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My bit to save mother Earth

This week saw the debut of a Green week at the place I work, Some of the material I type in is infact thoughts from like minded people on the initiative to reduce Global warming, pollution. I just hope that some of you who do manage to read this, get inspired by what I have put in. Let us save Mother Earth so that our children can have a better tomorrow. A few points where in you and I can make a huge huge difference 1. Shut down/ Switch off all the electronic appliances that you dont use 2. In case you are using a computer do switch off your monitors when you are about to leave your desk. 3. Either listen to the Radio or watch T.V dont do both at once 4. Maintain a strict vigil while you are charging your cell phone, switch off as soon as it is completely charged. 5. Use your cellphone until the battery reaches almost the end of its power balance 6. Do not charge your phone daily, unless the battery is dead 7. Carry re-usable bags while you go shopping, in case you dont have one searc

Double cross Deve gowda

Yes looks like this is the name that DeveGowda has got for himself, At first he breaks the alliance between JD(S) and the Cong (I), and now after his son has his share of power, breaks the pre -nuptial agreement that he has had with the BJP . I just want to ask the head honchos of BJP , did they not know that once a person betrays one party he is capable of betraying them too, or were their heads too old and rusty to think that Deve gowda has not got the guts to do it again. Or were they too anxious about forming their first government down south, that allowed Deve gowda to splash muck all over their white dresses. My personal thought is that Yeddy was so stuck up way over his head in the lust of power that logic and reasoning was cast aside. Yeddy for me you suck !!! My vote the next time elections come over to Karnataka will go to the Congress(I), you might ask me why well here are the reason's 1. I have heard Dharam Singh speak his heart out, after he became leader of

Old Anchor Goa

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Well, this blog is dedicated to the review of a resort that is located in southern most Goa, it is meant to be a extract of what I felt about the hotel, here goes. Yes this is exactly how the entrance to this resort looks, it looks like a Ship .... :) and at the steering wheel/deck of this building acts as the disco. The Pool is refreshing for a dip and the landscaping is neat, there is a wonderful view of the river Sal. A few more plus points about this resort is that it has its own private beach, and there is a shack near it and the water sports available there are stupendous :) Other standard tourist attractions like shops for souvenirs , hotels that have ample beer and sea food, and the works are definately pluses. But let me get to the cons, the only helpful staff that I encoutered were behind the reception counters and guarding the gates, the porters, the kitchen staff, the room service is really pathetic. The interiors of the rooms need a huge round of ramp up, the walls are da

Bombat Bandipura

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Yes those are the exact thoughts I had after a visit to the Jungle Lodges camp (or should I call it resort) in Bandipura . The sheer thrill of driving all the way in the desi SUV Scorpio in the rain is a pleasure to be experienced... esply with the potholes full with slush. Let me recount what I did ..... My old batch mates of SSMRV were company, we started from bangalore at 8:15, the route took us to mysore and then on to Nanjanagud , (a brief halt over at Mandya for a break), a bit farther from Nanjanagud is Gundlupet and lo beyond enter into the ooty route to reach Bandipura , let me inform you the deviation you take here on is where in the potholes start...... At bandipura the Jungle lodges resort was surprisingly neat, no T.V, no conventional AC, just fun and time for us, Hammocks aplenty to just laze out under the shade of the trees...Food borders on the decent to garma garam and the best part of it all is the service one gets just for Rs 2200 per head for a 2 day 1

A Cricket Trophy and a hoarse throat

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Hey there, Yes the title does justice to itself, this past weekend was one where in there was a lot and lot of cricket, both on the telly and on the field. For starters, I am part of a team called BBSS (Bombat Brother's Sakath Sister's) and for this year's Maithri Challengers Trophy we had not 1 but 2 teams, named BBSS and BBSS Reloaded. All these 3 years of formation of the cricket team all that we had to show whenever we have had encounters with a team called Karavali were battle wounds and most of the time BBSS had to move out of a tournament licking their wounds. Then in the past year and half, BBSS has re-discovered itself, self-belief has flown in the veins of each and every member of BBSS, it started with the termendous victory in the Hoi Baprele tournament and now with BSS being crowned Champs of the Maithri Challengers Tournament, life indeed is on a high. Saturday was the day the league matches were held, BBSS started off with a loss to Karavali XI yet again, a go

DumbCharades (DC) and its different rounds or concepts

Dumb-charades... or DC or Dumbsi is a wonderful game, and can be called full time pass or in other slang paisa vasool .... This is the game I play whenever I have to either go to or come back from my workplace, and I must say the bug has caught on. Slowly but surely there have been a steady addition to the number of people who play the game. Moreover we had a neat trip to Kerala the whole team of us and all through the while we were at it... from struggling first timers to seasoned pro's (read me) we played this game and it gave us a whole lot of fun. Some of the different concepts or rounds that can be used to play DC are listed below, do feel free to add your concept to this :D Name of Movies Name of Television Serials Name of Famous personalities Incidents of Historical significance Name of Hotel's (can be location specific) English words (help in enhancing your vocabulary) Songs (has different variants, can be the Ending letter to continue, can be a word picked from the

Politics or is it the Father of all politics...Questions Questions galore

Karnataka, land of Sandalwood, land of the vigourous Coorgi, we used to have the grandson of the soil as the Chief.... and then he too went back on his words........This my friends seems to be what people from Karnataka seem to talk about in every small group around the many bylanes in Bangalore and the whole of Karnataka. H.D.Kumaraswamy guided by the golden words of the humble yet politically shrewd father Deve Gowda has erred perhaps fatally for him to save face in the next election, or will I have to eat my words. The educated lot of Karnataka might yet be voting/rooting for the BJP, but what will the ryots decide ? Will the homestay of Kumara bring out the best for him ? Will the Congress be the dark horse ? Can D.K.Shivkumar utilize this abrupt turn of events ? Will another astrologer bring out his predictions ? Will the wise ol' man of Karnataka politics bring out yet another twist in the plot? Will Yediurappa create his lingayat magic ? Will the BJP learn from this ? Is thi