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I Have Moved - My Last Post Here!

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay) — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:45:00 +0000

The few readers who visit my blog must be wondering my I have stopped posting here - To all the readers/visitors of this blog I would like to tell you that I will no longer be blogging here - You can continue to read my posts at desinotes which is at http://www. desinotes.com which I have acquired recently. Desinotes is a much more established blog and has a loyal reader base. Needless to say I am excited with my new platform for blogging at Desinotes.

I do hope you will continue to check out my musings at this new domain. Do subscribe to the RSS feed of desinotes and let me know what you think of desinotes.

Strange Tattoos!

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay) — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:17:00 +0000

Some weird and funny tattoos...

Lovely Commercial Of The New Citroen C4

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay) — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 18:53:00 +0000

This is the commercial of the New Citroen C4. This should remind you of the new movie Transformer! Watch Citroen do the spin - The Dance! In the movie, Transformer wreaks havoc and causes destruction; but this spot shows a lively dancing freak out robot! The special effects are amazing and comparable to any Hollywood movie - Perhaps comparable to the movie Transformer. Not very sure since I have yet to watch Transformer!

Carlos Slim Helu is Now World's Richest

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay) — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:20:00 +0000

Bill Gates has lost it at last – He’s given up his number one slot to Carlos Slim Helu the Mexican telecom mogul who is now worth a staggering $68 billion. Carlos is at the helm of Telmex, América Móvil and Grupo Carso. Bill Gates is currently worth $59 billion.

How did Carlos move up? Telecommunications is booming and his company América Móvil’s stock has jumped rapidly in the past few months adding to his fortune. It is estimated that Carlos Slim and his family have an 8% share in Mexico’s GDP. Carlos had last year overtaken Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway to take the second place. Let’s hope Carlos also gives away his fortune to charity much like Gates and Buffett.

For now Gates is no longer at the top - Enough Bill, you have enjoyed the view from the top for long enough. Move over!

Doing The Invisible Act!

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay) — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:42:00 +0000

Some funny pictures - Become invisible - The various ways in which you can camouflage yourself!

Source: Unknown (via email)

AGLOCO Viewbar is now Available For Download

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay) — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 19:02:00 +0000

I have written 2 posts about AGLOCO - read them - One and Two.

The Viewbar was eagerly awaited by those who understood the potential of AGLOCO. I received a mail from AGLOCO for download a while ago and managed install the Viewbar yesterday. I now have the Viewbar running (whenever I want to). If you think it is an intrusion and a nuisance you can choose to have the bar disappear. I won’t go into the details of what AGLOCO is all about.

You lose nothing and there is something to gain. You surf the net as you always do and earn hours for surfing. You earn a maximum of 5 hours a month. This is not much at all but AGLOCO expects you to get people to sign up. The more people you get in your network the better. The hours that are accumulated can then be converted to CASH. Complete details of HOURS to CASH conversion are currently not available. We’ll have to wait and watch how AGLOCO fares. Do you want to sign up for AGLOCO? Click here.

Top Interesting World Facts!

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay) — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 18:28:00 +0000

I came across these very interesting facts - Facts that should be of interest to every one. The Top 10 in so many categories. Check yourself - How much do you know?

Just as I had thought - Paris France should take the top spot. The USA is missing in the list!

Can't comment on this - I am not an American nor do I live there...

The Best Discount Brokers in the USA

Best Cities to visit - Paris is down to 6th spot - Rome takes the number one place.

Finland is the cleanest - Canada had to figure. Switzerland and Sweden had to be here.

No wonder Switzerland Chocolates are the best!

I have heard of Michael Jordan, Muhammad Ali and Jesse Owens. Who are the others? Of course I'm no sports buff!

Ireland is no surprise.

Where are the UK & USA in alcohol consumption? Surprising that they don't figure.

This is for the first 6 months of 2005 - By now Toyota Camry must be at the top.

I am telling you - India's population will beat China's in 20 years time.

No surprise America has the maximum number of airports. Speaks volumes about the development in the USA.

What's wrong with Lithuanians? Love killing themselves? Surprisingly Finland, a rich country figures in the list.

