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Unwritten letters (my love story, my beliefs, my space, etc)

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: October 16, 2009

Some freak economics a milkman taught me

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: September 12, 2009

Economics is a very facinating mix of theorotical science and practical art of managing money. Apart from spelling the word economics right, theres very little contribution to world economics from my side..
until now..
Few days ago, one interesting bill was attached to our common notepad – It was the milkman bill..Out of utter curiosity, I looked [...]

Independence Day

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: August 15, 2009

Yesterday, our forfathers fought against the evil british empire..
Today..we have to fight against the evil corrupted system that they have left behind..
The battle isent over…
Happy Independence Day, India..

Swine flue in Pune, India, some reasons and questions

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: August 12, 2009

Everything is justified.
However, India is more prone to any kind of epidemics because of the inherent unclean habits the common people have.
Add to it the careless attitude of people who actually are supposed to work on complex issues. The recent epidemic wouldent have had been so grave if the airport authorities would have done a [...]

A sneek peek

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: August 4, 2009

Thats the first preview of India Force Linux Desktop. Stay Tuned…

The end brings a new beginning

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: December 29, 2008

The end was actually hiding a new beginning in its sphere;
darkness became the light,
the wind turned into the smell of fear…
2008 will end soon. Thank you to everyone who supported me. I had promised, even if this blog might stop for a while, the journey still continues…Some of you mailed me, some of you called [...]

The last post on this blog.

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: December 3, 2008

A dream, a dream, a dream I had
The world, a theater
The stage, our lives
The actors, ourselves
Our dreams, our plays
Our audience, our souls
Alas, at last, the courtain’s closed
Aplause for dreams
Applause for peace
Applause for us.

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Slowly walking out…

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: November 21, 2008

 

 
Hi everyone.
Whether you have come here by chance, hunting for something you need, or maybe Google/Yahoo! guided you here, or someone recommend you to visit this tiny blog, I want to thank you for visiting.
I think the time is coming, slowly but surely and I am honestly losing my motivation to write. I think I [...]

आता आठवताहेत..

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: November 14, 2008

आता अनोळखी होऊन गेलो आहोत आपण…. आता आहेत त्या फक्त आठवणी..
आधी.. सकाळी उठल्यावर पहिला फोन तुला.. जेवायच्या वेळेस फोन.. सन्ध्याकाळी फोन.. झोपण्यआधी फोन..
आता.. तुझ्याशी फोन वर बोलुन ८ महिने झाले.. ते हि बळजबरीचे बोलण..
तेव्हा.. रोज chatting.. खूप busy असलेल्या दिवशी सुद्धा missed call देवून.. वेळ ठरवून chatting..
आता.. शेवटचा mail कधी आला तुझा ते सुद्धा आठवत [...]

Happy Diwali

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: October 26, 2008

Wishing everyone a very Happy Diwali..

Happy Vijayadashami

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: October 9, 2008

विजयादशमीच्या हार्दिक शुभेच्छा..!!
Happy Vijayadashami to everyone. This is the day when Good conquered Evil. Lets win over our fears, ourshortcomings, and march ahead with faith, confidence and courage..
JaY Shree Ram

8 terrorists arrested in Pune

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: October 6, 2008

8 dangerous terrorists of Indian Mujahiddin are arrested from Pune today. They used to  hack Wifi connections and use the connection to send threatening emails to Police and government. Its notable that each of them were well educated, the head honcho Mohmmad Mansur Asgar Pirbhai,aged 31 used to work @ Yahoo! one of the most [...]

Happy Birthday Google..

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: September 27, 2008

Google completes its 10 years, 28 September 1998 – 28 September 2008..
 
Starting from what was called  as ‘Dont be Evil’, Google today is the world’s largest database holding tonnes of secrets about people, their habbits, their thinking, their culture et al..
In the first 10 years, Google has introduced several user oriented web softwares that helped [...]

Wi-Fi Sony® mylo® : A review

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: September 22, 2008

The Wi-Fi Sony® mylo® internet device gives you what need to stay connected. It conveniently uses wireless LAN technology so there are no monthly bills or long-term contracts. Call your friends on Skype® for free or IM them on AIM®, Google Talk™, or Yahoo!® Messenger using the back-lit slide-out keyboard and enjoy unparalleled communication in [...]

