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Oh gosh! Day two is a total blur in my mind as I type this blog entry. All I can remember is that we were still traveling along a VERY long stretch between Mumbai and …
Good morning, good evening, good night wherever you’re reading in this world.
The Jagriti Yatra train has finally rolled out of Mumbai, almost precisely on time. The run up to the flagging off was electric. In …
It’s the calm before the storm. Day 1 of Tata Jagriti Yatra starts off very early. 5.30am rise from our slumber and a brisk shower. The wireless signal is flagging in the guest room where …
After a hearty lunch the facilitators workshop continues. We all got asked to take our shoes off and come on stage and participate in a stage play acting and interaction sessions based on the classic …
Hi everyone. Kaustav here. I’m currently at the facilitators workshop for Jagriti Yatra. Excuse the typos and errors s I type on my Blackberry. It’s one day before the start of the yatra and …
Just before I head off to sleep, I a friend on Twitter mentioned Srout builder, a nifty web application that allows you to rapdily create a self contained widget that you can use to promote …
Thanks to Gaurav Sharma of Delhi for pointing out the following inspiring video to me. It is an interview with business entrepreneur Richard Branson who talks frankly about how is started his business empire and …
The title says it all. We have a new Youtube channel. We’ve set this up specifically for two reasons. Firstly it’s a way for us to put a face to the team and a …
I recently came across an inspirational talk given by Iqbal Quadir, a business man or Bangladeshi origin, who says that mobiles can fight poverty. He came up with a novel way of utilising the power …
The recent Mumbai terrorist attacks has done one interesting thing for Technology awareness in India. It has introduced Twitter for the first time to many Indians and also to many other people around the world. …
A recent Twitter message to the @JagritiYatra twitter ID said the following:
oscar_soria @JagritiYatra you can mentor Mr Tata and tell him that extinction is forever and maybe he needs to review his decision to build a port a …
I’m a big fan of twitter and I’ve written about my use of it before. Increasingly, I am seeing businesses use twitter more and more to interact with their customers. A point in case was …
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My new Virgin Media 50Mb broadband has been up and running for about four hours now and so I thought I’d test out the connection speed using the trusty speedtest web site. I have two ...
As social networking technology becomes more pervasive and starts to increasingly encroach upon your work time, then you’ll naturally need ways to disguise your time wastage 😉 . If you’re a Twitter addict and want ...
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