Who can tell me why Maldives is so high on Divorces? USA is of course no surprise. Divorce is a way of life for Americans. They are such an unhappy lot.

I had expected UK to be on the top of the list. Strangely it does not even figure in the list. Finnish it appears love coffee.

I have heard of Maradona, Pele and Michale Owen. Who are the others? As I already said I am not a sports buff.

I'm not a car lover but would still love a drive in a "Dauer 962 LeMans". Is this German?

Cows are holy animals in India. They are worshiped. But I thought Brazil had more cows.

Nothing compares to India! Bearing children is a way of life. Millions are born every year. Thousands are born every day. I became a father on 17th last month! Honestly I would like to see the numbers go down.

USA has the maximum billionaires - it is a known fact. Expect to see India take at least the 10th place in the next few years.

The bigger the country the better. I'm happy to see India in the top 10 of the biggest countries.

I thought New Zealand consumed the most ice cream. Well; they take the second spot.

Average Iraq Family Size at 7.7 - India is there as well.

Death rates - Most of them are African Countries. Not one European country in the list.

Great World Cup goals - I've known Maradona, Owen, Pele and Baggio to be great soccer players.

India will beat China in 25 to 30 years as the nation with the worlds largest work force.

Japan and cars are synonymous - No disagreeing that Toyota is value for money.

I thought Alsatians were also very intelligent. Not in the list.

This most surprising - The most prosperous of nations suffer from low birth weight babies. Poorest of nations like India, Bangladesh are not figuring.

I just read in yesterday's newspaper that the Amazon river is the Longest River now. Nile is the second longest. List to be modified!

Source: unknown, via mail

Mukesh Ambani to Build a Mansion

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay) — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 19:01:00 +0000

Mukesh Ambani; the son of the legendary Dhirubhai Ambani of Reliance Industries is building his house in Mumbai – A mansion that that will cost $1 billion and will be 170 meters tall! It will supposedly be managed by a staff of 600 people. The house is being built on a 4,500 square meter plot. The building will have 27 floors and construction is currently under progress. The tower will have parking facility for the first 6 floors. The tower will provide a view of the entire city of Mumbai. It will have 3 helipads an entertainment floor, swimming facilities and a health floor.

Critics are saying that this is an ostentatious display of wealth. Well I think there is nothing wrong in flaunting wealth. Most billionaires do it. Ambani has it and is showing it off! Forbes places Mukesh Ambani with a fortune of $20.1 billion as of March 2007. Of course the richest global Indian is Lakshmi Mittal with a fortune of $32 billion who is the fifth richest in the world.

Loan For Plastic Surgery!

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay) — Tue, 29 May 2007 18:14:00 +0000

We all know of mortgage loans, personal loans, auto loans, commercial loans, education loans…but have you heard of loans for Plastic Surgery? This looks like a new segment. There are banks that lend for your personal beautification – For Plastic Surgery also. This is cool! Well, there is no arguing that looks for a person is the best passport to a better life.

Go ahead and take the loan if you can afford it. But as the person who sent me this picture rightly put it: “How to recover / repossess in case of a default in this kind of a loan?” Reset the “Nose” to how it was before the loan!?

First Day Welcome in a Software Firm!

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay) — Sun, 27 May 2007 16:47:00 +0000

Software industry undoubtedly contributes to India's growth more than any other sector of the Indian economy. Year on a year basis the software industry continues to put up a spectacular performance. Despite a slight US slowdown and appreciating Indian rupee software majors like Infosys, Satyam, Wipro and TCS have come out with excellent results. Revenues rise and profits surge. Indian software engineers command amazing salaries in software. Recruiting and retaining skilled software professionals in India is not an easy task for a software company. It is getting costlier and harder for software firms to retain talent. Salaries for top performers have reached dizzying heights. Workers who are sacked from a company usually end up getting better offers. Average salary increases in India are now at around 14 per cent a year, compared with around 8 per cent in China. India’s top software firms plan to add 100,000 new jobs this fiscal year.

In light of the above, now watch this video.

