http://blog.kushwaha.com Things from, of and about the head on the shoulders. Mon, 19 May 2008 04:02:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have been silent here for a while and in this meantime, there have been some major changes in my life. The most profound one is my marriage in September to a wonderful girl from Jallandhar. I took 2 weeks off and we went south to the picturesque Lakshadweep islands where ... http://blog.kushwaha.com/2007/11/12/in-the-lull-the-garden-blooms/ Context: sometimes it does funny things. Here are examples of 15 ads that happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. (via. AdLand) Some of them are hilarious. http://blog.kushwaha.com/2007/07/27/15-unfortunately-placed-ads/ Forgot who sent me here but there's no way I am going to miss this movie. An emotional comedy about three brothers re-forging family bonds. The eldest, played by Wilson, hopes to reconnect with his two younger siblings by taking them on a train trip across the vibrant and sensual landscape ... http://blog.kushwaha.com/2007/07/27/the-darjeeling-limited/ The excellent blog title post comes from the post I caught on AdLand about the new campaign by the Australian Traffic Authorities to make speeding 'socially unacceptable' by associating an embarrassing image with those who burn rubber. Nice, huh? http://blog.kushwaha.com/2007/07/27/speeding-drivers-have-wee-wee-wees/ My city is organising a carnival tomorrow (via. TOI Report). With a parade. Wow! I love this line from the TOI report: Anyone can avail the facility to see the events of the day. Precious. http://blog.kushwaha.com/2007/07/26/panchkula-carnival-07/ Last two days I have been working in ColdFusion. This is the the second time in my life that I'm writing CFML. A little over a couple of years ago, I was using a spreadsheet to track the work assignments to my team. It was cumbersome: others couldn't see how I ... http://blog.kushwaha.com/2007/07/22/starting-coldfusion-again/ India today became the first country in the world to get a supersonic surface-to-surface cruise missile, BrahMos, officially inducted into active service (IE Report). The President handed over a replica of the missile at a function in Delhi to Army Chief General J J Singh to mark the commencement of ... http://blog.kushwaha.com/2007/06/22/army-gets-supersonic-cruise-missile/ Rigveda has been added to UN's Memory of the World Register (IE Report). It's available online in both Devnagri & the translated text from 1896. http://blog.kushwaha.com/2007/06/20/rigveda-added-to-uns-heritage-list/ Today I got a call from one of the banks where I had deposited money that a Rs. 1,000 banknote was counterfeit and that I should come over. The note was impounded and I was simply issued a receipt that the note was a fake. I went to the bank that ... http://blog.kushwaha.com/2007/06/11/counterfeit-banknote/ Isn't it going to be ironical if the new Indian cricket team's coach is called Whatmore?. http://blog.kushwaha.com/2007/06/04/indian-cricket-teams-new-coach/