Author: Shubhadeep B.

Listing of 101 Best Web Freebies

The web is full of freebies that can prove very valuable for anyone using a computer. A comprehensive listing of a 101 of these freebies is listed by BusinessWeek in their slide show.

Some good ones are :
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Tata – Just Did It – Nano

Launching of the Nano is indeed an event to be written about. There have been all kinds of reactions. Here are a few of mine –

  • Hats off to the power of vision – everything is built twice, once in the mind & only then physically. When Ratan Tata shared his vision of a $2,500 car, there were quite a few guffaws. He must be a proud man today. And has made many an Indian proud.
  • Innovation is going global. A vehicle that can manage 20 kmpl can bring in changes in quite a few places.
  • Can’t imagine the already crowded Indian urban roads getting a dose of these buggies. The Tata group has always been known to take their social responsibility seriously. Wonder with what they will balance this out!

The unvieling of the Nano & the flag off of the Force India F1 team happening on the same day was a double whammy of sorts. Definetely is a show case of the mood here in India.

Thoughts for the New Year

The new year brings with it enough articles & blog posts on the topic. One article, One more chance – Mahesh Dattani – The Week caught my fancy.

Some anecdotes from this article –

  • The human species could be extinct one day and the universe will not even tremble! And we think we really matter.
  • It’s a new year! One more chance to get it right! – Oprah Winfrey
  • How we spend our days, is of course, how we spend our lives.
  • Future comes to us at a speed of sixty minutes an hour. But what about the past? Does it really leave us at the same speed with which the future came?
  • Time is relative. We may have the same amount of time as did yesterday, but the more we let go (of yesterday) the more we can cherish what we truly have (today).
  • To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else. – Emily Dickenson