Happy Deepavali folks!
We had our celebrations over the weekend. Days of hardwork and few night-outs did pay off as 50+ adults and about 20 kids had a blast. Though it took us until 3 a.m next morning to wind up and call it a day, it was a fun filled evening. It was a [...]

What a relief! Citibank has credited my account with the money that was transferred out without my knowledge. The bank said that they would send me a report on the incident. Will keep you posted when I receive one. Thanks to those who sent me mails of support. Sorry I am unable to reply back [...]

It was interesting to note that the Police Stations in UK are not open 24 hours. Chesham Police Station – the place I went to log a complaint on the fraudulent bank transaction is open only between 8 a.m to 2 p.m and that too on Monday to Fridays. I called up Thames Valley Police [...]

We have heard them a lot before – about the Internet scams robbing money off people, phishing emails, fake Paypal accounts, Nigeria 420 scams taking away your little savings et al. But they happened to someone somewhere or sometimes to a friend’s friend and most of the time we would be safe. How would it [...]

Well.. it has been a busy few weeks here and I think the pressure has subsided a bit, but am not sure about it though. Anyway, I don’t think anyone missed my rants.
On the other night we were having dinner and Anirud was playing quietly when we heard a sound like that of a deepavali [...]

Though nothing is gonna change by a belated post like this on the already embroiled IIPM vs Bloggers tussle, I wonder whether this episode would make a good case study for crisis management in IIPM or for that matter in any B School – how not to shoot yourself on your own foot, that is? [...]

Inviting you all for a Diwali/Deepavali get-together on Saturday, 29th October 2005 at London (exact venue to be announced in due course), being organised by Balan, Renga & yours truly.
As I have burnt my fingers quite badly by paying the bills in the Indian Blogger’s Meet a while ago, we have decided to charge [...]