Reminded of Shanghai…

Posted by: vidhya  /  Category: Opinions

Gurgaon reminds me of Shanghai….not exactly…. I would say…. If Shanghai was a little more dirty…or that’s not the right word…Shabby….ya…then it would look like Gurgaon.
Why I say this….??
All I see is buildings…huge buildings….
When I say Shanghai… I mean specifically the Pudong area which is mostly dedicated to service apartments and company buildings.
There are only [...]

Entrepreneurship from social work

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Lots of people in India are doing small things all by themselves…..actually being entrepreneurs….but they r not really considered big.
Also….it is amazing to see how they transform their social work into an actual job…
I am not talking about commercializing all services…not at all…
Many people treat a lot of social services as commercial activities….I even see [...]

Education Vs Literacy

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Going to school and college makes one a literate…but does it necessarily make one educated?? No, in my opinion.
I have many reasons to say so….but I would highlight only one area that has touched me too much…..and that is the opinion and practice of being environment friendly.
How did I start getting into the active environmental [...]

Generation gap??!!

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Hubby and I were discussing a conversation that he had …..It was shocking…Children these days have changed a lot…schools cannot function the way they used to…children cant be scolded or warned if they dont do what they are expected to do in school….it sounds like the US culture. I have heard that if children in [...]

Practical demo of "Wow"!!!!

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Been wanting to put up this blog from sometime now…somehow never happened…finally today here it is…
One of my cousins was looking to adopt a daughter. She has a son who is almost 4 years old. She wanted a daughter younger than her son and so was looking out for about 2 year old kid. The [...]

What am I doing for the world?

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Yesterday one of my friends forwarded this link
http://ngopost.org/story.php?title=A_Moment_of_Transformation_Shai_Agassi_Speaks_in_Washington_DC
this made me get a little patriotic and think about the world and my country.
When I was in 6th standard or so, we gave up crackers….all cousins together decided that crackers were polluting evnironment and so we would not buy them. 
Even today my sis and me will avoid plastic [...]

Entertainment in entertainment

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playing a game itself is entertainment….watching it is another entertainment…irrespective of if u have payed or not….I am not sure if  I have got the concept wrong…I was have a quick glance at the IPL….Imran …the singer is singng on stage…the commentator says he is entertaining the crwod…is the crowd frustrated of IPL that they [...]

Banshankari bus stop!!! a total mess….

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I hate it….
Our own Banshankari bus stop….one big chaos in Bangalore…
We have so many bus stops…majestic, shivajinagar, double road….but I dont think any of these are so chaotic….
Buses stand all over the place…if you are going there first time you dont know which will come where…
The worst is the turn towards the 100ft road…that is [...]

original CDs…all waste

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I am totally disappointed with the DVD and VCD making companies…I had this coupon from landmark…..i decided to get some dvds of old tamil movies…just felt like having a collection of my own…i was not aware that i was in for a disappointment…We are advocated so much to buy original stuff…its of no use i [...]

Why not in bangalore

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I was amazed with many things in north India. It was the first time I was not very proud of Bangalore.
We saw this rock garden in Chandigarh…amazing…it is a garden made on acres of land…they have used all the waste articles like broken bangles, broken porcelain plates, electric sockets etc to make this garden….the entrance [...]