Kirubasankar writes on Blognation India about the recent open source software camp in Delhi.
The event saw over 40 presentations and an attendance of over 200 participants. The participants included Senior Technology Professionals, CIOs, Product Evangelists, Technology Teachers, Tech Journalists, and Students. The event was modeled after BarCamps which have been quite popular in India.
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Indians’ irrationalism about rationalism
Published by September 8th, 2007 in Culture and India. 0 CommentsWe have seen many Indians making claims about how West is embracing Hindu culture. Well, Sujai clearly points out the misunderstanding (intentional or not) on the part of Indian Hindus.
The key message of Age of Enlightenment is establishing superiority of reason over superstition. Indians have not even embraced that rationality and therefore its rejection [...]
Microsoft, Union Carbide of IT World
Published by August 30th, 2007 in Announcement and India. 0 CommentsVenky explains how India stopped Microsoft’s sub standard OOXML proposal
Coming back to India, I am extremely proud of the fact that my country has voted against this proposal. To accept such a poor document would have been to denigrate the very meaning of “standards.” The academia, the government bodies, industry organizations and non-profits like [...]
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Carnatic Music and Business Creativity
Published by August 27th, 2007 in Business, India and Music. 0 CommentsManish talks about the workshop organized to understand what business community can learn from carnatic music world and then concludes
All in all I loved the humility of these wise musicians. There is a lesson for all of us in the larger marketing and communication community who are often arrogant in our ignorance!!
Mureli wishes Chennai on its 368th birthday and hopes that it flourishes well in the future too.
Not even in my dreams I would rate any other city as the best other than my home town Chennai, its been the best ever.
368 years ago , on this very same day East India Company bought few [...]
No, it is not about Shivam. Vasanth posts videos and photos from National Highway 7 connecting Bangalore to Chennai.
It is a pleasure to drive on India’s National Highway 7 (NH 7) connecting two major South Indian cities – Bangalore and Chennai. You can cover the 350 km distance between these two cities in 5 [...]
The Music points out to some facts on Gamakas.
Gamaka is one of the most beautiful aspects of Indian Carnatic Music. Only carnatic music has gamakas. Gamakas are used to beautify the swaras. If the music is without gamaka, it would not be good. The music without gamakas is described as a pond without water, [...]
Hot News: India says no to proprietary Microsoft standards
Published by August 23rd, 2007 in Announcement and India. 0 CommentsRemember the post by Anivar Arvind we linked earlier? We have good news now. Venky points out that India has said NO to OOXML format. Congratulations to all those who fought hard to maintain open standards.
Red Hat is a voting member of this committee and I had the privilege to represent the company on this [...]
Arunk posts a parody trial to mock those purists who criticize variations in carnatic music.
So concluded the trial. Bhagavatar, having admitted to the crime in court was convicted and told not to sing kODu rEDu ever again. His punishment included taking basic Telugu lessons from the rasikas themselves. Needless to say he couldn’t take [...]
The Impact of FSF India
Published by August 21st, 2007 in Announcement, Democracy and India. 0 CommentsBlue GNU has an interview with a representative of Free Software Foundation Group in India.
Sasi Kumar, a member of FSF India’s Working Group, spoke with Blue GNU about the organization’s past, present and future, and shares how they have impacted India.
Debunking the claims of trickle down theory
Published by August 19th, 2007 in Capitalism, Economy and India. 0 CommentsAbraham George points out to recently released statistics by National Commission for Enterprise in Unorganized Sectors and argues that the trickle down claims made by proponents of economic liberalization is plain wrong.
These statistics are very revealing of the state of India’s economy. 1-2% of the country’s population in the private organized sector is reaping much [...]
Chennai Roads talks about how we can ensure the safety of kids in our roads
Let us take few basic things:
* While you are on road, walk only on the footpath. Where do we have proper footpath. The kids are forced to walk on the road.
* Use pedestrian [...]
Chennai 28 was a big hit among the tamil youth. Recently, the 100th day function was held in Chennai.
Chennai 28 featuring newcomers Shiva, Jai, Nithin Sathya, Aravind Akash, Vijayalakshmi, Christine Zedek, Premji, Ajay Raj, Vijay, Prasanna, Ranjit, Arun and Karthik was an instant hit. The simple story, youthful narration and stunning music made this one [...]
Stop BIS from adapting proprietary Microsoft standards
Published by July 24th, 2007 in India and Science & Technology. 0 CommentsAnivar Arvind calls upon saner Indian community to write to Bureau of Indian Standards and ask them to stop adapting the proprietary standards of Microsoft. I agree with him. Open standards are the way to go. When the advanced countries are realizing the importance of open standards, we shouldn’t fall into the trap of proprietary [...]
Madhur analyzes the current status of Internet in India and comes to the following conclusion
India Internet has come a long way just in the last 3-4 years, but I think we are still in early stages. It might still take some time to reach the maturity level of more developed markets. To me, it looks [...]
If you are aspiring to start a Web 2.0 company, you should know what your company should have to get reviewed by Web 2.0 bloggers. Trakin offers you the following insights
First is obviously the concept, is it viral and whether it will appeal the savvy internet users.
The second is their domain name, yes, [...]
Vinod Khare has this amazing post explaining the temple architecture at Khajuraho. It is a must read.
Indian temple architecture is broadly divided into two distinct styles – the Nagari or the north Indian and Dravida or the south Indian. The temples at Khajuraho, built by the Chandella rulers circa 1000 AD are at the pinnacle [...]
Rediff moves into Web 2.0 domain
Published by July 21st, 2007 in India and Science & Technology. 2 CommentsBhagaban points out to the recent social networking site launched by rediff.com
iShare or you can say, ‘I Share’. Yes, you can share your videos, photos and music with friends at iShare. It is a new multimedia social networking site launched by Rediff India in collaboration with Zee TV.
Vasu is warning us about a possible real estate slide
Realty rates are sliding all over the country. There is already a down in property prices by 15 per cent in Chennai, for instance. In Mumbai, the market is sluggish — sales have slowed down — but it is holding out bravely.
The key question in the tech and biz circles these days revolve around how to better utilize the facebook social network. In this increasingly facebook world, what could blogbharti offer to visitors who are members of facebook? This question led to the creation of Blogbharti facebook group. We expect this group to be a medium [...]
Abhishek talks about the new kinda marketing in this Web 2.0 era
Cheaper low cost marketing tools, wider reach as well as a direct connection with the consumers Internet and web2.0 are enabling all this for marketeers and if you are not using this you are missing out on a lot.
Sivaram talks about one crazy marathon he recently participated in Chennai
Which of the following do you think is the crazy thing to do??
1. A guy suggesting a run in the ECR for 30 KM.
2. Getting up 3.15 in the morning.
3. Some 30 guys actually running all the way along Mahabalipuram from Toll gate in the [...]
Anshu Sharma writes about the five things he learnt in the IIT alumni conference.
Much like any great college in the US, IIT attracts students from all parts of the country, creating a small microcosm of India – with kids of all languages, religions, castes (yes, that too) and economic classes. The conference and speakers like [...]
Lakshmi Narayanan talks about the benefits of bargaining.
So, let’s create a new pattern today, whatever you do, you might make one rupee saving and because of your bargaining every day, put it in a separate box. You create this box for getting the extra money that you obtain through bargaining. Ill assure you one thing [...]
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