Amit Gupta

Reissue of Passport at Passport Seva Kendra (PSK) Gurgaon

Amit Gupta — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:34:40 +0000

Passport Seva Kendra better known as PSK are launched by Ministry of external affairs in partnership with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to facilitate and simplify the process of issue of passport. They promise a much better infrastructure and facilities than the days when I ran from pillar to post for Reissue of passport after expiry of 10 years validity or stood in scorching sun at RPO Bhikaji Cama Place for issue of passport for minor … Continue reading →

Being Juvenile – Licence to Rape

Amit Gupta — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 06:18:38 +0000

In law, a minor or Juvenile is a person under a certain age — usually the age of majority — which legally demarcates childhood from adulthood; the age depends upon jurisdiction and application, but is generally 18. In all honesty the law were made and are executed to ensure that everyone gets justice. The juvenile offenders are given special treatment keeping in mind the tender age and innocence they have. And more importantly to ensure … Continue reading →

Kasab Hanged

Amit Gupta — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 05:36:16 +0000

Ajmal Kasab was finally hanged today at Yervada jail, Pune. One of the terrorist responsible for the attack on Indian soil and death of hundreds of innocent citizens. The day brought India to halt. It took 4 long years but finally the justice has been delivered. And It’s not about death, its about bringing justice. And I’m happy about it. Anyone who think celebrating the death of a terrorist is bad or sad, think of … Continue reading →

Diwali

Amit Gupta — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 09:05:34 +0000

Diwali brings back so many sweet memories of childhood. The celebrations used to start a month in advance with Dusshera holidays and Ramlila. Ramlila always meant swings and food. My father would drive us to ramlila maidan at red fort. We would straight head to the food stalls and give the stage performance complete miss My grandfather would buy us such a big load of fire crackers that they last for 15 days. There was … Continue reading →

Why I would recommend Flipkart

Amit Gupta — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 19:24:41 +0000

My personal online shopping is more or less restricted to travel, web products, movie booking , Bill pay etc which are very standardized products/services. I have made most of my online product purchases on non indian ecommerce sites (google, amazon , bestbuy etc) though I have few transactions in my name in erstwhile baazee.com (now ebay.in) way back in early 2000. Why ? I think the primary issues being TRUST. Trust on the service provider and the … Continue reading →

Signs of India

Amit Gupta — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 06:53:28 +0000

"You will be back . we guarantee it " - Just above the return policy :) Continue reading →

Integrating FB social Plugin Like and Comment

Amit Gupta — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 16:37:00 +0000

Facebook has made integrating of ‘Like’ , ‘Send’ and comments really a simple process with social plugin. I have implemented all three of them without using any plugin in my wordpress blog or creating an application ID on Facebook. You can find the complete documentation of the three social plugin on Facebook developer’s Page for social plugin. Facebook like : You can customize the like and send button for your blog. The customization include format … Continue reading →

Passport for minor in India

Amit Gupta — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:40:37 +0000

As promised I am back to lock horn again with the Passport office. Three years back I had a tough time to reissue passport after expiry of 10 years. But this time its for my sweetheart little baby. She now has a Date of Birth Certificate , a Pan Card and a Postage Stamp of her own Next target to get her the passport. Though the best source for information on procedure, documents required, FAQs on … Continue reading →

Google +1 for your blog

Amit Gupta — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 05:45:35 +0000

Google launched +1 recommendation button for publishers yesterday. This could possibly be the turning point in the Google vs Facebook war to control the web. Facebook has taken a lead by share and like button but google +1 is a bigger counter to all this. With Google controlling the major portion of publishers organic traffic they would be more than willing to install the recommendation button on their blogs and sites. The implementation is really easy and … Continue reading →

What is QR code

Amit Gupta — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 18:14:42 +0000

There is so much buzz around the QR code recently. Frankly I initially thought its some feature available with Blackberry phone , when I purchased one last year. So what is QR code ? By definition its Quick Response Code and look like a square bar code. The information stored on the QR code can be decoded or read by Bar code reader and mobile phones. Qr code can be used to add contacts to … Continue reading →

IPL match @ Ferozshah Kotla

Amit Gupta — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 20:05:32 +0000

IPL season 4 …manoranjan ka baap (Bhagwaan jab deta hai chappar faad kar deta hai) Date : April 20, 2011 2:00 PM : Thinking of Cycle Agarbatti ?? Kya Bhagwaan hai 2:30 PM : @amitguptaz digging deep into excel sheets @indiatimes office 4:30 PM : @amitguptaz cheering for Delhi Daedevils from Super Hospitality Hill A South east stand of Ferozshah Kotla Stadium with 3 team members. These complimentary passes for the match were sponsored by my office … Continue reading →

My Stamp for my daughter

Amit Gupta — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 06:43:29 +0000

This is super cool. Better late than never. I was super excited by the anouncement of India Postal Department to launch My Stamp this year at INDIPEX 2011 (Held at Pragati Maidan, Delhi). The scene there was chaotic there with hundred of philatelic enthusiasts wanting to grab chance of lifetime. So how could I miss it So I went there on the first day of the exhibition. And here are the stamp sheets for Tisya.

