tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348887Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:00:09 +0000pointsVarshaMSPfunnytripstimelinecricketpaatimalayalamgreat manrefinancepayperpostPrabhakaranAPRZooBAGGAGEViolinNanoKarunanidhimemoriesmccaindiwaliAIRLINEchicagokucheryinternetgreen cardjeeyapuramHow to name itCarIndiablogsTataforwardCarnatic Musicgoluaustinboredomthathamortgage brokerorigination feeno showradio codevisa bulletinVenkatramanactivitiesblogVijayaraghavanlifeIlayarajaFEESboringlettermanMahendertwitterslaverydasavatharamParameswara IyercarnaticHondaLTTEsocial mediasanjay subrahmaniampiyersV.S.NarasimhanSabhnanibommaiI log in; My mind Slogs out! My mind Clogs up;I Blog down!http://raapi.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (rajesh)Blogger613125Raapihttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348887.post-8999470599656425414Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:17:00 +00002011-12-12T11:17:24.083-08:00 Digital Cameras http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Raapi/~3/nn-u285hsyA/how-to-pick-digital-camera-useful-info.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rajesh)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Raapi/~4/nn-u285hsyA" height="1" width="1"/>http://raapi.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-to-pick-digital-camera-useful-info.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348887.post-1134549526353678216Fri, 13 May 2011 21:01:00 +00002011-05-13T14:08:43.148-07:00It came as a fresh lease of life when the election results started to trickle in.The view of huge crowds taking to the streets celebrating the results seemed really to be a harbinger of good things to come for the people of Tamilnadu. Right from the beginning of the election results release within 5 minutes into the flash news, it was evident that DMK was going to get a huge drubbing in the handshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Raapi/~3/RLKKajvpwpo/jaya-ho.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rajesh)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Raapi/~4/RLKKajvpwpo" height="1" width="1"/>http://raapi.blogspot.com/2011/05/jaya-ho.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348887.post-7668841947870550297Tue, 10 May 2011 20:13:00 +00002011-05-10T13:13:51.362-07:00This seems surreal! Vietnam of all places on earth. I would never even dream of visiting Vietnam but then this happened due to the the mandatory educational trip for a week as part of my my MBA at UT.We stayed at the historic Caravelle hotel. Vietnam always brought the picture of a war ravaged land in my mind having watched those war movies where Charlie Sheen and co go crazy on local Vietnamese http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Raapi/~3/Uu7GjNC9Kqk/trip-to-vietnam.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rajesh)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Raapi/~4/Uu7GjNC9Kqk" height="1" width="1"/>http://raapi.blogspot.com/2011/05/trip-to-vietnam.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348887.post-624652139737011891Mon, 16 Aug 2010 03:16:00 +00002010-08-15T20:16:49.796-07:00 These are Shwetha's Graduation photos.http://picasaweb.google.com/shwetha.swami/ShwethaSGraduation# http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Raapi/~3/tI1JqGvo5xM/shwethas-graduation-photos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rajesh)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Raapi/~4/tI1JqGvo5xM" height="1" width="1"/>http://raapi.blogspot.com/2010/08/shwethas-graduation-photos.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348887.post-4074562004200258490Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:06:00 +00002010-08-15T09:06:36.495-07:00So many trips have happened to India and back to the US all these 10 years and I thing that has always remained unchanged is the neatly packed ziploc bags full of savories that Amma delicately packs and places amidst all the clothes in the huge American touristers. Extra care is taken that the oil effusing out of the ribbon pakodas and cheedais don't get out  of the polythene bags.They are tuckedhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Raapi/~3/3W5yxNTyac4/ribbon-pakodathattai-and-cheedai.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rajesh)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Raapi/~4/3W5yxNTyac4" height="1" width="1"/>http://raapi.blogspot.com/2010/08/ribbon-pakodathattai-and-cheedai.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348887.post-5113293759339589347Sat, 07 Aug 2010 17:22:00 +00002010-08-07T10:23:05.098-07:00Indian government totally online All government office related links are available.... Kindly save it......This section provides you with information and useful links to avail various Citizen Services being provided by the Central & State/UT Governments in India . The list , however , is not exhaustive , as we are committed to adding more and more information about other services for which http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Raapi/~3/zyA6yMwwkGc/indian-government-links.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rajesh)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Raapi/~4/zyA6yMwwkGc" height="1" width="1"/>http://raapi.blogspot.com/2010/08/indian-government-links.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348887.post-1625818375564424508Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:52:00 +00002010-08-02T14:01:12.049-07:00Birthdays come and go every year and for the last few years, its been just another day with the expected phone calls from the close ones and the birthday cake being cut,in spite of me vehemently opposing it.This year it was a different experience .My day started with Gmail showing that I have 29 unread mails, which kind of alarmed me as I only used to get 7 or 8 new mails daily out of which 5 or http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Raapi/~3/aUE7lGVt1Cs/32nd-birthday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rajesh)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Raapi/~4/aUE7lGVt1Cs" height="1" width="1"/>http://raapi.blogspot.com/2010/08/32nd-birthday.