Author: charukesi

MS launches Windows Starter Edition with PC at Rs 18,900 In a move to target the first time users and make PCs more affordable, Microsoft today announced the launch of its personal computer with Windows XP Starter Edition in Hindi, priced at Rs 18,900, in India. Microsoft India has also tied up with a few… Continue reading Windows Starter Edition

Did you see what I did first thing this morning – a full page ad for Hindustan Times on the penultimate page of the Times of India? My jaw dropped and stayed dropped for a long time while I mused on the possible reasons : Is this ToI’s idea of a dare? Or is the… Continue reading HT – ToI bhai bhai?

Please read Atanu’s disturbing piece Ill fares the land on dehumanization and a misguided sense of morality… And Sepia Mutiny’s 2 Yr Old Acquitted of Rape / Murder. The infant appeared in court on his mother’s lap to seek bail. I can’t sleep tonight.

Today is the day of the 300-mark. Harini pointed out this article to me in the Economic Times – ‘300 pvt radio stations to come up’. Read her post – Radio Go Go I vaguely sense that is some kind of overload – but exactly what, I don’t know… Radio will be revived in India… Continue reading Overload

300 malls by ’06!, says agencyfaqs. If that sounds like the sign of a healthy economy, read this – The majority in the market believe that most of the shopping malls are likely to suffer from huge losses and those without deep pockets might shut down in the long run. In India, on an average,… Continue reading Get ready to be malled

It was a rainy evening many years ago and I was returning home from work – I met my roommate near my flat and we were walking home together – when we saw a couple of street kids shivering in the rain – oh, they did not seem to mind it one bit and were… Continue reading Clothes line

I had blogged about how rumours spread through SMS had hampered a health survey in Bahrain. Here is a post from smartmobs on how SMS alerts were used as human rights tactic. Golden Misabiko, a journalist in the Democratic Republic of Congo, was arrested and imprisoned without any charge in January 2001. It was feared… Continue reading SMS for human rights

Abhishek Bacchan (aka Bunty) on Indian bloggers – the world me na, do kism ke Indian bloggers hotey hain ek – those who spew vitriol doosre – who accuse others of spewing vitriol Beta, be sure that tum hamesha doosre group me ho… Author’s notes – the ‘ek’ and ‘doosre’ usually are the same people… Continue reading May the farce be with you

Heartening to read first thing in the morning – Mumbai frees its child workers – On Saturday night, 100 child zari workers from different slums of Mumbai went home to their villages in Bihar in a special bogie arranged by the railways, and more importantly, after their employers volunteered to let them go. Not out… Continue reading Helping the helping hands

India. Election queries by SMS – quotes textually.org from an article in The Telegraph, Those hunting for their names on the electoral rolls or clueless about their polling station can get all the information by sending a message from cellphones to a designated number when the next round of revision of electoral rolls takes place… Continue reading India going mobile…