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RTWA 2: Mathura And Agra

We left early around 530AM this morning. Except navigating the area around new Delhi railway station. The drive was actually good. In 2005 I didn’t get to drive on Yamuna Expressway. This time I did. My around 8 am we were at Mathura. We got to see the jail in which Krishna was...

My first selfie with Appa. In Red Fort. 1

RTWA 1: RoadTripWithAppa begins and we are in Delhi

RTWA – #RoadTripWithAppa was supposed to be his group travel with bunch of his people, but it got cancelled. But he is just like me (or may be I am like him?)he wanted to do it at any cost once planned. So he asked me if I can join him. I said yes...

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Review: Easyfone – Mobile Phone for Senior Citizen

For a long time my father has been a Nokia customer. He used a Nokia-X2. Things he liked were features like legit font, sharp screen, backlit hardware keyboard and call quality. He didn’t really use any other feature. Recently after about five years of usage; that phone conked out and with that we...

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Maximum Change

It’s been two months that Max has been with us. It seems like he has been with us forever. I must say he has changed us more than anything else. No matter what; we need to wake up early to take him out for walk and cook for him. In a way I...

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Book: The Annihilation of Caste

“The Annihilation of Caste” was supposed to be delivered at a conference organized by a Hindu reformist group Jat-Pat Todak Mandal in Lahore, 1936. At last-minute the group took back the invitation saying speech was against Hinduism and its shastras. Ambedkar self published the speech as the book. At that point the content...

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Community Created Free and Open Maps of India

Since the beginning of Data{Meet} maps have been hottest discussion subjects. Data{Meet} community has contributed to various maps over the years. But Data{Meet} is a small part of much bigger mapping community in India. This community has created a variety of free and open maps in India which institutions have failed to deliver...