Incomplete map of India on google

Amit Gupta — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:23:16 +0000

Totally condemn the way Google repeatedly treat the map of India. J & K is and will remain integral part of India. And , not showing it part of any other country also is not solution. Correct your maps Google.

love you facebook

Amit Gupta — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:00:35 +0000

Love the facebook’s tagging feature with face detection. It identifies tisya and my face as one.

upgrading of my blackberry 8520 firmware

Amit Gupta — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 06:11:20 +0000

Few months back I joined the Blackberry train and bought a 8520 for myself. I found the phone quite handy and feature loaded even without subscribing to blackberry plan. The handset works smoothly using the standard mobile internet (GPRS) connection except for the push mail. Following application are seamless on blackberry 8520 on GPRS , practically every application which is NOT made for blackberry only - Gmail - Google Maps - Google Search - NGpay … Continue reading →

Birthday celebration

Amit Gupta — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 06:35:33 +0000

what a day… celebrations round the clock literally. cakes ..yes three cakes , chocolate facial, party , outing and full dhammal and masti. This was one of the most memorable birthday celebration. Thank you everyone for all your good wishes and making my birthday so special. Have look at the video featuring Archana , Pushpinder , Varun , Manraj , Rahul (the cinematographer with his TamTung loaded with Android 2.2) and everyone from team communities. … Continue reading →

bow to the god of cinema – Rajnikanth

Amit Gupta — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 08:04:14 +0000

A big bow to god of cinema – Rajnikant. Here’s the collection of trivia of Rajnikant (collected from across the web) RAJNIKANTH’s next movie is going to be called ” TWITTER” …. He’s going to play all 140 characters in it ! Stats point that #Endhiran car parking collection is greater than Anjaana Anjaani’s box office collection!! Rajanikanth makes onions cry Rajanikanth can delete the Recycle Bin. Ghosts are actually caused by Rajanikanth killing people … Continue reading →

one year at indiatimes

Amit Gupta — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:18:15 +0000

29 September 2010 oh just realized it’s been a year i have logged out of makaan.com and signed into times internet limited. The year has been full of excitement and challenges. I pulled my self out from a state of non working and retirment and had a stupendeo fantabulous time working with team communities. Its been an amazing experience and fun to work in the socialbookmarking and email space and much more. And as a mayor of Indiatimes :) i … Continue reading →

Installing canon sx200 IS zoom ex browser without CD

Amit Gupta — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 11:14:58 +0000

Hard disk crash or OS re installation is a nightmare I have gone through innumerable times And the worse part to it it restore the all the previously installed software (and off course the saved password on browsers). Anyways most recently I have gone through this last fortnight. Now there are several of the softwares available (freeware obviously) of the shelf from respective sites and that’s the best way to get the updated version. And then there … Continue reading →

Pan Card for Tisya

Amit Gupta — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:08:02 +0000

Tisya got her Pan Card issued on at the age of Four Month and Nine Days (09 June 210). By far this has has been the most wonderful experience of mine dealing with any government agency or should I say the only agency which offered a truly world class service experience. I applied pan card for my four month old daughter (Tisya Singhal) online through NSDL. The form seems to be very simple and self … Continue reading →

Birth certificate for minor in Gurgaon

Amit Gupta — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:55:55 +0000

The Cradle provided a birth certificate for my daughter. Little did I realized that it only has a emotional and ornamental value and no legal validity. So we got it framed it nicely (Thanks to Tushina) and it occupies a place of pride in our bedroom. I was told that as a procedure hospital has already send the notification to the municipal authorities about child birth. The birth certificate can be collected after 21 days from the MCD office, … Continue reading →

naming our baby daughter

Amit Gupta — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:48:56 +0000

Holi this year splashed million of colors in our life and brought a colorful bundle of joy in our life. we become proud parents of a little angel. So the next daunting task after settling the hospital bill (she was born at the cradle, gurgaon) was to find a name for our princess. I would like to mention and thanks Cradle for the amazing hospitality during our 3 day stay. They have brilliant set of medical … Continue reading →

Google sites not opening with BSNL broadband

Amit Gupta — Fri, 14 May 2010 15:36:12 +0000

Getting BSNL broadband connection is one thing and then make run is another big task. Its not that BSNL dataone connection was my first choice but as they say beggars are not choosers. With limited option to pick from (precisely two BSNL and Tata Indicom) I reluctantly picked the state owned giant. I also have a hidden agenda behind the same (No its not to please my father in law who works with another former … Continue reading →

gmail going social with google buzz

Amit Gupta — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:22:50 +0000

Its time now for gmail to go social. In these times when every application is geared for real time collabration, sharing and uploading how come mail be left behind. Google has launched buzz for gmail both on web and mobile.you can upload and share all interesting conversation , images ,link and status messages from the gmail itself. But what about google wave wasn’t that also suppose to change the way we communicate and share. In-fact … Continue reading →

3 IDIOTS और वर्ष 2009

Amit Gupta — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:21:51 +0000

अब बताओ ये क्या कनेक्शन है और मैं हिंदी में क्यूँ लिख रहा हूँ. नहीं ये बिंगो चिप्स की नई एड भी नहीं है. वो हुआ ऐसे की मैं हिंदी में न्यू इयर ग्रीटिंग टाइप करने का ट्राई कर रहा था और गूगल लिप्यंतरण (Transliteration) टूल एकदम मस्त लगा. और भाई लोगो गूगल लिप्यंतरण(Transliteration) और गूगल अनुवादक (Translator) दो अलग चीज़े है मुझे आज ही पता चला. आप लोगो की जानकारी के लिए भी बता … Continue reading →

multi-utility – this happens only in india

Amit Gupta — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:39:24 +0000

Interesting images captured on road. Maruti Suzuki launched a new multi-utility vehicle to cater to specific indian requirements. This was launched without much fanfare but was spotted on gurgaon roads This guy is wearing helmet for protection from ???

