Archive for August, 2005

Affordability
Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

The price tag on a Volkswagon car at a showroom in Chalfont was like: £42,750 – Affordable!
Okay, it is affordable. But, for whom?

Art Gallery, Proms, Blog Meet & a Tour of London
Tuesday, August 30th, 2005

The 3-day weekend went off in a flash. It started with Anand K’s visit to my place, followed by Anand V. When Anand V visited me in Bournemouth 5 weeks ago, I promised him a free parking space near London whenever he visited UK next time. I am glad that I was able to keep [...]

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Blogger’s Meet in London – Update
Monday, August 29th, 2005

What a joy! What a joy!! What a great feeling it was to meet so many fantastic people at one place.
Indian Blogger’s Meet in London that was attended by was attended by Anand K, Anand V, Chakra, Guru, Jag, Praveen, Neha, Radhika, Renga, Subhashree & 18-month old Sriram on Sunday, 28th July 2005 happened [...]

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Odd combinations
Thursday, August 25th, 2005

Ever wondered about the odd combination of businesses in the same premises at many places, despite having no commonality between them? For example, the STD/ISD/PCO/Xerox (Isn’t that how we refer to the photocopying machines in India?) shops in India. What has a photocopying machine got to do in a telephone booth? May be that someone [...]

Indian Blogger’s Meet in UK
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005

Ladies & Gentlemen
Find below the details regarding Indian Blogger’s Meet at London.

Venue: Sagar Indian Restaurant
157, Kings Road
Hammersmith
London
W6 9JT
Date: Sunday, 28th August 2005
Time: 12:30 pm onwards (in time for lunch)
Tube Stations: Hammersmith
(Walk halfway down King Street and it is on the Left hand side)
Ravenscourt Park
(Reach King Street and walk towards Hammersmith, Sagar is on the right hand side)
Location: Check out the [...]

Changed Citibank
Monday, August 22nd, 2005

The topic of this post might be familiar to those who have been visiting this blog for a while, but the content would sure be different.
In the last few months, I think Citibank has turned a new leaf. They have moved to a different call centre in Chennai, perhaps their own and the service levels [...]

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Doubt
Thursday, August 18th, 2005

Why is that most of the self-styled spiritualists or the so-called god men choose to have their names ending with “Ananda”?
Examples: Swami Sugabhodhananda, Premananda, Ranganadananda etc.