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November 30th, 2007
Through the Roof
One of the laws that has been strangling Mumbai for ages, the Urban Land Ceiling Act has finally been scrapped by the Maharashtra government. I’m sure this will do more than any slum redevelopment scheme has done for Mumbai’s residents.
Patrix | 
Asides, Law, Media, Urban Planning | 
2 Comments »
November 29th, 2007
No More Comments on Rediff
Has Rediff removed comments from their articles? Damn! How will I be entertained now?
Patrix | Asides, Media | 2 Comments »
November 29th, 2007
Using algorithms for match-making
In this report on online dating sites, the reporter says - “The website then uses what statisticians call a regression equation to determine what sort of person I would be best matched with, according to my character and how that fits with historical data about other people’s relationships.” A regression equation? Really? Why not throw [...]
Patrix | Asides, Media | 1 Comment »
November 12th, 2007
Digit’s Popat
Did the Indian tech magazine, Digit just get egg all over its face? Valleywag reported that Digit is running a cover story this month on Google Adsense’s click-fraud vulnerability. Now those with Adsense accounts and any experience of mischief or even plain misunderstanding know very well that Google takes utmost care in avoiding click fraud. [...]
Patrix | Media, Technology, Weblogs | Comments Off
November 11th, 2007
A News Tip
A waitress puts things in perspective at the media’s fascination with frivolous stories. See the last paragraph.
Patrix | Asides, Media, Politicking | Comments Off
November 5th, 2007
BlogBurst - Sharing your blog content
You may or may not have realized but I am trimming all the fat from this blog’s sidebar. Although I don’t agree with Google’s arm-twisting ways, I plan to get rid of Text Link Ads soon as well because I understand Google’s point of such ads disrupting quality of organic searches. I have unsubscribed from [...]
Patrix | Media, Weblogs | 9 Comments »
October 31st, 2007
Brijit - Everyone’s Best-Read Friend
As user-generated content sites proliferate, there emerges a need to bring it all together. Brijit, a new content aggregator claims to become everyone’s best-read friend by synthesizing articles from over 50 magazines and directing you toward the original source.
October 30th, 2007
MediaSnackers - The Wherever Whatever Whenever Generation
When I had almost given up Gaurav for dead (in the blogospheric sense, of course), he comes back sharing interesting media and marketing-related tidbits that I otherwise wouldn’t have noticed. He writes on the new meme streaking through the marketing blogosphere (reminds me that I must read Seth Godin more regularly), MediaSnackers. Never mind the [...]
Patrix | Media, World Wide Web | 1 Comment »
October 30th, 2007
Ron Paul Censored
Given Ron Paul’s rise among Republican candidates by taking non-traditional stands on issues, it is not surprising that Fox News reporters want to censor him. I don’t agree with most of Ron Paul’s views but in a field of morons, only he seems to make sense.
Patrix | Asides, Current Affairs, Media, Politicking | Comments Off
October 29th, 2007
Continuing Blind Love for Jindal
It has been more than a week since Bobby Jindal was elected the Governor of Louisiana but Rediff, India’s premier news portal still can’t get over it. See the attached screenshot from their website as taken on 28th October. It is not only the top headline but also has a dedicated black link atop all [...]
Patrix | India, Media | 5 Comments »
October 28th, 2007
Why I Write
One of the academics I admire, Ed Glaeser writes on why he writes. He offers a compelling argument in favor of traditional op-eds as compared to pundit blogs.
October 26th, 2007
Tehelka’s Gujarat Expose
The post-Godhra Gujarat riots in 2002 has been considered as one of the grisliest communal strifes of post-Independence India. This religious strife was labeled thus because of alleged collusion of the Narendra Modi-led administration that literally gave a free hand to rioters. At the end of three days, nearly 2000 Muslims lay dead murdered brutally [...]
Patrix | Current Affairs, India, Media | 10 Comments »
October 21st, 2007
Jindal elected Governor strangely sparks off celebrations in India
Piyush “Bobby” Jindal was elected to be Louisiana’s first non-white Governor since Reconstruction. After acquiring nearly 53% of the primary election vote, he avoided a potential runoff in November. While this might be a significant achievement for an Indian-american, I don’t see the sense of celebratory spirit expressed in Indian newspapers. When I first read [...]
Patrix | Current Affairs, India, Media, Politicking, United States | 15 Comments »
October 14th, 2007
Worst Radio Interview ever
This just might be the worst radio interview ever. The band [Sigur Ros] probably just didn’t have anything to say except for making their music. Yup! It can be that simple sometimes.
October 13th, 2007
Watching Fox Business for the babes
Fox News is launching a business channel on October 15th. NY Magazine notes that their website is mostly plugging “skinny, youthful beauties” including a desi, Shibani Joshi. Anyone who watches CNBC must know Maria Bartiromo and Erin Burnett so I am not surprised Fox (especially Fox, in fact) is jumping on the bandwagon.
October 13th, 2007
CNBC finally gets the idea on Internet polling
I didn’t watch the Republican debate on Tuesday on MSNBC/CNBC even though Fred Thompson made his debut. I caught the first couple of debates but they started becoming insanely boring and repetitive although Republican debates can be quite entertaining purely for the display of ignorance and xenophobia. No one has ever responded to the ‘white [...]
Patrix | Media, Politicking, United States, World Wide Web | Comments Off
August 29th, 2007
Not in good company
With the recent bomb blasts in Hyderabad came an eyebrow raising statistic in the newspaper. India is the 2nd country to lose maximum number of lives in terrorist activities after Iraq and we are not even in a state of war!
It is also important to note that none of the bomb blast [...]
Aditya | Current Affairs, India, Media | 4 Comments »
August 9th, 2007
Are Moview Reviews really worth reading?
Hey all. I have the privilege to fill in for Patrix for a few days as he is snowed under work (See: Previous Post)! You can listen to us ramble on Indicast, but, while writing this post (that’s a first!), I realised that writing can be a serious business and a time consuming one! [...]
Abhishek | India, Media, Movies | 10 Comments »
July 18th, 2007
Astrology-based Model of Politics Prediction
It seems that Pratibha Patil is not really blessed by Sonia but instead by Shani. The BJP-led campaign against Pratibha Patil seems to be faltering as she looks all set to be elected as India’s next President. Sadly, all sane outbursts against her candidature fell on deaf ears. But her impending success is characterized by [...]
Patrix | India, Media, Politicking | 7 Comments »
Movies I've Watched...
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2008-09-20 16:55
Delightful comedy laced with dry Brit humor. A bit sappy though.
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2008-09-02 21:00
Explores the brother-sister relationship brought together during their father's last days.
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2008-09-01 21:00
Poignant but slow narrative of an orphaned girl living with her aunt in rural Maharashtra.
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2008-08-09 23:00
Stunning and engaging narration. Raw violence and personal struggles of ordinary guys in a tough neighborhood.
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