This is a video of the first day in Aditi Technologies a Bangalore software firm. This was the welcome given by the company to the new employees. The CEO, VP, President, Senior Mangers, Board Members are all there welcoming the new staff! Unbelievable! Speaks of the extent to which software firms can go to keep employees happy. The video reminded me of my marriage which was much like this except that there was no elephant. Personally I would be uncomfortable with such a reception and would wonder if I came to the right place on my first day at work! Probably Aditi realizes that it is the employees that make a company. Well, I think it’s a smart move from the software firm.

I've Become A Father!

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay) — Wed, 23 May 2007 19:07:00 +0000

There is good news on my personal front – I became a father to a baby girl for the first time. Shubha delivered a 2.82 kilograms baby normally after 9 hours of grueling labor. It’s a nice feeling. Indeed an exciting feeling. Considering that both of us are thinnies a 2.82 kg baby I felt was quite normal. Baby and my wife are doing fine. People say the baby looks a lot like me. They say it’s lucky for her and lucky for me if a baby girl takes after the father! She has already brought me some luck - I just changed my job! I am leaving a few photos of her...

How Big Is Planet Earth? A Relative Comparison.

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay) — Fri, 18 May 2007 12:34:00 +0000

Just compare the size of Earth with other giants in and outside the solar system.

Diameter of: Earth: 12,700 kms, Mercury: 4,900 kms, Venus: 12,100 kms, Mars: 6,800 kms, Pluto: 2,400 kms

Diameter of: Jupiter: 143,000 kms, Saturn: 120,000 kms, Uranus: 51,100 kms, Neptune: 49,500 kms

Diameter of Sun: 1.4 million kms.

Diameter of Sirius: 1.8 times the Sun's diameter, Pollux: 9 times that of Sun, Arcturus: 25 times that of Sun.

Aldebaran: 40 times that of Sun, Rigel: Has a diameter 70 times that of Sun, Betelgeuse: The star has a diameter 650 times that of Sun, Antares: has a diameter 700 times that of Sun,

Source: Unknown, via email

Mothers Day – 10 Things Your Mom Might Have Told You.

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay) — Sun, 13 May 2007 20:19:00 +0000

Mothers Day has arrived – I am sure you will agree that your mother told you all these things!

Work hard: She must have told you this umpteen times – There is no substitute to hard work. The harder you work the luckier you get.
You can do whatever you want: She told you to set goals and write them down so you that you stood a better chance of achieving your dreams. She told you that if you set your mind to something you can do it. Did she not tell you? Are you implementing it now? For creating wealth, for a better job…?
Don’t be late: Obviously she was referring to your school and to be there on time. Are you making it to work on time? Are you disciplined now? In how many realms of your life are you implementing it as a grown up?
Have a place for everything: Keep things in their place; so you will find them when you want. She asked you to be organized. How organized are you now in your work, in your finances..?
Don’t be afraid: She told you not to be scared and not to be self effacing. It won’t take you anywhere. Ask for help when required is what she told. There are situations in which you need others help. A lot of people miss out on a lot of things because they are not getting correct advice. Take advantage of the professional and the more learned and the more successful if you ant to succeed. Are you doing it?
Be what you are. Be yourself: She told you to be your own self and not ape others. She told you to say what you wanted to say. She asked you to think for yourself, coolly calmly even in the worst of situations. Try to take some time and listen to your own voice.
“Practice, Practice, and Practice”: Practice makes a man perfect. To maintain your high level of skills or to perfect skills and beat the others in this dog eat dog world you have to work hard and practice like a mad man. Mediocrity is not the prescription for success.
Take your time: Don’t be in a hurry: Take your time. Ponder over important matters. In money or in relationships it is easy to get fooled and get conned. Check your facts. Take a little time to make a decision. This usually comes with age but learning this early gives you an edge.
Have you done your homework?: Whether you are looking for the best mortgage rate in town, the best auto loan deal or an investment in stocks you are considering; doing your homework thoroughly makes you a superior individual. You are one up on others. It puts you in control. You get in control by doing research and educating yourself on the things that interest you and that require you to do so.
There’s a lot more to life than money: Your mom knew the importance of an extra dollar but she knew even better the importance of the other valuable things. Relationships and values are above money and above all else.

Now apply these to your day today life, to your finances and to all the other areas. You can only move forward I suppose…

Car Number Plate Auction in UAE Sets New World Record

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay) — Sun, 13 May 2007 19:36:00 +0000

An auction that took place yesterday in Abu Dhabi (capital of UAE) created a new world record for auction of a car number plate. The event was organized to raise money for people with special needs and accident victims.

