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The Unholy War 'In the Name of Development'

This documentary is prohibited to be displayed in most parts of Country (in India). Even JNU has kept mum on this one. Had to be shared somewhere. Then why not here. What happens in Gujarat and the Gujarat Model of Development...

MAN: Our relationship with nature (the cruelty of man represented in a cartoon)

Sachin's Last Speech : "Life Between 22 yards for 24 years"

Today I saw Sachin play for the last time. though an emotional blog post is due. For now I'll just be content with his words. And a few videos. “Friends please settle down, I’ll get more emotional. It’s hard to believe my wonderful journey is coming to an end, my life between 22 yards for 24 years has come to an end. I’ve a list of names to thank. The first is my father, who passed away in 1999. Without his guidance I wouldn’t be standing in front of you. He said ‘chase your dreams, don’t give up, the path will be difficult.’ I miss him today.  My mom, I don’t know how she managed a naughty child like me. She just prayed and prayed from the day I started playing the game. For four years I stayed with my uncle and aunt when in school, they treated me like their own son. My eldest brother Nitin doesn’t like to talk much but he said, whatever you do, I know you will give 100%. My first cricket bat was presented to me by my sister Savita. She still continues to fast while I ba...

Workshop on "Advanced Python Programming" at UTDallas

I will be conducting a workshop on Advanced Python Programming on University Of Texas at Dallas on November 17th. Everyone is invited to participate. Registrations are taken at  UTD Marketplace . You can directly register for the event at here . This workshop will assume your familiarity with Python and Model View Controller architecture. I will be covering high level introductions and some basic concepts with a very popular python framework named Django. The session will be mostly a hands on where we will be building a dynamic scalable web app using python and Django. At the end of the session participants should have with them their first app. Recommended Pre-Requisites: It is recommended for the participants to have the following skillset to take full advantage of the session Familiarity with python (Participants are encouraged to attend the basic level session first) Knowledge about MVC  architecture Knowledge about basic HTML,Javas...

Workshop on "Java DataBase Connecitivity (JDBC) programming"

I will be conducting a workshop on Java DataBase Connecitivity (JDBC) programming on UTDallas on November 3rd. Everyone is invited to participate. What will be covered are - JDBC Introduction - JDBC Driver types and connections - JDBC Library and SQL syntax - JDBC Statements and Resultsets - JDBC Transactions - JDBC Stored Procedure - Examples and Applications - Intro to Hibernate ORM - Hibernate Configuration - Hibernate Sessions and Mapping - Examples You can get more info from http://www.utdallas.edu/k12/desc/#jdbc

Getting past the wait-list in BlackBerry Messenger (BBM)

So finally we have BBM for our Android and iOS devices. Well done BlackBerry! But then again you are stuck in the waiting list and losing your patience waiting fro that sweet invite. Well I see a lot of my friends in my friend-list getting stuck at that phase and even after more than 36 hours of the release I still see them getting nowhere. Hence I thought of giving them a heads up. Fortunately I myself didn't have to wait a single moment for the BBM invite. Actually i got the invite before I even installed the app, all courtesy to my friend in BlackBerry (yeah you deserve a "Biriyani" :D ) But for those who are still waiting. Try this neat little trick. This worked on a few mobiles I tried here. But be warned due to the nature of the trick this may stop working anytime. Install the BBM app, launch it, and then register your email address to join the waiting list. Return to your home screen and force close the app. Relaunch the BBM app. You should now be...

Taxes and Custom Duty for Importing in India

Recently I am getting a lot of request to send items to my friends to India. And each time I have to make them understand the delivery and the custom import charges make them quite infeasible to get them delivered. So I thought about putting up an estimated cost of what it gets charged. Category Items to import Customs Duty Books Books (educational) 0% Computers Laptop, Computers 16.85% Computer Printers 16.85 % Laptop Battery 28.85% Hard Disk (Internal) 6.03% Hard Disk (External) 16.85% Processor 6.03% Other Computer Peripherals 16.85% Cables & Wires 25.85% Tablets iPad 16.85% Mobile Mobile Phones 6.00% Phone Accessories 28.85% Music & Games DVD/ CDS (movie) 28.85% Software DVD 16.854% DVD Players, Blu-Ray 28.85% iPod 28.85% Video games 28.85% Gaming Consoles 28.85% Photography Digital / Video Cameras 28.80% Digital Still Image Camera 16.854% Web cameras 28.85% Camera...