Valley Chai

google started to include site-searching from within the google search results. so instead of handing the users off to a site from the search results page, they want you to search more on the site itself. quite understandably, not everyone is pleased, the online retailers to say the least. check out how you can search […]

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apart from $29, there isn’t much of a difference between JPMorgan’s opportunism against bear sterns and microsoft’s offer to buy out yahoo. both are examples of a stronger company eating up the weaker ones when the times are tough. like some ballers say, it is what it is, and it did what it do.
take a […]

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my boys had the pre-school, and i had an off-day at work! probably the first time in years, and me/wife/bro/sil took off for a 10am showing (that must be a first in about 15 years) of “jodha akbar“. the ticket price was Rs.100 at INOX multiplex at the garuda mall - a steal.
first things first […]

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if you want to know a bit of recent tibetan history, given the protests that are currently underway, check out this movie. it chronicles how the country got where it now is. btw, snow lion is a major symbol of tebetan buddism and graces its flag.
burma recently, tibet now. though it is good to see […]

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may be rock bands do it on myspace.com, by spotting this blog by aamir khan (one of the finest film actor/directors in india) shows a perfect example of a film personality effectively harnessing the concept of ‘connectors’ explained in the book tipping point.
the blog is quite rudimentary, but he writes his own posts, responds to […]

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