The single digit number plate “5” beat the world record that was held in Yorkshire, Britain where the number plate M1 had fetched Dh2.39 million ($657,160) last year. The number 5 became the most expensive plate after it fetched Dh25.2 million ($6.85 million). The winning bidder was Mr. Talal Al Khoury an Abu Dhabi businessman. Mr. Khoury said “I offered the highest bid for a cause. All the money I have does not belong to me; it is given to me by God for a reason. I am giving back this money to those who need it”. Very lofty thoughts and a yeoman service indeed. When asked if the number 5 had any significance he said “No”.

There were a total of 41 special auction plates and a total of Dh100 million ($27 million) was collected from the auction proceeds. More than 700 people attended the auction.

Desi Notes - Random Ramblings Of A Desi Baba!

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay) — Sat, 05 May 2007 18:04:00 +0000

Desinotes.com is a blog written by Sunny – A "Desi Baba" and a 20’s something student from Bangladesh based in USA. I stumbled upon his blog a few months ago and have become a daily visitor. In fact I have become a bit of an addict to his random musings on various topics.

Sunny’s first love seems to be “making money in the online world”. But I have seen that he blogs about anything that interests him. Sunny is continually tweaking and making adjustments to his blog theme. His blog has a simple and elegant look. He had recently changed the header to “Work at Home Blog” but again got back to more relevant wordings “Random musings of a Desi Baba - Entertainment, Work at Home, Technology, Personal Development, Saving Money, Real Estate” which I think summarizes his blog well. I would not agree with him if he says that his blog is only about making money online.

Well, what do I like about his blog? Although he sometimes shares writings of others that he comes across; his blog is generally a compilation of his original ideas and thoughts. He writes in simple words and shares his strategies and ideas for online success. He posts everyday. He blogs about what he learns in the online world. He has made his blog successful by his hard work. Currently his blog gets more than a 1,000 hits a day. As a blogger I know how difficult it is to get that kind of traffic. In less than a years time he has taken the blog to this level. This is fantastic achievement. Not only that he has monetized his blog successfully and makes some decent money every month. His visitor base is constantly increasing.

There are things on which he can improve and take his blog to greater heights. Firstly I would advise him to do more homework on the topics that he blogs. Some times his posts provide insufficient and little information. He needs to get deeper, get more facts and then submit a post. He can do this by reducing the frequency and number of posts. I find that he writes 2-3 articles a day. He can cut down to just one post a day and make it a high quality post like for example John Chow or Darren Rowse. Secondly he needs to work on the grammar part of his postings. Frequently there are spelling mistakes and grammar imperfections. Perhaps he is unaware of this. He has to do better proof reading and work on his English skills before he hits the “submit button”.

All in all his is a blog I like. The blog has great potential. Sunny has the potential to take it to greater heights; having reached this level. He is passionate about blogging. I am sure he will. Good luck Sunny in your blogging endeavors.

Use Joost To Watch Streaming TV On The Internet

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay) — Thu, 03 May 2007 17:11:00 +0000

Joost is a service that allows you to watch TV on the web. Joost created a lot of buzz recently when it went into full business. Joost works using peer to peer technology; similar to song sharing services like Napster, Kazaa etc. Joost is a venture of Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis founders of Skype and Kazaa. These guys received $2.6 billion when they sold Skype to ebay in 2005.

Joost is a new way of watching television. You can flip channels and watch hundreds of channels. Many channels are for worldwide viewing. Some are restricted only to US. The advantage of Joost is that you can watch whenever you want and as often as you like. No more schedules. Joost is supposed to deliver almost TV like resolutions and in some cases DVD like clarity.

Joost is still in beta and currently you need an invite from a user to sign up for the service. If you have friends using Joost you can ask for an invite. Once you sign up you can download the Joost software after which you can watch TV. Over 150 channels are available currently ranging from sports, to documentaries and cartoons. Many of the popular TV channels can be viewed on Joost. To check out the list of available channels click here

The clarity of the TV channels also depends on the number of people using the service. The more the number of people the better the user experience. Needless to say a broadband internet connection is necessary to get the full potential of this service. Also remember that you should not have restrictions on download from your service provider. Joost is a streaming video application, and so uses a relatively high amount of bandwidth per hour. In one hour of viewing, approximately 320Mb data will be downloaded and 105Mb uploaded, which means that it will exhaust a 1Gb cap in 10 hours.