Shivraj Patil, a height of political incompetence

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: September 16, 2008

 

 
Breaking News – Sunday 30 Nov 2008 12:15 pm 
After an eventful 3 days of Mumbai attacks, the bastard Sivraj Patil has finally decided to resign form the post of Union Home Minister. 
Son of a bitch..!!
Update on 28/11/2008
1. NSG commondos has surrounded Nariman House.
2, The Oberoi and Taj skirmish still continues, a blast is reported..
3. USA [...]

The LHC, CERN,the Earth,and me

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: September 10, 2008

The LHC or Large Hadron Collider was supposed to fire a huge beam smashing atoms, colliding quarks, and whatnot, that was capable of turning Earth into a black hole @ 1:30 PM IST.
Its 2:08 PM IST, I am observing that I am alive, the people next to me are alive, the computers [...]

BSNL to launch 3G in Pune

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: August 26, 2008

BSNL has planned to launch 3G in Pune, Maharashtra. BSNL is the state owned public limited company. Its the biggest POTS provider and it also provides cellular, wll and internet services. BSNL has planned to invest Rs 300 crore and initially, it will serve about 2000 BSNL customers. Later, in end 2008, they will expand [...]

Olympic Medal, Apple iPhone, and me

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: August 22, 2008

Last two weeks were of great hustle bustle for Indian sports. Abhinav Bindra won the first individual gold medal in 10 m shooting event for independent India, later Shushil Kumar, a Najafgarh lad fetched a bronze in freestyle wrestling, the last one was in 1952 Helsinki Olympics, and on the same day, Bhiwani based boxer, [...]

Tips for Safe Chatting

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: August 21, 2008

Don’t chat about things that could enable a stranger to locate you. That includes your last name, the name of your school or workplace, the city you live in, and where you hang out.
Protect your info. Don’t put identifiable information in your user profile, including photos. What’s uploaded to the Internet can be downloaded and [...]

Unexpected problems??

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: August 20, 2008

The best way to avoid problems, is to avoid them.
Look around, you will get to see people who are perfect, they just dont seem to have any kind of conflicts, or any issues, they get well with any situation, any kind of people, they appear so natural, so flawles, sometimes we call them [...]

TRAI okays net telephony in India

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: August 18, 2008

The Telecom regulator in India, TRAI on Monday allowed ISPs to offer unrestricted internet telephony services, a move that will further boost competition in the domestic long distance segment and lower STD tariffs.
“It is envisaged that customers will ultimately benefit from cost effective and innovative internet telephony service.
These recommendations will put Indian telecom sector in [...]

Beijing Olympics 2008 kicks off

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: August 8, 2008

The Beijing Olympics 2008 ceremony has kicked off and officially, for next 20 days, we are going to see an exciting series of old records broken, new records being set. Top leaders from almost 80 countries are visiting Beijing for this extravaganza. Here’s a joke thats being passed here in India.
Dubya, the George Bush Jr, [...]

Sonali Kulkarni – the new face in Indian modelling feild

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: July 20, 2008

I saw her first at Zee Marathi Awards 2008. I searched Google/Yahoo/Flickr, but all that I got was Sonali Kulkarni, the arts film actress. Finally, after much search and much wait, I got hold of her pic. Next time someone searches for Sonali Kulkarni images, this picture should be displayed in the results. Lets see…Its [...]

A kludge (or, alternatively, kluge) is a clumsy or inelegant solution to a problem or difficulty. In engineering, a kludge is a workaround, typically using unrelated parts cobbled together. Especially in computer programs, a kludge is often used to fix an unanticipated problem in an earlier kludge; this is essentially a kind of cruft.

I was [...]

Arushi Talwar – who was the real villian?

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: July 13, 2008

Some people stick to fame in their lifetime, some, like the teenager Arushi Talwar become famous after being killed..Who made Arushi Talwar’s death famous? – The Media. The news media in India needs to be seriously monitored for the senselessness they have been showing on TV. First they portray someone as a murderer, a dacoit, [...]