It’s time to retire now

Amit Gupta — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:19:07 +0000

I am announcing my retirement today from active working life. I have spend quite a lot of my quality time and effort in building a retirement estate for my self. And now i feel like a chilling out and enjoying the fruit of my efforts well spend. It was not an easy decision to quit. The ever lasting greed of earning more and more & never ending race to beat the world keep pulling me … Continue reading →

why am i not working

Amit Gupta — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:57:25 +0000

don’t ask why i am writing this post just one week into the new job. Oh btw did i i tell you that i have joined the communities team at times internet limited. I’ll be working out from their swanky office on golf course road in gurgaon on a social bookmarking site http://hotklix.com Coming back to the post, there is no fault of mine , its actually how life plays dirty games with you. Now … Continue reading →

Logging out from makaan.com

Amit Gupta — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:32:47 +0000

Now when i am logging off as a product manager for makaan.com after two and a half year, i am tempted to peep into the past and relive some of the moments that i’ll cherish for life. My session with makaan begins with an email request (typical web 2.0 style) to aditya verma (business head & vp, makaan.com ) and i got the invite to join in the core team to build a real estate portal. First day @ makaan … Continue reading →

Plan trip to vaishno devi – online

Amit Gupta — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:55:29 +0000

My weekend trip to vaishno devi, so what is different from my last trip in december. This one was a completely arranged online for every step of journey. I had the mix experience bad one with irctc (online booking for indian railways) and Indian railways but excellent experience with official site of vaishno devi shrine board. I booked my rails tickets on JAT express tatkal basis. They charged me fare from originating station (ajmer) to the destination (jammu), almost … Continue reading →

My new N95

Amit Gupta — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:24:21 +0000

Now why have I got a new N95 without having a poll on facebook and asking for opinion on model on make. Couple of reasons, firstly I have done it very recently for my Nokia E63 and more importantly why would my friends spare time for it. But on second thought they might have its better than stupid facebook applications to find out what flower, color, actor, emotion, ghost. But that’s a different story… coming … Continue reading →

Jeff Bezos about Amazon and Zappos

Amit Gupta — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:43:32 +0000

“Every thing I know” by Jeff Bezos (Founder Amazon.com). This is an exellent presentation about Amazon and Zappos but hold true for any organization specially startups. This also highlights the advantages of being ‘obsessed on customers’. Source : Youtube

Neemrana Fort palace, Rajasthan

Amit Gupta — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:22:50 +0000

Few months back, we picked up Neemrana Fort Palace for a weekend get away trip from Gurgaon. I have some kind of facinations for the Palaces & forts and Neemrana is the closed fort in Rajasthan from Gurgaon, some 80 km from IGI Airport. We booked a stay for a night there in Hari Vilas (Lord Vishnu’ adobe) , one of the rooms being offered from the heritage property. The deal – One night stay @ … Continue reading →

Traffic light for footover bridge in gurgaon !

Amit Gupta — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:46:57 +0000

This can happen only here in India. We know how to ulitize all the resources to fullest and look forward to accept new challenges. Look at the images below I clicked of foot over bridge meant for pedestrian in millenium city, gurgaon. No hurry at all – Guy seems to be attending a call from home Wow ! such a good negotiater of sharp turns Pedestrian should be given adverse travel advisory for crossing expressway by … Continue reading →

New life in my home

Amit Gupta — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:47:00 +0000

Hold your gun man and don’t jump to conclusions and don’t go by the post image at all. Its not me and monica in the pic, I am talking about …well why don’t you read below. Wow ! great to see my garden getting inhabited by a new couple (weaver bird but off course). They have build up a nice cozy home for themselves (see images of the progress in last 15-20 days). July … Continue reading →

Safeguard your SIM card against misuse

Amit Gupta — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:32:32 +0000

There seems to be a perfect synergy in the marketing and sales department of cellular companies. Both departments are supplementing each other in growing the subscriber base (And possibly redcuing ARPU). The telesales ladies pushes hard to sell complementary ‘Golden’, ‘Platinum’ and matching/similar numbers to your current Mobile number in ever sweet voice. I have recd two such calls since morning. Good I have recieved two call in morning itself and now I can chill (My … Continue reading →

I am a club hopper now

Amit Gupta — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:29:03 +0000

Just other day while checking mails on my Nokia E63, I noticed an invitation to a B’day bash of my dear friend Vivek Bhatia . I replied promptly for two reasons : a) I was too excited to meet old bunch of friends from Time of India after a really long time. b) Wanted to check , how does ‘send from my mobile device’ appears in my mail signature So on the D day, we … Continue reading →

My new mobile Nokia E63

Amit Gupta — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:01:14 +0000

It has been now three days, and initial euphoria has died down. I feel this is a good time to write about my new possession a Nokia E63. There are three small stories behind my new mobile. - Deciding on the mobile - Moving from Touch screen to Keyboard based phone - Joy of learning Deciding the mobile: This is the most difficult part of the complete process. My previous mobile, good … Continue reading →

Gayatri Mantra and meaning

Amit Gupta — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:40:07 +0000

ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः । Om Bhur bhuva swaha तत् सवितुर्वरेण्यं । Tat savitur Varenyam भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि । Bhargo Devasya Dhimahi धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात् ॥ Dhio yo nah Prachodayat “O God, Thou art the giver of life, the remover of pain and sorrow, the bestower of happiness; O Creator of the Universe, may we receive Thy supreme sin-destroying light; may Thou guide our intellect in the in the right direction.” – Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati … Continue reading →

Google Wave – a new wave of communication

Amit Gupta — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:38:52 +0000

Google announced to launch Google wave later this year. This is bound to create a wave across the Internet world. So what is exactly is a wave. In a simple words Google wave is a real-time communication platform. It’s a hybrid of email, instant messaging, web chat, social networking, micro bloging, file share all build into one interface. Features of wave : You can communicate and work together with richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, … Continue reading →

Grow Red Tail with Dabur India

Amit Gupta — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:29:57 +0000

I clicked this at a medical store market today. I was totally amused at branding of the baby product from Dabur India. Now what on the earth product called ‘Dabur Lal Tail’ from the Ayurvedic Expert for babies would convey to the parents. It is for child growth or growing tail for your child Dabur could have aptly named it as ‘Dabur red Oil’ and also retained the name in devnagiri ‘डाबर लाल तेल’ to … Continue reading →