The byword of Joost is “TV anywhere anytime”.

I have heard and read that the quality of the viewing is decent. I have still not tried Joost. Can any one send me an invite? I will sign up and try it out.

Video: Amazing And Funny Stunts!

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay) — Wed, 02 May 2007 14:15:00 +0000

Watch this video. I was kind of comparing him to "Rajnikant" the South Indian film star well known for such antics. This guy clearly outdoes him! Rajnikant needs training from this guy!

Lovely Photo: The Cycle Of Life

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay) — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 17:50:00 +0000

What do you think of this photo? Is this what life is all about...? Women generally live longer according to statistics available. The man outlived the woman in this one. Otherwise this is a photo to make you think.

Aishwarya Rai Wedding: Will It Mar Her Bollywood Career?

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay) — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 13:51:00 +0000

Is Aishwarya’s wedding doing great things for her? She seems to have distanced herself from the major men of the silver screen following her much hyped wedding. I wonder with whom Aishwarya will pair on the silver screen in the coming days!

Shahrukh Khan the hot man of bollywood is not likely to pair with her any more considering that he was not invited for her wedding!

Viveik Oberoi cannot of course be considered; he being Aishwarya’s jilted lover.

Salman Khan will be left out for the same reason as Viveik after his doomed relationship with her!

Hrithik Roshan will have trouble after his smooching act in Dhoom2.

Amir Khan and Saif Ali Khan were again uninvited for the wedding; so the duo might have problems.

All the above seem like remote possibilities. Well one real life hero in the form of Abhishek has resulted in the exit of many reel-life heroes! Looks like Abhishek will be her leading man on the silver screen for some time to come.

On another note Ms. Rai is using the “Bachchan” surname and is even signing with the new name and will move in with her in-laws – Aishwarya and Abhishek will live with Big B.

Blogspot Blog Causing Errors?

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay) — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:18:00 +0000

I am facing some nagging problems when I create a new post on my blog. I just typed out a new post and published it but it refuses to show up on my blog! But I am sure it will display after a few minutes or may be an hour. Similarly when I make changes to my template or blog posts and publish; it does not immediately reflect the changes. I am not aware why. Could be some bug that Blogger technicians need to fix. I've been experiencing this only for the past couple of days.

Why is this? Any other bloggers on the google blogspot platform facing similar problems? I hope this post will reflect now so that some one will see it and clarify!

Google Is Now the World's Most Valuable Brand

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay) — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:50:00 +0000

Search engine giant Google has become the No. 1 brand displacing other giants like Microsoft, Coca-Cola and Wal-Mart. The latest findings have placed Google at the top.

Market research firm Millward Brown put Google ahead of the above formidable brands. The rankings are based on available financial data along with research and interviews with consumers worldwide, Millard Brown said. Google’s jump from the 7^th position last year to the top slot shows the growth, status and its popularity. It is interesting to note that Google uses little public advertising.

Some other factors that are considered in brand recognition this year are corporate responsibility and serving customers in emerging markets like India and Brazil.

Top Brands:

Google
General Electric
Microsoft
Coca-Cola
China Mobile
Marlboro
Wal-Mart
Citi
IBM
Toyota

Source: Millward Brown Optimor

Congratulations Google! You deserve the Numero Uno spot. Google faces the challenging task of maintaining its position at the top now.

Clean your Emails with eCleaner Before You Forward

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay) — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 06:10:00 +0000

How many times have you manually done the painful job of clearing out arrow characters or angle brackets “<<< >>>>” in emails that you receive and want to forward to your friends?

eCleaner solves this problem by cleaning unformatted mails by removing arrow characters, HTML tags, getting rid of unnecessary line breaks and normalizing unnecessary spaces at the beginning of each line. In short ecleaner formats the text and makes it look “clean”. It is great for emails that have several forwards.

