http://www.yash.info/blog Yash's adventures with life, business and technology Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:46:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/personal/tatasky-hd-dth http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/personal/tatasky-hd-dth#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 11:31:49 +0000 Yash http://www.yash.info/blog/?p=512 Choosing a DTH provider in India is tougher than choosing a spouse. I have had a Full HD 32″ LCD TV for a year but I was still running on the old cable connection. Finally I thought it’s time to move on. Main lure was the presence of HD channels. 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You think you are [...]]]> http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/personal/online-passport-application-in-india-dont-trust-the-passport-website/feed 5 http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/mumbai/eye-donation-and-useful-tips-to-protect-the-eyes http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/mumbai/eye-donation-and-useful-tips-to-protect-the-eyes#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 07:20:25 +0000 Yash http://www.yash.info/blog/?p=480 I am part of Mumbai Freethinkers, Mumbai chapter of Nirmukta an organisation that promotes scientific thinking and rationality in India. We had organised an eye donation camp on Sunday 16 October and Dr. Mayur Morekar, a fellow freethinker gave an awesome presentation about the benefits of eye donation and gave some useful tips for protecting [...]]]> http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/mumbai/eye-donation-and-useful-tips-to-protect-the-eyes/feed 0 http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/india/do-indians-lack-conscience http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/india/do-indians-lack-conscience#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:54:02 +0000 Yash http://www.yash.info/blog/?p=473 I don’t know if this something unique to us Indians or this is a human nature. I haven’t been amongst any other group of people so I can only comment about us Indians. I find we Indians lack conscience. In our daily life we do so many things without thinking of others. We Indians go [...]]]> http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/india/do-indians-lack-conscience/feed 0 http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/interesting/the-real-cost-of-zero-interest-emi-on-credit-cards http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/interesting/the-real-cost-of-zero-interest-emi-on-credit-cards#comments Sat, 06 Aug 2011 11:05:28 +0000 Yash http://www.yash.info/blog/?p=440 Many banks offer zero interest EMIs on credit card transactions. They apparently don’t charge any interest but only take a one time processing fee which looks to be very reasonable. Say you bought something for 6000 on a credit card and bank offers you an interest free option of paying it back in six months [...]]]> http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/interesting/the-real-cost-of-zero-interest-emi-on-credit-cards/feed 0 http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/india/fundamental-problem-with-indian-it-industry http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/india/fundamental-problem-with-indian-it-industry#comments Sat, 16 Apr 2011 16:25:31 +0000 Yash http://www.yash.info/blog/?p=349 The biggest problem is that the people who write code at the root level just aren’t interested in programming. I run an IT services company so I know this by experience. People who come for interviews for the position of a programmer just aren’t interested in programming! That’s a big deal for me. A typical [...]]]> http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/india/fundamental-problem-with-indian-it-industry/feed 17 http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/politics/who-is-anna-hazare-and-what-is-lokpal-bill http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/politics/who-is-anna-hazare-and-what-is-lokpal-bill#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2011 09:44:39 +0000 Yash http://www.yash.info/blog/?p=341 Here I would try to answer some frequently asked questions about Anna Hazare and his hunger strike. 1. Who is Anna Hazare? Kisan Bapat Baburao Hazare is an ex-army man. Fought 1965 Indo-Pak War. Read more about him on Wikipedia 2. What’s so special about him? He built a village Ralegaon Siddhi in Ahamad Nagar [...]]]> http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/politics/who-is-anna-hazare-and-what-is-lokpal-bill/feed 1 http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/history/cricket-unites-the-nation-india-has-arrived http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/history/cricket-unites-the-nation-india-has-arrived#comments Sun, 03 Apr 2011 11:45:59 +0000 Yash http://www.yash.info/blog/?p=333 India won the Cricket World Cup last night and what followed that on the streets of Mumbai and rest of the country was just amazing. People of all strata just poured onto the roads. On bikes, cars, auto rickshaws, trucks, waving flags, shouting, dancing, cheering, high fiving!!! People were stopping cars and congratulating strangers, young [...]]]> http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/history/cricket-unites-the-nation-india-has-arrived/feed 0 http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/india/takeaway-from-the-ind-aus-match http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/india/takeaway-from-the-ind-aus-match#comments Fri, 25 Mar 2011 05:30:21 +0000 Yash http://www.yash.info/blog/?p=331 Ponting’s century in the face of all the criticism that he has had to take in lately. Can not take away the fact that it was a brilliant innings on a testing track. Defiant Aussie nature – the way Lee was bleeding after that ball hit his eye, I thought he wouldn’t come back, but [...]]]> http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/india/takeaway-from-the-ind-aus-match/feed 0 http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/india/why-no-revolution-will-take-place-in-india http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/india/why-no-revolution-will-take-place-in-india#comments Thu, 03 Feb 2011 10:57:33 +0000 Yash http://www.yash.info/blog/?p=328 Ever since Egypt has erupted, I have seen some Indians and some media people asking when will such a revolution take place in India keeping in light the scams of Kalmadi, Raja, Radia etc. Such a revolution (thankfully) will not happen in India. It’s because Indians are employed. Employed people have better things to do. [...]]]> http://www.yash.info/blog/index.php/india/why-no-revolution-will-take-place-in-india/feed 1