Valley Chai

indian sport scene is on a roll. though i’ve been in bangalore only for the last 2 months, it’s easy to get sucked into my old favorite sports. hockey has a special place in my heart, mainly because that’s the closest i got in competitive play (i played for a couple of seasons for the […]

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check out this very interesting story on compete blog about web search fulfillment (ie., leading a searcher into a website). notably, searches on yahoo result in the user clicking on one of the results 75% of the time, where as the same happens 64% on google. though a yahoo-centric conclusion is that “Yahoo! more […]

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the unsustainable growth of IT Salaries in india has clearly made the justification for outsourcing that much tougher on a cost-only basis. and now, CIO magazine’s research shows that outsourcing to domestic companies costs more than in-house IT, and outsourcing to off-shore savings are only realized by large corporations.
heartening to see that india maintains it’s […]

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Originally uploaded by spandana

here’s a view from the room at the Royal Orchid Hotel bangalore (near the KGA golf course). looking through the sheer curtains of a plush room, you can see the slum dwellers that are probably allowed to live there to protect it from encroachment.
you can stay in the hotel for a […]

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it’s been a long time coming since Kapil’s Devils won the 1-day version of cricket world cup back in 1983. that was for my dad’s generation. i heard shabana azmi mention the other day that 50% of india’s population is 25 years of less old. so this one’s for that half.
that was a team of […]

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