My nephew voted today

Amit Gupta — Sun, 24 May 2009 11:47:39 +0000

This election season all the non-pappu population on country got their figure marked and proved that common men (no offence to all the women out there) has the ultimate say in democracy. Today is the day for generation next to go out get the mark. I am proud of my nephew (Kavya), he voted for the right choice – Polio Drops. Kavya proudly showing his marked fingure Thanks to the well-coordinated government … Continue reading →

How to make a pizza (sinful eating)

Amit Gupta — Mon, 18 May 2009 18:44:15 +0000

So folks let me take you thru the process of making a sinfully unhealthy but amazingly delicious Pizza. Ingredients: a) Pizza base b) Cheese (Britannia) c) Pizza Sauce (By Cremica) d) Oregano and Chilly Flakes (Leftover from Domino’s blend perfectly) Toppings: a) Mushrooms b) Fresh Paneer c) Onions d) Capsicum e) Red Jalapeno (In Vinegar) Other key requirement a) Microwave b) Electricity (Scarce in Gurgaon) Step 1: Apply a thin coating of pizza … Continue reading →

Makaan.com property survey on CNBC

Amit Gupta — Wed, 13 May 2009 11:59:17 +0000

Makaan.com conducted a National survey ‘My Vote. My Makaan’ in leading Metros and Tier II cities of India. The survey was conducted on the portal between 22nd to 30th April 2009 and saw participation from over 3563 property seekers nationally. The survey results can be found at http://makaan.com/electionsurvey. The survey findings were also covered on CNBC Awaaz.

Rules of life

Amit Gupta — Sat, 09 May 2009 04:38:00 +0000

Rule of life from an email doing rounds (Claiming these are actually delivered in a high school speech by Bill Gates). Whatever they sound very realistic and the best is kept for the last. Rule 1: Life is not fair – get used to it! Rule 2: The world won’t care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself. Rule 3: You will … Continue reading →

Trip to Ladhakh – Final part

Amit Gupta — Sun, 03 May 2009 12:41:17 +0000

Day 6-8 Khadungla (Highest Motorable pass) , Chumatang (Hot water springs) , Monasteries (Hemis, Thiksey) & Leh Palace Day 6: A bit of disappointment as snow blocked our way to Khardungla (18380ft above sea level). We waited for the snow to get clear at South Pulu 14 km from the top (K-top) for 2 hours but in vain. We got down to Leh and roam around in market. We had food at local café with … Continue reading →

Trip to Leh (Ladhakh) Part II

Amit Gupta — Sat, 02 May 2009 13:34:15 +0000

Day 3. We came across snow for the first time On the way to this beautiful and frozen Pangong Tso (or Pangong Lake; Tso: Ladakhi for lake). It is 120 Km long lake with one third of the lake falling into Indian territory and rest in China. The temperature was freezing cold literally and wind were blowing hard. Our first stop was at the army post of Zingral @ 15500 ft. Few interesting things … Continue reading →

Adventurous trip to Leh (Ladhakh)

Amit Gupta — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:31:02 +0000

So finally I got a well deserved break from the daily routine with a long pending family vaccation. My Wify always wanted to see some snow clad mountains and I wanted to go on some adventure holiday. And we discovered a perfect mix in the Land of Lamas-Leh. I have done some goggling before packing our bags for the leh. Few useful tips based on suggestions and personal experiences: a) Leh is on high altitude … Continue reading →

Confession – Love you Maggi

Amit Gupta — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:37:39 +0000

Oh man … It’s 25 years or Silver Jubilee of our first meeting. I still remember the day when you entered my life. We met at my school. You wore bright yellow with strokes of red. And on our very first date, I brought you to my home to meet mom (It wasn’t infatuation, I can say now). Mom actually likes you… And It was love at first bite…I am mad about you till this … Continue reading →

Mood swing of weather

Amit Gupta — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:14:41 +0000

I have captured the mood swing of weather within a span of 20 min. Is this reflection of what we face in real life too. Everything seems to be going fine and then there are sudden storms, which seems never ending and devastating. But the nature show there is always a bright sunshine after dark clouds. And this keeps us moving in life…. Snow Balls 8:10 AM 8:30 AM

Fruit of Patience is not always sweet :p

Amit Gupta — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:50:37 +0000

So finally, I have fruits in my garden. Have a look at the vibrant and HOT green chilies !!!

The Seagate FreeAgent and I Contest

Amit Gupta — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 07:51:45 +0000

There is a interesting contest running on Indian Blog and new Media Society http://ibnms.com/2009/03/03/seagate-contest/#more-31 . The Contest You have to write a blog entry on the following topic: Seagate FreeAgent Family and I: What would be the most creative use I could put it to if I had one? And what would I expect from Seagate’s storage solutions that will enhance my content management experience? So here are my thoughts on the use of Seagate FreeAgent … Continue reading →

Abuse of Cost Per Click (CPC) Marketing?

Amit Gupta — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:28:04 +0000

Cost Per Click better known as CPC advertising is one of the most popular ROI (return on Investment) driven model in online world. Google has build in a complete empire revolving around this model. This model provides a win-win situation to publishers (websites), ad-networks (like Google, Komli etc) and advertisers (sellers). Advertisers pays to the ad-networks only when a visitor (prospective buyer) clicks on the advertisement (thereby presumed he expresses interest in the advertiser’s services) … Continue reading →

Everything I Know About Startups by Dharmesh Shah

Amit Gupta — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:12:45 +0000

This is an absolutely great presentation by Dharmesh Shah, co-founder of HubSpot, that was originally posted at OnStartups.

