My World...My Perspective...

Rainbow

noreply@blogger.com (Hari Kishore) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:19:00 +0000

But this is what my 2 MP mobile camera can capture :)

At 16 Babar Ali is the Head Master of a School

noreply@blogger.com (Hari Kishore) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:10:00 +0000

Here is an incredible story of a 16 year old head master (youngest in the world) Babar Ali, who runs an unofficial school for 800 stydents in Murshidabad, West Bengal. These 800 kids wouldn't have had a chance at education without this great chap. Kudos to him!!

"In the beginning I was just play-acting, teaching my friends," Babar Ali says, "but then I realised these children will never learn to read and write if they don't have proper lessons. It's my duty to educate them, to help our country build a better future."

noreply@blogger.com (Hari Kishore) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:02:00 +0000

Incase you missed it, here is the link to the speech given by Chris Anderson - the curator of TED to the students of Woodstock School where he spent seven years of his life.

Some words from his speech that are so true "... and without even really thinking about it, you learn that those superficial differences of race, nationality, color really don't matter that much. We're all just people. We all laugh, we all cry, we all love, we all bleed."

iMo

noreply@blogger.com (Hari Kishore) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:59:00 +0000

iMo is an Indian startup that was selected for the TechCrunch 50 2009 finals. They developed an iPhone/iPod Touch app which converts the iPhone into a video game controller.It works with existing PC video games giving it a Wii like experience. They are just a team of 2 and they won the best presentation award at TC50. Awesome presentation it is...check it for yourself.

Waiting to see more Indian startups to develop ubercool products/apps/technologies and showcase them at these big platforms.

Haptip: Interactive Marketing Blog

TEDIndia 2009 Fellows

noreply@blogger.com (Hari Kishore) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:38:00 +0000

I am a great fan of TED and their talks are simply brilliant and very inspiring.

The list of 103 TEDIndia 2009 fellows is out. Check out the short profiles of people who are selected. The kind of work they have done/doing is simply amazing. Kudos and Congrats to all of them :)

Siva Cotipalli, a BITS alum and founder of dhanaX is one of the fellows this year :)

Inglourious Basterds

noreply@blogger.com (Hari Kishore) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:22:00 +0000

I can't wait for Tarantino's new flick Inglourious Basterds to release in India. Check out the official trailer here. Amazing it is!!

Picture Courtesy: wikipedia.com

Anything for you, ma'am

noreply@blogger.com (Hari Kishore) — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 18:27:00 +0000

Anything for you, ma'am by Tushar Raheja is cute and simple in its own way. It makes a good light hearted weekend read. Go grab it!!

Picture Courtesy: raheja.org

Magadheera

noreply@blogger.com (Hari Kishore) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:44:00 +0000

To say that the movie is brilliant would be an understatement!!

Picture Courtesy: wikipedia.com

KAMINEY

noreply@blogger.com (Hari Kishore) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:57:00 +0000

Charlie. Guddu. Sweety. Bhope. Tashi. Awesome narration. Fast paced. Drugs. Guns. Guitar. Dhan Te Nan. Pheli Baar. Raat Ke Dhai Baje. Transformation from a star to an actor. That's Kamine y in short for you and there is lot more in store.

Kudos to Vishal Bhardwaj!!

Famjaa Naa??

Picture Courtesy: wikipedia.com

Sunday Morning at Deepam Center

noreply@blogger.com (Hari Kishore) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:36:00 +0000

Today morning I went to Pudiyador center at Vannathurai and I was pretty happy to look at the enthusiasm of the kids.

One of the activities of Deepam include enlightening the kids everyweek about one great leader or statesman to inspire them by explaining about their achievements and ideologies. This week one of the volunteer spoke about Nelson Mandela and the kids were really inspired when they learnt that Mr. Mandela did his law in correspondence and wrote his auto biography during his stay in prison. At the end they were asking questions ranging from apartheid to his life in the jail to what he is doing at present.

When they were told that Mr. Mandela is from South Africa, one of the kid quickly pointed out that Chennai Superkings player Morkel is also from the same country. When they were told that he was born in 1918, one kid quickly did the math and came up with the current age of Mandela. Smart kids I say!!

I was really amazed to see them abreast with current affairs ranging from MJ's death to his second autospy results.

A Sunday morning well spent and happy that I met a couple of guys from my alma mater at the center.

Wimbledon Finals 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Hari Kishore) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:56:00 +0000

Just when I was feeling sad that I wouldn't be able to watch the Wimbledon finals, the idea of watching it in a coffee shop stuck me. These days I'm a frequent visitor to javagreen and everytime I go there I see tennis matches being shown in their TV, atleast during this Wimbledon season.

Thanks to those guys, I've watched one of the greatest matches of all time between Federer and Roddick. I wanted Federer to win and make his place in the history as the undisputed player winning 15 grand slams till date. Federer finished the match with 50 aces and also reclaimed his number 1 position in the ATP rankings. I guess this is the first time Roger didn't cry after winning a tournament. Well, Roddick has given a real tough fight and his serves were just amazing and he is the ace master of this tournament with more than 180 aces.

So, the next time there is an important match, you know where to find me :)

Nandan Nilekani to head Unique ID project

noreply@blogger.com (Hari Kishore) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:21:00 +0000

Nandan Nikelani, the Co-Founder and Vice Chairman of Infosys Technologies has resigned from the Board of Infosys to head the Unique ID project.

