd | 8.63 | |
| NTPC Ltd | 8.04 | |
| Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd | 7.04 | |
| Tata Motors Ltd | 6.79 | |
| Chennai Petroleum Corp Ltd | 6.07 | |
| MMTC Ltd | 5.72 | |
| ICICI Bank Ltd | 5.67 | |
| Hindalco Industries Ltd | 4.51 | |
| Bharti Airtel Ltd | 4.39 | |
| Larsen & Toubro Ltd | 4.33 | |
| Tata Steel Ltd | 4.33 | |
| Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd | 4.25 | |
| GAIL (India) Ltd | 3.96 | |
| Tata Consultancy Services Ltd | 3.68 | |
| Maruti Udyog Ltd | 3.61 | |
| State Trading Corp of India Ltd | 3.53 | |
| Wipro Ltd | 3.37 | |
| Infosys Technologies Ltd | 3.24 | |
| ITC Ltd | 3.05 | |
| Hindustan Lever Ltd** | 2.98 | |
| Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd | 2.91 | |
| Reliance Communication Ltd | 2.89 | |
| Punjab National Bank | 2.84 | |
| Canara Bank | 2.80 | |
| Adani Enterprises Ltd | 2.50 | |
| Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd | 2.48 | |
| Hero Honda Motors Ltd | 2.44 | |
| Bajaj Auto Ltd | 2.35 | |
| Bank of Baroda | 2.27 | |
| Bank of India | 2.26 | |
| Grasim Industries Ltd | 2.14 | |
| JSW Steel Ltd | 2.12 | |
| Hindustan Zinc Ltd | 2.11 | |
| Ruchi Soya Industries Ltd | 2.11 | |
| Videocon Industries Ltd*** | 1.87 | |
| Ispat Industries Ltd | 1.85 | |
| Union Bank of India | 1.82 | |
| Ashok Leyland Ltd | 1.77 | |
| HDFC Bank Ltd | 1.70 | |
| Industrial Development Bank of India Ltd | 1.56 | |
| Ambuja Cements Ltd** | 1.55 | |
| Central Bank of India | 1.54 | |
| Satyam Computer Services Ltd | 1.54 | |
| Syndicate Bank | 1.49 | |
| National Aluminium Co Ltd | 1.46 | |
| Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd | 1.45 | |
| Indian Overseas Bank | 1.44 | |
| Bongaigaon Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd | 1.43 | |
| ACC Ltd** | 1.41 | |
| Reliance Energy Ltd | 1.40 | |
| Petronet LNG Ltd | 1.36 | |
| Suzlon Energy Ltd | 1.33 | |
| UCO Bank | 1.31 | |
| Oriental Bank of Commerce | 1.27 | |
| Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd | 1.21 | |
| UltraTech Cement Ltd | 1.21 | |
| Allahabad Bank | 1.20 | |
| Jindal Stainless Ltd | 1.20 | |
| Tata Power Company Ltd | 1.16 | |
| Redington India Ltd | 1.16 | |
| National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development | 1.15 | |
| UTI Bank Ltd | 1.12 | |
| Siemens Ltd*** | 1.11 | |
| Indian Bank | 1.06 | |
| ABB Ltd** | 1.05 | |
| National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd | 1.03 |
* For manufacturing & service companies, net sales considered as revenue.For commercial banks, net interest income is considered as revenue.
** Firms’ financial year ending December 2006
*** Firms’ financial year ending September 2006
# For the nine months ended December 2006, ONGC’s sales were $9.75 billion. It has not yet announced its financial results for the full year. In 2005-06, the firm had recorded sales of $10.74 billion.
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Microsoft Photosynth
Some nice peek into new technologies that are coming in:
The technology is available at http://labs.live.com/photosynth/default.html
It makes me remember about the words in God's debris that internet is going to be the collective consciousness of the whole humankind
The technology is available at http://labs.live.com/photosynth/default.html
It makes me remember about the words in God's debris that internet is going to be the collective consciousness of the whole humankind
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