Festivals of Colors – Happy Holi

Amit Gupta — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:22:56 +0000

Bar Camp Delhi 6 (#bcd6)

Amit Gupta — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 10:49:24 +0000

I attended my first bar camp which happens to be sixth edition for Delhi. The event is being hosted at MDI Gurgaon. It was quite an interesting experience to attend the sessions in the daylong event. Anybody and everyone was free to pick up a available slot of 30 min to present the topic of their choice. The day started with introduction of Bar camp and followed by a three word introduction by all the … Continue reading →

Meeting Matt

Amit Gupta — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:17:51 +0000

I met Matt Mullenweg last saturday @ wordcamp India. I must say , I am damn impressed by this young champion of new media. He is such a nice and down to earth guy with no air about giving world a whole new medium of expression in way of WORDPRESS. He shared his journey so far and his vision for the product. He was full of energy on podium and it was flowing across the audience. He was … Continue reading →

WordCamp India (India’s first WordPress Camp)

Amit Gupta — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 07:04:25 +0000

I’ll be attending the India’s first WordPress Camp to be organised on 21st and 22nd February. To know more and register for event visit : http://wci.eventbrite.com PS : Event is Co-hosted by Mayank Gupta. An internet freak , wordpress fan and my sweet little cousin. I’m proud of you. Best of Luck …

Shades of me

Amit Gupta — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 10:58:03 +0000

A close encounter with Vintage Car

Amit Gupta — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:34:54 +0000

A chance encounter with this beauty on National highway 8. I could’nt resist myself to get clicked with this charming beauty. I felt like a royal…

Bollywood Unlimited : Best and Worst

Amit Gupta — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:46:29 +0000

Hmmm.. who am I , a producer , director , actor , musician , critic nah… May I have the honour of calling myself the Real King of the Bollywood Industry…THE AUDIENCE. Kings do have the liking and dislikings and they too make mistakes in evaluation. But Here goes my list of best (I have a definite inclination to movies with humor ) and the worst movies I have ever watched (Though the list is long, few are worth a … Continue reading →

Mumbai Marathon 2009

Amit Gupta — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 10:32:46 +0000

Mumbai will run again. Run again to show solidarity, unity, a cause and spirit of life. Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon the biggest international marathon in Asia will kick off tomorrow. This event first held in 2004 has outgrown itself from just being a annual gala sporting event. The event now showcases the spirit of people of Mumbai and India and large. Along with top international athlete who competes for prize and pride, there are whole … Continue reading →

Death sentence for rape accussed

Amit Gupta — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:50:15 +0000

There should be no mercy for the rape accussed. They are are bigger culprit of humanity than any criminal, murderer or terrorist. The law enforcement agencies and judiciary should set examples by speeding up the judicial process and awarding the highest punishment to these criminals.

Reissue of Indian Passport

Amit Gupta — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:43:26 +0000

I filled the application form online from official website and it generated a downloadable format for me to get the photographs done etc. And the best part , I got a appointment online for submission of the form. Somehow I manage to get all my documents in palce and time (Most difficult being proof of residence. So a journey of five month has come to an end. I have managed to lay hand on my … Continue reading →

Trip to Vaishno Devi

Amit Gupta — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:34:01 +0000

I am back in Delhi after a three day trip to Vaishno Devi. The trip was thought and planned a month ag0, But all my planning failed (2 set of cancelled train and hotel bookings) and like every time we were rushing to catch the bus. whatever… The journey and the destination was worth the effort. It was such a nice weather all through the journey. Everytime I visit the place I seems to … Continue reading →

Vote for better India

Amit Gupta — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 08:35:49 +0000

Did you know that there is a system in our constitution, as per the 1969 act, in section ” 49-O” that a person can go to the polling booth, confirm his identity, get his finger marked and convey the presiding election officer that he doesn’t want to vote anyone! Yes such a feature is available, but obviously these leaders have never disclosed it. This is called “49-O”. Why should you go and say ” I … Continue reading →

missing you papa

Amit Gupta — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:48:54 +0000

happy anniversary papa

Chanda Mama here we come

Amit Gupta — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:29:02 +0000

India launches its Chandrayan 1 today from Sriharikota. This marks the entry into new era of space exploration by India. India will enter the league of naions who have succesfully landed on the Moon. Though Man-less mission Chandrayaan will fuel the space program of India.

10 Years of Google

Amit Gupta — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 08:32:06 +0000

Many many happy returns of the day. Google always stands for innovation and usability. I wish you many more successful and innovative products.

Google Chrome – First look

Amit Gupta — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:28:08 +0000

I have downloaded Google chrome today. I am impressed in the first glance. Though it will take some more time to understand how will the brower perform. BUt few features which make it stands out are ; a) Neat and clean look : A new browsing experience and the window seems to gain that extra screen space. The tabs and search bar are intelligently integrated in the browser. Every pixel is optimally utilized. b) One stop shop … Continue reading →

First Step

Amit Gupta — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:43:06 +0000

I have taken a baby step owards fulfilling my dream !!!

Are Customers Sitting Duck

Amit Gupta — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:16:04 +0000

The mailer gives a feeling how the organization feels about their subscribers, who pays monthly subscription to be part of the network. They are just addition to growing number of sitting ducks for TATA Sky who can be easily targeted by the advertisers. Horrible is the word, to explain the feeling when you see customers being called “Sitting Ducks”. I just came across an emailer from Tata Sky targeted at advertisers for their DTH service. … Continue reading →

Product offsite at Karjat (Mumbai)

Amit Gupta — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:00:36 +0000

Off-sites trainings are fun and this is my second off-site training camp in People Interactive within six months. Now this is advantage of managing multiple portfolios and slogging. I got to go out with both software and product offsite to take break from work at makaan. My last visit to Daman with software team was close to sea and this one at beautiful Karjat near Mumbai. The weather was awesome and it almost rained for … Continue reading →

Down with viral

Amit Gupta — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 06:30:17 +0000

This week has left me weak … this is not what extended weekend are meant to be. Still recovering from the pangs of deadly viral. High fever has forced me to stay indoors and eat very little (surviving on mostly liquid died). Even now as fever is gone , there is a feeling of weakness. So after a long time, I am looking forward to Monday. Hope I recover fully to resume work.

