I attended the Startup City Event held at Nimhans Convention Center, Bangalore on June 6th. Its a free for all event. Reached the venue by 8:45 AM and stayed there till lunch. Could not stay till the evening due to some constraints. The crowd was sizable and I was actually surprised to see so many people [...]

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One more start up - pustak.co.in. This is an India (Bangalore) based online book store start up.
While I am yet to a buy a book online, the book catalogue is very comprehensive and most importantly functional - most titles I searched for are available.
The website is very organized.  Unlike Amazon, it is difficult to [...]

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I came across this very innovative website - www.vidteq.com - that provides driving directions & locates businesses in Bangalore. While providing online driving directions is a very old idea, this website takes this seemingly simple idea to a whole new level by providing entire video of the road from source to destination - along with audio [...]

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I drove to Hampi in Aug 2006 along with family over a 3-night 4-day long week end.  I have been longing to visit this place for quite some time and finally made it. Similarly, I have been longing to write a blog on the same since my visit - and finally found time
It [...]

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Posted in blog city on December 12th 2005 
When the entire population is screaming about the pathetic infrastructure in the city, the government found time and budget to rename Bangalore to Bangalooru!!! What a sense of priority and patriotism!
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I needed a break badly from grinding work. Along with couple of like minded (in terms of needing a break - and nothing else;) ) office friends (Vijay and Arup), searched the net and narrowed down on this seemingly distinct place - Hunkal Woods - a coffee estate in Chikmaglur - as our destination for [...]

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