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[30 Oct 2009 | No Comment | 998 views]
Why the Founders Visa could suck

If you have been following blogs of people associated with the technology and entrepreneurship industry (yes, entrepreneurship is also an industry) with any level of intent, you MUST have heard of the Founders Visa movement.

In this post, I express my opinions about the whole movement. To me, it’s just a disaster from the get go. Unless it’s modified to actually make permanent residency easier to obtain, the Founders Visa would be just another failed attempt by the industry to reform America’s immigration system.

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[17 Aug 2008 | One Comment | 281 views]

My dad’s very brief interview on the competency of the State owned BSNL in the face of increasing competition from newer private telecom operators was featured on BBC World’s weekly ‘India Business Report’ program.

Fast forward to the 40 second marker for the actual interview.
Of course, since it was meant to be only a segment in the 30 minute program, the entire half an hour long interview could not be included, but was used as a build-up for the story.
Next goal – Me on CNN Business!

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[22 Jul 2008 | No Comment | 115 views]

Writing this on my iPhone using the just-released WordPress app. I am impressed!

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[16 Jun 2008 | No Comment | 110 views]

It’s not uncommon to run into a blog belonging to a very young software whizz these days and just not being amazed at how kids these days are able to get up to speed with what took us ages. Of course, this sort of generational gap is always going to exist. As we advance our knowledge of science and technology, the baseline for mere awareness is only going to keep rising. For example, a few decades ago, calculus was an advanced topic, but now it is a staple ingredient in …

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[22 May 2008 | No Comment | 91 views]

Just heard on the news about a free gas card promotion that was sponsored by Verizon Yellow Pages at 25 locations in the US. The first 200 cars to line up at each of these locations received a free $40 gas card today.
People started lining up at around 10 PM last night to be able to receive the free gas money. In an age where people camp out for hours to get hold of a gaming console, why I am not surprised?