At last this works

Amit Gupta — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:02:19 +0000

Thanks mayank to bring my site back to life (though the site was down because of him only). There is so much happened in last 15 days. a) I have an fantabulous offsite @ riverside resort , Karjat near Mumbai (Amazing place , will upload pics soon) b) India lost the test to Srilanka c) Olympics kicked off in China on 08.08.08 and icing on the cake being India winning first individual gold @ olympics (Abhinav Bindra … Continue reading →

Why do customer buy our products

Amit Gupta — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 09:36:45 +0000

Why do customer buy our products? a) We feel your product is the latest. b) We have a best marketing plan. c) We have the best solution for the customer need. Obviously C, customers buy our product not for any other reason. Customers will be happy and keeping come back to us if we keep meeting their need. We should strive to not only meet but exceed customer’s expectations. And while doing so there are moments where the customer … Continue reading →

Makaan Chowdhary

Amit Gupta — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:14:12 +0000

My fond childhood memories of Chacha chowdhary , Sabu , rocket (Chacha’s pet dog) are back. Chachaji can solve all the problms in the world cauz ”Chacha ka dimaag computer se bhi tez chalta hai” . Watch him in new avtaar making Rajnikant and Mithun da the superstar. [Amit Gupta]5F3QoOqdf1o[/Amit Gupta]

Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1

Amit Gupta — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:13:32 +0000

I have just checked out Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 version and Firefox3. I would not be comparing them but there are certain new feature I liked about both of them. But the most exciting feature to me is Actiities in IE8. I lets to do certain activities on the webpage you are working on. Its like talking to many other application from one page (uff.. internet making me lazzy and more demanding every … Continue reading →

Monsoon Clouds

Amit Gupta — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:47:40 +0000

Monsoon Clouds Captured on my camera

No Gates for Windows

Amit Gupta — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 05:51:54 +0000

Bill Gates call it a day at Microsoft , the giant software empire he has founded and build over last 33 years. A richest man on the world for many years will now focus on philanthropy. Time will tell the impact of this change on Microsoft.

Good Bye Sam

Amit Gupta — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 05:36:06 +0000

Good Bye Bahadur Sam (April 03, 1914 – June 27, 2008)

3G in India

Amit Gupta — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:56:13 +0000

Bharti , Vodafone to bring Apple 3G iPhone to India later this year and with Bharti on verge of launching 3G services (Subject to all statuary clearance) . Hmmm… so would we get to see a revolution in the way people get to use mobile and mobile internet in India. The success will largely depend on the cost of acquiring the technology (Handset + Service). Indian consumers are very price senstive and to an extend slow adapter in terms of … Continue reading →

Thank You Yahoo !!!

Amit Gupta — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:42:15 +0000

Hmmm… very true . Thank you for reminding me of this. I surely need a break of of couple of days. And all you workaholic check out the cool mailer from Yahoo and you might find your dream holiday… Yahoo Local (India) has much more than a holiday destination search. It is a local search engine as of now limited to Delhi, Mumbai , Bangalore and Chennai. And has features like rating, maps etc … But Once it comes to … Continue reading →

Where have I Been ???

Amit Gupta — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:15:53 +0000

No where , I was very much around but again busy with some upgradation and imrovement work on Makaan.com. I have been hearing and experiencing much about web 2.0 and the rub of effect was evident to come on Makaan.com So Makaan.com member backend is now been changed and made more action oriented and user focused. We have tried to reduce the umber of clicks to do activities and all the relevant information is available upfront … Continue reading →

Makaan Mobile

Amit Gupta — Thu, 29 May 2008 10:33:45 +0000

Know your customers and the environment in which they operate. At Makaan we found out that our customers (property providers) are not very tech-savvy and don’t have regular internet access, infact only little fraction of our total customer universe are internet friendly. But the irony is that thier customers (Property seekers) are more and more depends on new age mediums for the needs. So the challange was to build a product which will bridge this … Continue reading →

Makaan Property Show

Amit Gupta — Sat, 24 May 2008 16:10:20 +0000

Hey Last week was very busy. Makaan.com is organizing the first property show in North India. After successful shows in Hyderabad and Pune , saddi Dilli seems to be the best choice. In couple of months there are many more to come across nation. Today was the day one of Delhi Property show. And it was quite a show as the show was simultaneously held at Noida and Gurgaon. I covered both the centers though it become a bit too tiring … So See … Continue reading →

Google and Tom Sawyer

Amit Gupta — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:08:32 +0000

You have not heard the famous story of Tom Sawyer getting his fence painted by Mark Twain. The smart chap get the fence painted by the friends and even get rewarded for it. He makes the painting job felt like the most interesting thing on the planet earth. Now Google has set a perfect example of how to get things done the right way. What better way to get the matching results than getting the … Continue reading →

Long time no see

Amit Gupta — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:44:23 +0000

Last few days were quite busy. So I didn’t get time to write but so much so has happenedd during this time. Phasing out of the Killer blue lines (As if the evil lies in the buses and not the one who drives them), Sacking of KPS Gill (Better late than Never) , Harbhajan slapping Sreesanth (Gentemen’s game @ its best) , Sealing activity begins and what not… But its not that nothing good had … Continue reading →

Examination Results

Amit Gupta — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:40:28 +0000

I came across an interesting mailer from naukri.com in my inbox and it brings back memories of yesteryears examination results. March-April has always been the most tense months throughtout life. Since my earliest memories these months will mean loads of tension and sleepless nights. All the hard work & efforts are put on test and then begins the wait for the results…. This agonising wait keep haunting year after year during these months. Earlier it was … Continue reading →

