Answering Some Electric Vehicle Myths and Questions
Electric vehicles are the future. Most arguments levelled against EVs are only well-placed misconceptions. Did you know most EVs now offer 250-300 km range as standard on a single charge?
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Why Apple Doesn’t Give A Damn About India
It happened again. Apple dumps its stock of soon-to-be-obsolete iPads in India a full year after its launch in the US market, confirming yet again that for them, India is just a dumping ground for obsolete iProducts, lowest on their radar and they are totally so not interested in the booming Indian telecom and IT market where other global giants are hungrily…
Diamonds Are Forever (1971) – Very Dusty, Mr.Bond.
Sean Connery returned as James Bond in the seventh installment of the series after one appearance by George Lazenby. This also was the Connery’s last appearance in the official series. The movie was rushed, without imagination and tries to achieve much but falls flat, despite some well executed sequences. Will be remembered for kicking off…
The Work from Home Disruption
The future of work is one where physical locations do not matter or exist.
The Living Daylights (1987) – The Dark Bond
The Living Daylights, just like its explosive name, was one of the defining movies in the series in more ways than one. Bond’s 15th outing came 25 years after the start of the franchise, and was the first of Timothy Dalton’s two Bond movies. The opinion on Dalton is largely divided, but he did succeed…
Will Justin Bieber Ever hit Puberty?
It actually depends on whether they have found what sex he/she belongs to. Anyway, as it has to everything else, Google has an answer to this very important question. To know, 1) Go to Google Translate http://translate.google.com/ (Link opens in a new window/tab) 2) Enter “Will Justin Bieber ever hit puberty” in the box and…
Bangalore – Now (2012) and Then (2000) – Part 2
Continuing from Part 1, a trip back in time to see how landmarks in Bangalore well-known today looked twelve years back. It also showcases drastically changed locations to see how time has changed the city and its people. So, here is the next set of pictures depicting Bangalore’s journey from Garden City to Urban Jungle….
Driving Like Dummies 3 – Story of the Indian Car Industry
When it comes to having changed the lives of millions of Indians post liberalization, the automobile sector must come second only after the Telecom sector. Almost all major automobile manufacturers in the world have their presence in the country today with models and variants ranging from 125,000 to 500 million bucks on offer, but heavily skewed…
The Price You Pay for Perception
Today morning I alighted from the 16316 Kochuveli – Bangalore Express at Bangalore Krishnarajapuram at 0725, bang on time after a very comfortable overnight journey from Ernakulam. The real ordeal, however, only lay ahead of me: I had to get home from the hellhole that is KR Puram railway station junction. Usually, I wouldn’t think…
The Norway Kids’ Mess – Egg on our Faces.
I knew something like this was afoot from the very beginning. The entire media and the elite glam-sham people were up in arms revolting against Norway and their “high-handed” and inhuman ways of treating Indian kids for quite some time with some even screaming racism and xenophobia. Yes, laws are strictly enforced in European countries…
Why I Am Not Buying a House (Apartment) Part 3
As I said in the previous part, I don’t have money to buy an apartment. But even if I did would I have bought one? I doubt it. I don’t think I would ever buy an apartment in India because I get claustrophobic in apartment buildings among other things. These other things are taken from…
Neram – The Simplicity of the Complexity.
Neram is another one of those “new-gen” light-hearted movies which are pure fun to watch. Seemingly an “Indie movement” with lesser known actors, experimental themes, no drama, foot-tapping songs with meaningless lyrics, loads of fun and solid plots, “new generation” (as they are called) Malayalam movies whose attitude revolve around “realism” and style are making Malayalam…