The Unique ID project aims to uniquely identify the 1.2 billion population of our country. Considering the magnanimity of the project, Nandan Nilekani is the correct pick to head the project. It is good that India has finally started a project like this while its counterparts like USA have their social security number that was designed long back.

Nandan to me is an iconic hero, he has resigned from the board of the company he has co-founded to head a project which has a far greater reach and advantages to the country with more than a billion population. I wonder how many corporate business men would be ready to do that?

P.S: I have read an article which talks about Nandan Nilekani trouncing or getting a headstart over Narayan Murthy. Its really sad to see articles which compare two great icons. Both of them are great people with great values. Let us celebrate their brillance than comparing them.

Rest in Peace MJ

noreply@blogger.com (Hari Kishore) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:11:00 +0000

I feel a deep grief inside me right from the time I heard the news of his death.
To the greatest moon walker ever. We'll miss you MJ!!

F.R.I.E.N.D.S

noreply@blogger.com (Hari Kishore) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:24:00 +0000

Yuppie, I have started watching F.R.I.E.N.D.S

Btw, yesterday I ask this question to a friend of mine whose b'day is today.

Hey, is anyone getting a surprise cake for you tonight??

Duh!! Whattay question!!

Wondering if its by any chance the F.R.I.E.N.D.S effect :-P. Whatever it is, I am just loving it!!

buzz 140

noreply@blogger.com (Hari Kishore) — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 05:53:00 +0000

There is a twitter conference happening in Chennai on the 21st of June2009. It's organized by The Knowledge Foundation, the same group behind events such as Proto.in, Wikicamp.in and Blogcamp.

Check out this page for more info on the event.

Be there for some interesting discussions and mind exchanges on twitter.

Google Wave and Microsoft Bing

noreply@blogger.com (Hari Kishore) — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:07:00 +0000

Today Google gave an early preview of Google Wave, a platform where you can communicate and work together. I found it pretty interesting and guess it will be the next big thing from Google and believe it is going to make waves in the world of web. The Google Wave team plans to continue working on it for a number of months before making a public release.

Also, Microsoft Corp. unveiled Bing, a new decision engine. It will be fully deployed worldwide on June 3. We'll have to wait and see the impact Bing will have on the search business.

The Assassination of Jesse James

noreply@blogger.com (Hari Kishore) — Sun, 03 May 2009 10:18:00 +0000

At times I think people can save 150-200 bucks by just googling about the movie before coming, or else they will end up leaving the movie screen after the initial 30-40 mins.

This is what has happened today at the theatre, the screen was fully packed at the start of the movie but as the movie progressed almost 1/4th of the crowd left before the first half and another 1/4th left before the end of second half. I guess they were expecting some kind of a action packed thriller since the title had the word "assassination" in it.

But I personally liked The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. To me the narration at the last 10-15 mins of the movie is the best part and I also liked the back ground score, the picturisation and the train robbery at the beginning of the film.

It is not one of those movies you would like to watch over the weekend with your family and friends but if you are in one of those moods where in you want to watch a serious drama genre movie, then this movie should certainly top your list.

DO watch it for the amazing narration at the end of the movie.
If not, just watch it for Brad Pitt. I thought he was brilliant in the role of Jesse James.

Hope you'll like it as much as I did.

What a Voice!!

noreply@blogger.com (Hari Kishore) — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:10:00 +0000

Britains Got Talent 2009 participant Susan Boyle stunned everyone with her amazing voice, its simply awesome!!

Seriously, one the biggest wake up call ever!

Watch the Video here.

APOGEE 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Hari Kishore) — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:36:00 +0000

I bow to the organizing team of APOGEE 2009, BITS Pilani.
Have a look at the list of guest lectures.
I'm very happy and excited to see the way it has grown.
Simply Awesome!!

noreply@blogger.com (Hari Kishore) — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:14:00 +0000

Join the millions to Vote Earth for Earth Hour 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Hari Kishore) — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 04:04:00 +0000

DevD is just not about smoke, booze and drugs, its Anurag Kashyap's modern & blunt take on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's "Devdas".

Abhay Deol was brilliant as Dev and both Paro & Chanda gave good debut performances. The music is also good.

I liked the movie. We need more directors like Anurag Kashyap!!

Towards a Knowledge Society

noreply@blogger.com (Hari Kishore) — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:43:00 +0000

"The ability of a nation to use and create knowledge capital determines its capacity to empower and enable its citizens by increasing human capabilities" - NKC

The National Knowledge Commission (NKC) which advises the Prime Minister of India, opens up public participation via contests. The contest has three categories namely Film, Debate and Essay.

Participate and send in your entries to the contest. Your ideas and participation will transform India into a knowledge society.

noreply@blogger.com (Hari Kishore) — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:47:00 +0000

Watch Bill Gates as he passionately talks about two of the most important issues that need urgent attention from people across all communities.

I hope to see more and more optimists like Bill Gates coming forward and taking the lead to solve some of the world's most pressing problems.

Kudos to Bill Gates and his foundation!!

noreply@blogger.com (Hari Kishore) — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 06:58:00 +0000

IRAN: A Nation Of Bloggers from ayrakus on Vimeo.

Bookmark Marketing

noreply@blogger.com (Hari Kishore) — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 06:11:00 +0000

Recently I've read this and liked the idea. This time its about bookmark marketing by a college in Chennai about their Techno-Management Festival. Got this bookmark from Odyssey bookstore.
With marketing ideas like these, the college fests will certainly have a greater visibility.