Federal Bank - From new generation to pen and paper

• July
• 14

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ATM and Online Banking makes the life easy for customers. At the same time it saves a lot of time and resources of bank. It is like mutually benefited. Federal Bank was one of the few private sector banks which made the move long back itself - with a large number of ATMs and also [...]

The made in china tag - I am worried

• July
• 11

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Bought any electronic items recently ? Any computer parts ? Car accessories ? Toys ? Mobile phone accessories ? And found that is NOT manufactured in China ? Consider yourself as lucky. These days it is quite difficult to find a product that is NOT from China.

I think it started from just 1-2 years back. [...]

Leaning tower of Cochin, Kerala

• July
• 6

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And you thought the only leaning building is the Leaning Tower of Pisa ? No, you are wrong. Here is another !

Most of those who have passed through the National Highway 47 towards Cochin might have noticed the multi storeyed building which is very near to Hotel Le Meridien. The main structure of the building [...]

Happy news - I am blessed with a baby boy

• June
• 28

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04/06/08 Magic numbers ? Might be !! This is how Indians represent the date 04th June 2008. So whats so special about it ? Joined the Parents club on that day. I feel so happy and proud. New phase in life, more duties, more responsibilities.

The baby boy came bit early. Exactly one month early! No [...]

Thank you for taking us back to the stone age

• May
• 21

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Many of my clients and friends abroad do not know much about Hartals and they do not belive that we (Indians and especially the people in Kerala) have so many Hartals every month. This post is mainly for them, to let them understand how important Hartal is - for us and why it is an [...]

And you thought there is nothing great about ants ?

• May
• 11

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Less than thousand (I guess) members. Exactly twelve hrs, that also night shift. They didn’t waste even a second I am sure. And the result ? A cute fort ! Really nice. You can see how beautiful it is. The design - perfect. Circular shape, one side higher than other (see the side view). Entrance [...]

Never go too fast, you will regret later

• May
• 5

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I was on the usual weekend trip with the family. It was near Vyttila (Cochin), the traffic was really heavy. I heard big siren of an ambulance and knew that there are two and in some emergency. I turned my vehicle to the left as much as possible to help them. The ambulance drivers were [...]

Sleeping on the railway station over bridge

• April
• 11

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All the time we were complaining about Government, about lack of facilities, condition of roads, how life is tough with out a broadband connection and so on. After seeing this person sleeping peacefully on the Ernakulam South Railway Station over bridge, I thought how lucky we are, at least having a house to sleep.

Taken using [...]

Help the family of Ajith (died in an accident on 4th March 2008)

• April
• 4

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I was about to press the ‘Spam’ button in my email client when I received an email which had a link to http://www.helpthefamily.org but on a second thought I decided to go through the site. Just out of curiosity, I made a call to the number given in the website and I found it is [...]

Drinking a country ! And it is good for health.

• March
• 29

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Yes, it is possible to drink a country, that also in a beer glass, and yes, you can have three countries - Sharjah, Oman and Saudi. Now, I am not sure why only middle east counties are there !
Year 1995, Back in Engineering college class room, on lunch break. Dev, my friend started his class [...]