Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Can somebody give me an executive summary of this translated page ( from Spanish to English)

These translated pages are absolutely useless. I wonder if these websites are being charged for click thru's on translated pages. Bloody insane!!!!

Google's language translation

Translating webpages from one language to another must definitely be a real challenge.
Case in point. Click on the Title, which directs you to Google's translation of a very popular colombian local paper, El Tiempo, from Spanish to English. I think I can understand the original El Tiempo website better, even with my limited spanish comprehension skills.

I'm going to try a portugese website next:-)

Holi Hai


OK, Holi would have been just another festival that we desi's in the US did not indulge in, if it had not been for this pic i received from a friend today. Bloody Hilarious! This guy will have 'rung' for days after the festival..

Sunday, March 05, 2006

No matter where i go, soul is in the same place.

On one of my recent web searches at 3:00 am in the morning after a weekend night at a housparty, I heard this song that went "no matter where i go, soul is in the same place". Even in my inebriated state, i was instantly transported to my last visit to Bangalore. Not to get too reflective here, but I am amazed how strongly i feel about 'home', even after living in the US for 10 years.

Great link to pics of rural india.

Below is a great collection of pics from my friend Stephan, on his recent trip to India. Within 10 days, he captured more of India than I have in my lifetime. Shame on me. Maybe on my next visit to India, I'll act like a tourist, and snap up a couple of hundred pics. I'll ingore the derogatory remarks like 'arre, stop acting like a phirang dude'.

click on the link below for the pics.

http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/1136024


Friday, January 27, 2006


This is probably the only Mall & Mandir combo in India. This pic was taken in Bangalore, on Stephan's recent trip to India. He had heard about the 'huge' statue of Shiva, that I initially had no clue about. It's behind the KidsKemp mall, and you have to walk through the mall, passing by the designer clothes section, before you get to the entrance of the mandir ( or mall exit). Another first for India!!!!

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