Just copy and paste any e-mail or web text into eCleaner, press the "Clean" button and then switch back to your Word or E-mail, and paste. It’s as simple as that. Any one who uses Outlook, Outlook Express or web mails for email forwards will find this useful. Improve your email etiquette. I use this and find it quite useful.

Download this free utility: eCleaner download

Making The Police More Efficient! - Nice One

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay) — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 20:02:00 +0000

Fred was going to bed when his wife told him that he had left the light on in the garden shed, which she could see from the bedroom window.

Fred opened the back door to go turn off the light, but saw that there were people in the shed stealing things.

He rang the police, who asked "Are the thieves in your house?" Fred said "no". The cops then said that all patrols were busy, and that he should simply lock all his doors and an officer would be along when available.

Fred said, "Okay," hung up, counted to 60, and phoned the police again.

"Hello, I just called you a minute ago because there were people in my shed. Well, you don't have to worry about them now because I've just shot all of them." Then he hung up.

Within five minutes four police cars, an Armed Response unit, and an ambulance showed up at his residence and caught the intruders red-handed.

One of the Policemen said to Fred: "I thought you said that you had shot them!"

Fred said, "I thought you said there was nobody available!"

Source: Unknown (via email)

Vuguru To Provide Quality Videos & Host Own Content

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay) — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:23:00 +0000

Vuguru is an online video company launched recently. Vuguru deserves mention because it is owned by Michael Eisner the former high flying CEO of Walt Disney Company.

Vuguru has a two pronged approach: Hosting quality videos on their site and secondly producing and distributing story driven content.

Considering that over 100,000 videos are uploaded on leading websites like youtube, myspace and a dozen others, it is difficult to separate the “cream” from the milk. At Vuguru the selection of quality videos is done by humans and not computers since Vuguru believes that nothing can work like the human mind. There is some truth to it. Vuguru will scour the web for quality videos and bring them to you. At the moment Vuguru is posting one video every day which it alls the “Cream”. These are not new videos but are existing ones at various sites.

Secondly Vuguru will produce and distribute its own in-house videos. It has already launched the inaugural - A mystery drama called Prom Queen, which started off on April 2. This will be an 80 episode drama with 90-second clips, aimed at a tech-savvy teen audience. The videos will center on high school drama. This series will also be available through Veoh.com since Eisner is on the board of Veoh as well.

Keep an eye on Vuguru. It might turn out to be a winner.

Weak American Dollar Not Good News For Expatriates

noreply@blogger.com (Vinay) — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 16:46:00 +0000

The mighty American Dollar is losing in strength. This is not good news to some one like me who lives in Dubai – A country where the UAE Dirham is pegged to the dollar. The last couple of years have seen the greenback getting weak against most currencies. The weakening dollar drastically affects my purchasing power back home in

India

and this is cause for concern. Things will seem far too expensive back home when the dollar or dirham is converted.

The dollar has lost more than 10% in the past year or so. A UAE Dirham which was close to rupees 13 at on point (1.5 to 2 years ago) is now languishing at rupees 11.30. The dollar has fallen from rupees 45 to a little over 41/- now. That’s a near Rs 4 loss to every dollar. Expatriates in this country are not a happy lot with a weak greenback. To worsen things this coincides with a very strong pound sterling and a strong euro as well. One pound has surged to $2. The pound is at its highest against the dollar in the past 25 years. One Euro now fetches a high $1.35. All this has hit hard on expatriates whose income is in Dollars or dollar linked currencies and who want to spend the money in sterling, euro or Indian rupees. It becomes difficult to send money back home to countries like India, Britain and Germany from a country like the UAE. Those wishing to send their children for education to Britain or Europe will be affected. Those who save in dollars only are protected but if an expat wishes to go back home it hits him. The UAE Dirham was expected to be revalued but it has not happened.

Analysts are not expecting a rebound of the US Dollar any time soon. America's growing military commitments in Iraq and elsewhere is likely to keep the dollar low for the next few months. The greenback at the moment is reflecting the state of America vis-a-vis the rest of the world. Of course the mighty dollar might bounce back again. With a change in government at the white house the dollar could regain its lost glory. After all, the dollar has been the best performing currency over the last two decades.