Have you ever wondered, being a resident Bangalorean, as to how many tech startups are present in Bangalore? Have you wanted to view what technologies or products these people work on? Have you ever felt the need to understand what drives these people?

The Annual version of Silicion India's Startup City, is scheduled for this weekend; the 6th of June. Come and peek into the dreams of these passionate individuals; take their products for a ride, or simply watch these young geeks at work. Quite a few Venture Capitals will be present, and if you have a sweep-off-your-feet idea in mind; well then, who knows? Get ready to be funded!

To top it all, there are quite a few keynote sessions from well-know companies and CEOs. One can only hope to gain from this experience! Hope to see some of you folks there!

June 1! It has remained my long-standing most hated day of the year, ever since school days. The first day of school! After two months of playing without a care about books to read, or homework to complete; it was back to the grind again. However, there were a many a things in school that still remain etched in memory. I was always fascinated by science, as were my other esteemed classmates. The distillation experiment in our science lab was met with oohs' and ahs' from everyone alike. We also celebrated Science Day annually in school, in which some built tape-recorders (yeah! it did actually play!), some insect zoos, and there were some others. My participations in these, were usually limited to admiring my classmates intelligence and gadgets. I marveled at their knowledge and their ability to put that knowledge to use.

Science, as I said, always made me wonder! And so, I was extremely glad when I came to know the efforts of Udaya and Adithya. Udaya is a wonderful mild and well-mannered guy, and was my colleague in Tally. Both of them, armed with their rocket experiment, go to schools and then demonstrate the beauty of science. Their aim is to inculcate a scientific temperament into young minds, and make them understand that science can actually be fun! The fact that children reciprocate by attending the presentations even during summer vacations is testimony of how well their efforts are received.

My congratulations to them, and hope they go a long way forward. Feel free to tweet, share, fb, ff, ping about them; and their efforts. They have already been featured in The Bangalore Mirror, The Better India, and the TOI.

The 13th of May was voting day in Tamil Nadu... It is the middle of the week.. Who would go to Chennai and be back the next day to office? Not anyone I know... Well.. Except, maybe, Anoop!

What's wrong with this generation, I say?!?















More elections.

Sachit was my class-mate in first year of enginnering.

The only similarity that Sac and I shared was that he was also a regular back-bencher; just like Shailu & I. Other than that, it were the dissimilarities that were more glaring. Hindi music was unheard by him, while I liked; he used to pass smart comments in English class, while I used to score more; he metamorphosed and started growing lengthy hair, while I never used to comb; Sac was portly, while I was a 28-incher!

Now, Sac has gone ahead and added one more to that list. He now has a movie to boot against his name, while all I do is post silly blog entries.



The movie is officially released and is available on youtube here.

There is also a facebook group, so you can go and shoot your heart out all you want. The movie, is a true reflection of how Sac is. Dark, satiric, and bland humor. But I liked the ending nevertheless! Do check it out too.

When I first heard of the island reef job in early Jan, my first thought was that this was a marketing gimmick; and nothing more. The website reported that the responsibilities included feeding fish in the Great Barrier Reef; trying out the luxuries of a spa; snorkeling and diving; and writing a weekly report on the findings of interest along the Reef.

I mean.. WoW!

And then when I was lazing through the newspaper while having coffee this morning, I read a news item that the job is now closed. I also come to know that a Bangalore RJ was among the finalists; but an ostrich-rider from England beat him to it!

Congratulations to Ben! He has been appointed for The Best job in the World!