Small Step Foundation is a non-profit public benefit volunteer corporation that I support.Their focus is promoting education and support rehabilitation of special need children by directly funding existing Not for profit organizations in India. This is from SSF website: “If Not Us, Then Who? If Not Now, Then When?” These were the guiding priniciples of [...]
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Last year, I had posted about SSF walk and it is that time of the year again. A small SSF intro: It is a Bay Area based Non-Profit working to fund education projects in India. To raise funds, they are oragnizing a 5k/10k walk and, as always, the event is targeted towards a whole family [...]
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An interesting talk by Harsha Bhogle on TED.com. He traces the rise of cricket in India with special focus on T20 and IPL. He links it with the economic rise of India and how the power of money has changed the attitude of foreign players and Indian viewers. It is quite funny to be honest.
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Recently a new version of ‘Mile Sur Mera Tumhara’ was released and it has created a lot of talk about which version is better. Personally, I believe that old is gold but am putting both versions here for you to decide. First, the old version: And this is the new version. It is pretty long [...]
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About a month ago I had posted about Gaurav, who has AML, and his families efforts to raise funds for the Non-Related Allogenic transplant he needs. I am sure a few people have had there doubts if this is genuine, I have seen a couple of hits on my blog from Google w/ search terms [...]
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A couple of interesting tech news from India yesterday. First is the launch of Windows 7 in Indian languages. Microsoft, as a part of its efforts to overcome the language barrier to computing, has showcased a variety of custom made products directed specifically at the vernacular language market – a market that has been largely [...]
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