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348887.post-5248472274446028919Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:57:00 +00002010-02-25T16:03:12.734-08:00paatigreat manthathaVenkatramanSad to inform the demise of my maternal grandfather - R.Venkatraman at around 5.30 pm,Thursday Feb 25th at Pondicherry.Thatha was a great man, probably one of the most sincere and hard working persons I have ever known.A very methodical person who was a true engineer. He never wasted anything.I miss him a lot. As I sit in this far away land,I can't help crying silently for the departed soul.My http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Raapi/~3/xNMEiWnc290/jeeyapuram-thathalove-youmiss-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rajesh)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Raapi/~4/xNMEiWnc290" height="1" width="1"/>http://raapi.blogspot.com/2010/02/jeeyapuram-thathalove-youmiss-you.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348887.post-1634495274215672647Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:00:00 +00002010-02-22T10:00:22.713-08:00Seetharaman Srinivasan - Buzz - Public The labour charge that costs more than the material in US. No one can help it. We have to live that. Siva Balan - In a way I like that model. It forces you to do a lot of things by yourselves before you get someone else to do it for you. If forces you to learn things that you will never dream of learning.10:07 am Seetharaman Srinivasan - For thathttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Raapi/~3/JmkNr-Hktrs/us-labor-charges-and-utility-value.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rajesh)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Raapi/~4/JmkNr-Hktrs" height="1" width="1"/>http://raapi.blogspot.com/2010/02/us-labor-charges-and-utility-value.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348887.post-4072819960188148249Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:34:00 +00002009-11-02T08:34:42.584-08:00Are you on twitter? If not go to www.twitter.com and create yourself a username You can then follow a number of people who cater to your likes.Some big names like Pritish Nandi,Sashi tharoor,Anand Mahindra regulalry send 140 character messages called "tweets".These are really interesting.My twitter username or "Handle" as it is called is 'raaapi'. Then in firefox you can install an addon called 'http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Raapi/~3/ONn7o5C6NZo/are-you-on-twitter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rajesh)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Raapi/~4/ONn7o5C6NZo" height="1" width="1"/>http://raapi.blogspot.com/2009/11/are-you-on-twitter.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348887.post-1770071855814587412Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:39:00 +00002009-10-08T11:11:26.894-07:00I have not been blogging regularly but this incident stands out to such an odd magnitude that I have been compelled to jot it down in my blog for people to read about it and be aware of British Airways and Orbitz' shenanigans. The US businesses speak high of their customer focussed attitude and going to any extent to honor their word but this incident is a blatant reminder that all those words http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Raapi/~3/KHguduU2xY0/british-airways-and-orbitz-goof-up-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rajesh)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Raapi/~4/KHguduU2xY0" height="1" width="1"/>http://raapi.blogspot.com/2009/10/british-airways-and-orbitz-goof-up-on.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348887.post-3504900000324370997Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:36:00 +00002009-09-23T18:37:37.870-07:00    http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Raapi/~3/gRTipjpiP7c/golu-2009.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rajesh)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Raapi/~4/gRTipjpiP7c" height="1" width="1"/>http://raapi.blogspot.com/2009/09/golu-2009.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348887.post-9109964110249481298Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:27:00 +00002009-08-23T08:27:37.471-07:00 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Raapi/~3/TB24JRVpWjs/at-duomo-florence-jan-2009.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rajesh)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Raapi/~4/TB24JRVpWjs" height="1" width="1"/>http://raapi.blogspot.com/2009/08/at-duomo-florence-jan-2009.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348887.post-2673013408052670624Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:05:00 +00002009-08-15T09:06:14.882-07:00    http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Raapi/~3/eY6LibUXFSc/krishna-jayanthi-2009.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rajesh)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Raapi/~4/eY6LibUXFSc" height="1" width="1"/>http://raapi.blogspot.com/2009/08/krishna-jayanthi-2009.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348887.post-7420594256909427922Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:21:00 +00002009-07-09T17:39:45.742-07:00IlayarajaViolinHow to name itCarnatic MusicV.S.NarasimhanAt the outset, I have to admit that I am very bad when it comes to carnatic music details.I know for a fact that I like Carnatic music and like it better when it is fused with western elements.It kind of makes a mark even in an ordinary person like me who has not made too many attempts to understand the nuances of the music. I happened to listen to V.s.Narasimhan's fusion music through youtube(http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Raapi/~3/MwPz0B62l34/vsnarasimhanwish-i-had-discovered-his.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rajesh)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Raapi/~4/MwPz0B62l34" height="1" width="1"/>http://raapi.blogspot.com/2009/07/vsnarasimhanwish-i-had-discovered-his.