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Friday, April 18th, 2008It has texture , it has color and it is ecofriendly. It turned out to be the winner of the most innovative tie contest in an organization. Have a look.
Sri Rama Navami 2008
Monday, April 14th, 2008Ramanavami is celebrated in rememberance of Lord Rama on the day of his birthday. It is celebrated on Navami day (8th day from the Full moon day in the Tamil month of Chiththirai)
Again Festival usually is accompnied by festive food related to the celebration. Ramanavami;s special food is Neermore (liquid yoghurt), paruppu (fresh soaked lentils) and Paanagam (Jaggery wattery).
Two pictures are available at Ramanavami 2008 album.
Tamil new year 2008 (Sarvadhari)
Sunday, April 13th, 2008
Today the April 13th 2008 is Tamil new years day and it marks the beginning of a new year. The Tamil Calendar follows a 60 year cycle just like the Chinese calendar and a good write up about this is available in Wikipedia with the topic Tamil Calendar. Each of the 60 years have a name. The name of this year is Sarvadhari. (more…)
How did it all start?
Saturday, April 12th, 2008My journey on the internet started 15 years ago with a free introductory page on Tripod when I was located in India. And then after I moved to US, I was able to host a server at my home and also register the domain and use it for personal use. My first page could still be found at http://thinkman.tripod.com/ , the original page is somewhat broken due to tripod javascript addons. (more…)
Private bank vs Nationalized bank
Saturday, April 12th, 2008Everyone I heard were boasting regarding the awesome services provided by the private and foreign banks and how the Nationalized banks do not care that much. I was caught by surprise when I did not notice a big variation in the experience I had. The nationalized banks actually provided better service for my needs.
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