Slambook

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: July 2, 2008

Slambook….after so many years, I remember this…I never got a chance to be in someones slambook, but it was something very hot in my school days. Usually, it was as self decorated book having different sections like we have on Orkut, except that we had to manually fill it in our own handwriting. Bad handwriting [...]

Enlightment,a new hope

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: June 26, 2008

मी आसाच आहे……
धर्मासाठी झुंजावे…
झुंजोनी अवाघ्यांसी मारावे…
मारिता मारिता घ्यावे राज्य आपुले…
देव मस्तकी धरावा,
अवघा हल्लकल्लोळ करावा..

Men are haunted by the Future. Men are haunted by the vastness of eternity. And so we ask ourselves: will our actions echo across the centuries? Will strangers hear our names long after we are gone, and wonder who we were, how [...]

Dedicated to my lost love – Honey, I loved you immensely

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: June 24, 2008

Every time u call i freeze
When your close to me i feel a chilly breeze
I know something is not right
Could u b the one making me feel so tight
I didn’t use to like u
But now could it b true..
Am i falling in love with u?
So innocent, so sweet and surreal
Casting a swirling aura around us
Turquoise [...]

Good Grief

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: June 22, 2008

This heartbreak hangover has continued for fairly long time, I mean its more then a week I havent been able to pick my spirits up. In one point of view, everything appears as a dead end, especially in this fast globalized ultramodern age, with so much technology and gadgets around, who would bother to wait [...]

Illusion – आभास

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: June 20, 2008

आभास हा….. छळतो तुला…छळतो मला…!!
Today is the second anniversary day when she met me on orkut, and sadely, today marks the first day of our official breakup.. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa………!!!!
(Someone put off my flames……I am burning….)

Why! …

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: June 19, 2008

I was childish and unfair
To you, my only friend
I regret, but now it’s too late
I can’t show you anymore
The things I’ve learned from you
Cause life just took you away
And I’m asking why! …
And I’m asking why! …
Nobody gives an answer
I’m just asking why
But someday we’ll meet again
And I’ll ask you
And I’ll ask you why! …
Why [...]

The 100th post

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: June 15, 2008

I am in love, inspite of the fact that I am not going to reach anywhere closer. Strange word this Love, one of the most primitive feelings yet the strongest one with no parallel. I know its crazy to fall in love with someone you have never seen, just occasionally heard and met only through [...]

Shri Ganesh

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: September 15, 2007

Sanjay Dutt sentenced to 6 years imprisonment

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: July 31, 2007

Sanjay Dutt, the film actor of Mumbai based film industry and one of the accused in the 1993 Mumbai Bomb blasts has been sentenced to imprisonment of 6 years by the special TADA court which is giving final touches to the case..11 people have been given death sentences, while 9 have been given life inprisonment. [...]

Happy Blogging – Blogging completes its first 10 years

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: July 15, 2007

According to Wall Street Journal, this is the 10th year since the first blog came to life..thats quite an incredible fact.
Blogging has got several advantages
1. It allows people to create web content that people can read and comment on
2. It also made use of RSS (web site syndication), and also introduced several new concepts like [...]

A practical approach for blocking Orkut and saving trouble

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: June 12, 2007

From the past few days theIndian media is in all sorts of frenzy, displaying the news and reports telling that Indian government has instructed CERT India to ‘ban’ Orkut access primarily because,
1. Indian authorities believe that Orkut allowes creation of flame communities that pack enough ammunation to set cities on fire and a punch [...]

The secret behind Bob Woolmers untimely death

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: March 22, 2007

On 18 March 2007 (the day after Pakistan’s unexpected defeat to Ireland) Bob Woolmer was found unconscious in his hotel room in Kingston, Jamaica. He was taken to the nearby University Hospital but it was later confirmed that he had died.
It was a bizzaire news for the most, but there are some very secret motives [...]

Dish TV

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: March 12, 2007

5 reasons for avoiding satellite TV services in India esp Dish TV
1. Dish TV is a utter crap service handled by a couple of jerks. Their STB’s (set top boxes) are manufactured in China and are of very inferior quality. One of our boxes has gone on a ride
2. Their service is very bad. [...]

