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First it was Black, now it is blue...

My bike after extensive repairs... all the body panels were changed from black to blue.

A week of biking

It's been a week since I started driving a bike again... I don't think I can get the bike to scream down the streets of Delhi at 100+ Kph for a few months to come :( The Bike is now blue (Pics tomorrow), it was black before. Black is not lucky (auspicious?) for me (or so an astrologer told my parents)

dilli shehar ke rehne walon main aa raha hoon

Friends, Pakistanis and Wellwishers, lend me your ears. (actually eyeballs) :). After weeks of what can only be termed as medieval torture i.e. pricks, boiling water, melted wax, electrocution, fingers bent thisway and that, I've recovered to a state which can be termed as normal as far as civilised humans go. I was finally able ride a bike (Yes the very same one, that was smashed in my unfortunate close acquaintance with a truck on the picturesque route to Mussorie) as of yesterday. It was limited to a an agonisingly short 10 minutes, but till more strength returns that will have to do. Physiotherapy will continue for the next few months, but if all goes well, I should be back in Delhi on the first of August and rejoin on the 2nd. Of course I have to hunt for a physiotherapist that suits my timings, but that is a small matter... Before you say that should be the last joyride across the country, I'm thinking of driving back to Delhi on the bike... still have to convince a few p...

The Internet as I see it...

Some months ago, when I was with BCCL, (the publisher of The Times of India and he Economic Times), I had a conversation with CTO of the group Internet company, Times Internet Limited. Who asked me to put down some thoughts on how I see things on the internet shaping up. While I did put down those thoughts, I never actually sent it to him, the file was lying around till I came across it a couple of days back. Here is a rewrite of what I initially penned down (typed up?). A lot of rambling about nothing in particular. The positioning of a product or service is more and more targeted to more and more specific audiences? Case in point are the BMW and Mercedes, both are from fine German engineering pedigree, both are premium luxury cars. However the buyers of the two will probably as different as two people can be. The former will be bought by a person who will drive the car himself and the latter probably by someone who has a chauffer (Yes, I know Mercedes also makes sports cars… ...
had an accident last night... totalled one side of my scooter... and got hit on the knee real bad... I think I'm out of comission for the next few days...
two of my batchmates have founded an agency called... "Late Nights and Crazy Weekends". True agency wallahs both of them. Best of luck to them... if you want to give them some biz... call Rohan @ 9811649393