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348887.post-1261675502823460584Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:39:00 +00002009-06-04T10:00:45.591-07:00blogssocial mediainternettwitterThe underlying write up is based on my reply to a friend who questioned the use of the social media tool twitter.His point was that twitter carried incoherent snippets of personal details of people who didn't really know that well and that how it could possibly help him in any possible way.Getting into the twitter bandwagon and posting pithy snippets of info that one deems interesting is not justhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Raapi/~3/909IrE4ioI8/twitter-how-to-tap-its-hidden-potential.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rajesh)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Raapi/~4/909IrE4ioI8" height="1" width="1"/>http://raapi.blogspot.com/2009/06/twitter-how-to-tap-its-hidden-potential.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348887.post-2439063565162945244Thu, 28 May 2009 16:45:00 +00002009-05-28T10:14:02.074-07:00PrabhakaranLTTEKarunanidhiAlbeit my indifference or unbiased emotions towards the whole LTTE issue and the recent news about the wiping out of the controversial group - LTTE and its self-made megalomaniac leader - Prabhakaran's death, I have been intrigued by the development and history behind the LTTE group. This new article that appeared on the UK Mirror online gives a very good outline about the history of LTTE's http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Raapi/~3/UCJyrqRSv8A/karunanidhi-manthe-machinethe-villian.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rajesh)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Raapi/~4/UCJyrqRSv8A" height="1" width="1"/>http://raapi.blogspot.com/2009/05/karunanidhi-manthe-machinethe-villian.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348887.post-3991455632513204298Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:43:00 +00002009-02-25T08:47:12.647-08:00blogtwitterMy blog has been getting step-motherly treatment or rather step-fatherly treatment from me in recent times.The main reason I think is the popularity with twitter.The short,pithy messages with tinyurl based condensed content seems to be more interesting nowadays rather than the lengthy posts in the blogs,which does not guarantee a definite readership.ANyways, I still like blogs better because of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Raapi/~3/6EmWjmkdujc/step-motherly-treatment-to-blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rajesh)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Raapi/~4/6EmWjmkdujc" height="1" width="1"/>http://raapi.blogspot.com/2009/02/step-motherly-treatment-to-blog.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348887.post-1765700981454100820Mon, 12 Jan 2009 07:40:00 +00002009-01-11T23:40:56.402-08:00    http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Raapi/~3/as9GOq5NLBw/leaning-tower-of-pisa_11.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rajesh)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Raapi/~4/as9GOq5NLBw" height="1" width="1"/>http://raapi.blogspot.com/2009/01/leaning-tower-of-pisa_11.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348887.post-444755611573543790Mon, 12 Jan 2009 07:28:00 +00002009-01-11T23:28:59.586-08:00    http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Raapi/~3/Sf8m2251Vew/leaning-tower-of-pisa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rajesh)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Raapi/~4/Sf8m2251Vew" height="1" width="1"/>http://raapi.blogspot.com/2009/01/leaning-tower-of-pisa.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348887.post-1383678745425215109Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:22:00 +00002009-01-06T04:23:01.414-08:00 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Raapi/~3/4D9ZQYuqr20/french-couple-touring-rome.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rajesh)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Raapi/~4/4D9ZQYuqr20" height="1" width="1"/>http://raapi.blogspot.com/2009/01/french-couple-touring-rome.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348887.post-4391677697571928568Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:21:00 +00002009-01-06T04:21:37.396-08:00 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Raapi/~3/yz29K_Siiio/me-at-colloseum.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rajesh)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Raapi/~4/yz29K_Siiio" height="1" width="1"/>http://raapi.blogspot.com/2009/01/me-at-colloseum.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348887.post-1433940508117071069Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:20:00 +00002009-01-06T04:20:19.839-08:00  We had the luck of seeing the Pope in person at the Vatican on the new Year's eve Papal address welcoming the new year.There were lots of celebrations and the choir kept singing the christian sermons.It was really awesome.-Rajeshhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Raapi/~3/3L8rPE1ugLs/pope-at-vatican.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rajesh)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Raapi/~4/3L8rPE1ugLs" height="1" width="1"/>http://raapi.blogspot.com/2009/01/pope-at-vatican.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348887.post-5138879182158482838Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:16:00 +00002009-01-06T04:17:09.081-08:00    http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Raapi/~3/EQGyhc6DuRc/colloseum-in-rome.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rajesh)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Raapi/~4/EQGyhc6DuRc" height="1" width="1"/>http://raapi.blogspot.com/2009/01/colloseum-in-rome.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5348887.post-5241593025560757088Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:13:00 +00002009-01-06T04:13:45.044-08:00Taken during our trip to Rome in Janurary 2009. -Rajeshhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Raapi/~3/Tm-5vr7cvzE/modern-day-gladiators-at-colloseum.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (rajesh)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Raapi/~4/Tm-5vr7cvzE" height="1" width="1"/>http://raapi.blogspot.com/2009/01/modern-day-gladiators-at-colloseum.html