Makaan.com TV Commercial

Amit Gupta — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:43:18 +0000

After 7 months of launch makaan.com has come out with a TVC. And as an associated sponsor to the Extra Innings during IPL. I hope Makaan will generate loads of brand recall. There are various factors what make this commercial stand out including a very well executed and co-ordinated performance of animated Mouse Character and human actor. This commercial has a very peppy and hummable background score. Catch this throughout the telecast of IPL. As of now check … Continue reading →

Google Street Map

Amit Gupta — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:00:56 +0000

Jinke ghar sheeshe ke hote hain, unhe kapde parde daal kar badalne chahiye (One who have glass windows, should put curtains before changing the cloths.). Now you have all the more reason to fear. Google has ventured into street map and to what precision. I was just exploring trulia (A real estate portal) who have implemented the Google street Maps. I clicked on the sample map provided on the homepage for San Fransisco. I was … Continue reading →

IPL – Kab Aayega Baap !!!

Amit Gupta — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:59:31 +0000

Kab aayega ranjan aur mano ka baap! There is an extensive and long search for ranjan and mano for their baap. After a long wait of 8 years and endless taunting of people their mother attempts suicide. Suddenly we discovered who is “mano-ranjan ka baap” Hilarious and simply brilliant is how I would describe latest commercial of DLF – Indian Premier League. Agency has successfully married the two biggest religion of nation Cricket and Bollywood in this one … Continue reading →

How to stop telemarketing calls

Amit Gupta — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:16:07 +0000

I just come across an Interesting email doing rounds. Ten ways to stop those credit card sales, mobile companies, insurance calls from irritating you: 1 After the telemarketer finishes speaking, ask him/her to marry you. 2 Tell the telemarketer you are busy at the moment, and ask him/her, if he/she will give you his/her home phone number so you can call him/her back. 3 Ask them to repeat everything they say, several … Continue reading →

One Night @ terminal

Amit Gupta — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:42:52 +0000

My fascination for the city Kolkata ended as soon as I found myself struck in an unusual Traffic jam to airport. A normal route of 30 min took me close to two hours. And for the first time in my life I missed the flight. Now that’s a bizarre feeling of helplessness. It took me another 30 mins to convince the duty manager that in all my good intention I never wanted to miss the … Continue reading →

The City of Joy – Kolkata

Amit Gupta — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:23:41 +0000

I clicked this on my way to Kolkata office. The city seems to be slow and peaceful and very different from the fast paced Delhi. I am here for two days and both have packed schedule of training and evaluating few options for Property show in Kolkata. Let’s see if I can visit few places and if possible ride tram.

Food @ 29000 ft

Amit Gupta — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:55:37 +0000

After a usual delay of 2 hours I took off to Kolkata (City of Joy). By now you would have realized how much I hate air travel. This time I am traveling Jet Air, which is one of the finest airlines. Thanks to web check in facility, I managed a first row seat in economy class (Advantage to spread your legs and relax a bit). So I felt like being from upper middle class … Continue reading →

Fun @ work – Offsite to Daman

Amit Gupta — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:23:22 +0000

Fun @ work takes a new dimension when People Group engineering team has strolled out for the picnic last week. The gyaan sessions seemed to be the coolest thing around. Day one: We headed for resort in Virar (Suburb of Mumbai) for tech presentation to be made by engineering teams. The event gave opportunity to everyone to come on stage and speak up about the work they’ve been doing and their learning’s. We achieved the very … Continue reading →

Talent Search 2.0

Amit Gupta — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 07:00:03 +0000

Every child has heard this umpteen times. Every time there is a guest parents insist child to recite a poem or sing a song. A latest song hummed by the child makes parents proud of their child’s talent. Child gets rewarded through lots of praises. Now the stage has grown and children perform in front of live and TV audience. Various talent hunt shows has make this bigger than ever and the rewards has grown … Continue reading →

Indian Redifined

Amit Gupta — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 06:57:49 +0000

India has evolved and so does Indian. Hey, I am talking about Indian, the state owned domestic airlines. I was scheduled to fly today morning to Mumbai by 8:00AM flight. As expected the flight was delayed (Still waiting for the final departure time to be announced, As I am writing this at airport). This has now become a standard and not the exception for all airlines to delay departures. But I was talking about … Continue reading →

A Year That Was…

Amit Gupta — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:13:00 +0000

These line are generally written on the turn of the year. You might think that I am possibily two months late. But I am talking about completeing a year with Makaan.com Now when I look back at this amazing year it gives me a feeling which can’t be expressed in words. But whats so amazing about this year and this job. There has been complete transormation from the kind of work I’ve done in the … Continue reading →

Reliance : Thy Name Trust

Amit Gupta — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:58:33 +0000

Reliance by virtue of its name generate confidence. And Ambani’s has done unthinkable to keep the flag flying high for these years. I may not understand the depth of share market but this is my take on reliance as an consumer. People has shown immense faith in the Reliance Power IPO and oversubscribed it as expected. The issue bombed on the day of listing and thousands have burned thier fingures. And then came the unexpected … Continue reading →

Job Hunt 2.0

Amit Gupta — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:02:07 +0000

Mediums are changing and so do the people. Snail mails to email and still evolving. The way employees and employers are connecting to each other has seen a marked change over period. Both are trying to woo each other with innovative means. Resumes on CD have now moved to online space in form of Videos and presentations. Sites like Youtube has impressive number of such video resumes. Organizations have created separate dedicated career sections on … Continue reading →

A Decade of Relationship

Amit Gupta — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 09:18:09 +0000

This day 10 years ago, I owned something which to many was of no use. I got myself an e-mail id. Though now I am maried to gmail but my first love is my hotmail id “yaaden at hotmail dot com. 10 years ago people used to ask me , who will send you an email. Only handful of people used to have internet connections in India and I remember paying Rs2/min ($1.25/ Hour) … Continue reading →