The Digital (Anti)Social Networks

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: March 7, 2007

Tired of getting friend requests from MySpace, TagWorld, Friendster, TypePad, Skype, AIM, Yahoo!, Chia Friend, LinkedIn, MSN, TextAmerica, Upcoming, Digg, Google, 30 Boxes, Second Life, Plaxo, Zooomr, ICQ, Flickr, LiveJournal, Dogster, dodgeball, Backwash, BuddyBridge, FriendFan, Classmates, Buzznet, ReferNet… not to mention Friend Surfer, friendsand, Friends of Friends, friendsbay.de, Friends of Friends, Friends Reunited, Friendoo, Friendset, [...]

Pune rural police crack a rave party

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: March 5, 2007

Update on 6 Oct 2008
Vishwas Nangre Patil  on early Monday raided a rave party at a pub in Juhu area and detained 240 young men and women after seizing a large quantity of drugs.
According to a police official, the raid at Mumbai 72 Degree East, yielded over 100 tablets of ecstasy drugs and other narcotics like [...]

Police planning to ban Orkut in India

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: February 22, 2007

According to media reports, the Pune police is in full swing to ban Orkut, the Google owned digital social networking tool following its controversial communities and its probable role in anti social activities.
To a certain extent, I feel that there is a ‘real’ need in maintaining Orkut. Given its liberal policies, a madman can create [...]

I got this mail a few hours ago.
hi there,
i believe we are in the same boat.
this is in regard to the mail i received from deepta from google and i understand u folks too have got the same. this was on 25th of Jan. later on 26th of Jan, once again i received a mail [...]

Dont mess up with the kids.

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: February 12, 2007

Small kids, children are Gods most awesome creations. They posses an excellant mind that watches everything all around with great curiosity and innocence. We oft take some things for granted, but its a fact – Kids are the smartest bunch of individuals, who can take you by surprise, almost at the time when you least [...]

Google job opportunities as an Adword Representative

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: February 5, 2007

Sometimes its better to hear the most honest voice within you. I did that, and even if others might feel that I did wrong; personally I feel much better now. The inner voice knows all the secrets and truths.
Thats all.

Happy Birthday Orkut

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: January 30, 2007

Today is Orkuts 3rd birthday.
The Beginning
Orkut was quietly launched on January 30, 2004 by Google, the search engine company. Orkut Büyükkökten, a Turkish software engineer, developed it as an independent project while working at Google (required by its policy). Some discomfort with this exists among users and potential users of orkut, especially since Google’s [...]

Rahul Roy wins Bigg Boss 2006-2007

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: January 27, 2007

Rahul Roy got 5 million rupees as a prize when he won the reality show Bigg Boss on 27 Jan. Bigg Boss is a reality show known for high emotional drama and various controversies involving clebraties, the latest one being from its UK edition Bigg Brother.
It should be noted that Rahul Roy taught a number [...]

How do we rise above racism towards respect and tolerance in society?

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: January 24, 2007

Political movements in certain parts of the world openly expound racist ideas. The dissemination of racist ideas is tolerated in the name of freedom of expression. The Internet is misused to propagate racial hatred. Globalization, which has so much potential to spread prosperity, can also result in economic disparity, cultural homogenization and marginalization of certain [...]

1 year of blogging

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: January 19, 2007

Gosh..Its my blogs 1st birthday today. Happy birthday little blog.

Switch off the crap Bigg Boss/Bigg Brother

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: January 18, 2007

‘Pathetic and Weak‘ , ‘Intellectually Crap‘ – probably this is what a civilized society will say about (un)Reality TV based shows like Bigg Boss in India and Bigg Brother in UK.
The so called reality in these shows promote *racism(Shilpa Shetty incident in UK), and often misguide the common public.(Bigg Boss in India) At least in [...]

Apple shares up on iPhone launch(Well finally..)

Posted by: Harshad Joshi on: January 10, 2007

Shares in Apple Computer closed some 8% higher on news that it is launching a touch screen mobile phone, the iPhone.
News of the device – to be used exclusively on the Cingular Wireless network – sent shares in smart phones, iPhone’s competitors, sharply lower.The iPhone, costing from $499 (£257) to $599, [...]


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