In a few hours we will step into a brand New Year 2009 with a lot of hope and wishes for ourselves and our loved ones. For me 2008 was filled with up and downs, personally as well as professionally and there were times when I would ask myself if I could go on any [...]

Is it just me who has got tired of seeing the Jaajo Re commercial on the TV? Even after the elections they keep airing this commercial, which makes me wonder if they are just promoting the Tata Tea now. What started off for a social cause has become a commercial venture. I did not expect [...]

I am happy to announce that cribb.in have received over 3 lakhs visitors in 2008 who have spent over a minute on an average on the blog and have collectively viewed almost 5 lakh pages. This year hundreds of visitors have left over 1250 comments on the articles had have started some great discussions. With [...]

For once the Indian Railways is taking an environmentally friendly initiative. The Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai will be powered by Windmills. Suzlon Energy which has been awarded the project will be manufacturing 7 Windmills at the cost of Rs. 60 Cr. The most fertile paces for harvesting the wind energy have been short [...]

After an exhausting advertising effort 10 months back, Subhiksha name is not even heard of anymore. I had mentioned about Subhiksha’s non-functional website back in Feb 08, the situation is still the same. They still have not added any product to their website… it stands more like a monument in ruins on the internet. Back [...]

1. Cribb.in is Still #1 Then (July 2008): 1 year has passed since cribb.in last ranking check and i am happy to say that it still remains on the Number 1 position of Google for the search phrase “Social Cause India.” Now (Dec 2008): After 2 years, cribb.in is till on the number 1 spot [...]

Wow! for a full 6 days, i can get internet free!! (My excitement was very short lived when as read the fine print “BSNL Net One dial-up internet connection on your landline is now free till December 2008.”) You think Deepika would look happy surfing the net on a dial-up connection? I really doubt it. [...]

1. Gurgaon Malls Plea to Reopen on Tuesdays. Then (March 2008): Haryana government has issued notification to all the malls in Gurgaon to close on Tuesdays. The reason is power saving and easing the traffic congestion for residents near the malls. Now (Dec 2008): Due to the economic slowdown, the malls are pleading with the [...]

Just a few days to go before the New Year sets in… I wanted to dig up old articles and do a follow up on them. We may just come up with some interesting facts. 1. Tata Nano. Then (Jan 2008): Tata Moters unveiled their most talked about project, the 1 Laks car. Now (Dec [...]

Makes me wonder, to what lengths can bollywood actors go for their movies publicity. Excerpt taken from HT While many star struck men and boys visited salons to get the perfect Ghajini cut, two lucky fans got their haircut by Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan himself at a market in the Capital. “Quite a lot of [...]

At a first glimpse it looks like a normal advertisement featuring Deepika Padukone who is the brand ambassador for Tissot and is wearing the T-Touch, the touch screen watch. But if you look very closely at the watch on her wrist you will realize that it is a cut paste job. I have been working [...]