Cricket Moolah Unlimited

Amit Gupta — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:53:53 +0000

Crick·et noun 1. Only sport in the dictionary of Indians 2. Money Crick’et.er noun 1. Sportsperson 2. Model 3. Endorsements BCCI noun 1. Mint 2. Money spinners 3. Politics Image Credit : ballsports.com

Nationality of Bullet

Amit Gupta — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:47:56 +0000

I am confussed on this. It belongs and yet not belong to any one nation. Seems it treats everyone as foe. Just gone through an article, which covers a story of two kids lying next to each other in hospital. The cruel part is one of them was an israeli hurt in an palestinian and other a palestinian boy hurt in cross firing by israeli’s. So who’s winning not atleast the suffering families of the … Continue reading →

Dilli ki Sardi

Amit Gupta — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:42:02 +0000

“Tarpaye tarsay re…saari raat jagaaye…pyaar tera …Dilli ki sardi” These line from hindi film says all about the character of Delhi Winter. This year tempratures in delhi has been below than the normal. I am still enjoying hot water bath and my cosy layer of quilts. Weekends are best spend at homes being a couch potatao munching popcorns and watching television. BUt next weekend will be not so comfortable. I have to shift home. So there … Continue reading →

Waiting in the Wings

Amit Gupta — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:22:40 +0000

We humans always wanted to fly and rule the skies. Modern age has literally brought flying within the reach of common man. With India skies opening up there are airlines that are trying every trick in the book to lure the customers. Good we are flying places. But on the flip side, airports have become crowded and the sky seems to be choked with the air traffic. Scenes at airports are no different from … Continue reading →

Alien in My Own Country :(

Amit Gupta — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:15:02 +0000

I never felt away in my country. Mumbai over the last few months have been like visiting my backyard. But this visit to our financial capital has left me thinking. This trip was marred by apprehensions and fear of being a so-called outsider. There has been riot situation across Mumbai where a group of fanatic was out on streets rioting Mumbai life seems to come to a halt. The nerve of mumbai the local transport … Continue reading →

Monday Blues

Amit Gupta — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:57:36 +0000

Good Morning Monday. Hmmm.. You are here again to pull me out of my cozy quilt. Since the day I am introduced to you I wished you missed your date with new week. But you come week after week without fail. Wonder why don’t you go on sick leave or take a casual leave. But then on second thought, If you don’t come the life would not move. There will be no office and no work. There will be … Continue reading →

Let’s go shopping. Yahoo!

Amit Gupta — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 06:21:09 +0000

Three more days of agonizing wait when I’ll get to see my bank account buzz with my monthly funding (My Salary But of course). On my shopping list would be grocery, vegetables, household stuff and woof… my account will be looking like a desert by 10th of the month. This left me wondering what people with fat balances have on their shopping list. Many like to sprulz on themselves, some like to go on world … Continue reading →

Zero Degree in Delhi Really !!!

Amit Gupta — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:17:16 +0000

Bakar Bakar on Channels about Zero degree temprature (Forecasted for Today) in Delhi has hogged the limelight on prime time slots for last few days. News channels and Newspaper has debated it out more than they do the annual budget or general election. It become the talking point in offices. Few of my friends from across seven seas even me asked what we are going do to battle the freezing cold. Now that the day … Continue reading →

Crown Prince in waiting…

Amit Gupta — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:21:51 +0000

Prince Charles of Great Britain has become the longest waiting Prince in queue to the thrown. And what a wait.. more than 59 years. Long live the queen. But then it reminds of difference between Purab and Paschim. Where else but in so called under developing nations like India and Pakistan one would sacrifice the power and chair for the children. Not to glorify anyone but earlier Ms. Gandhi and now Mr. Zardari has taken … Continue reading →

Gentleman was it “Monkey” or “Maa ki”

Amit Gupta — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:47:24 +0000

Harbhajan’s controversial spat with Symond has come to an end. The outcome though was bit predictable with BCCI literally arm-twisted the cricketing giant with a threat to abandon the tour. So the charges against our turbunator were mellowed. Now, we will have Harbhajan and Symond once again battling it out at field in the upcoming one dayers. Whatever it may be but cricket is no longer seems to be a Gentleman’s game for sure.

60th Death Anniversary of Mahatma

Amit Gupta — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:14:32 +0000

“I cannot teach you violence, as I do not myself believe in it. I can only teach you not to bow your heads before any one even at the cost of your life.” - Mahatma Gandhi I salute the Father of the Nation on his 60th death Anniversary.

Organ Trade in Gurgaon, India

Amit Gupta — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:14:29 +0000

Every print and news media in India was clogged with news of a organ trade unearthed in millennium city of Gurgaon. This racket, which was operational in major part of country, was run by group of surgeons for last 6-7 years. They have state of the art medical setup to operate and transplant organs of needy to their rich and effluent clients in India and overseas. They were minting money by exploiting the poor and … Continue reading →

Life in Google Age

Amit Gupta — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:48:35 +0000

The above image may look a bit funny or a bit too exaggerated but I believe that we live in Google Age. To me Google is synonym to Internet. Google as homepage tells me that I am connected to rest of the world and my system is breathing. It’s the nerve cell of information for millions like me. From finding a store next door to information on stars millions of light year away everything can … Continue reading →

Hi from Amit Gupta !

Amit Gupta — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 20:00:07 +0000

Hi every one. I (Amit Gupta) have taken one more baby step on internet. Although, I ‘d created my identity on web quite sometime back but I realized that it can’t be updated often. So, I thought that I’ll use a blog as it becomes easy for me to write down my thoughts about me , people around me and things around me. And whats a better day and time to start than 26 January. … Continue reading →