Showing posts with label India. Show all posts
Showing posts with label India. Show all posts
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Kajligarh Fort, Indore
Indore has so much to offer as the largest industrial capital of Madhya Pradesh to the business people. Indore also has the greatest connoisseurs of Art, Music and of course Food. Indore offers some historic significance mainly related to the Holkar dynasty of Ahilyabai Holkar fame. One of the lesser known historic places near Indore is Kajligarh Fort. It is located about 20 km outside Indore towards Khandwa on Khandwa road. Kajligarh fort is on a hill and is situated near a beautiful valley containing a small waterfall. It is best after rains because of the greenery followed by it.
Courtesy: http://www.outdoorindia.org
Courtesy: http://www.outdoorindia.org
Courtesy: http://www.ahilyafort.com
I have been to this place many times long back when it was only an hour or so drive for me, and so I have built memories around it. It is a must go if you like old forts and have an appetite for valley covered hilltop areas like I do. Also, there is a Hanuman temple inside the fort, which you can go to. Kajligarh fort is small and most of it is actually drivable and pretty beautiful.
Monday, May 19, 2008
The Post American World by Farid Zakaria
The Post American World is a book by Farid Zakaria, which can be found at amazon. Bay Area NPR news had a talk with them few days back and it would be interesting to read this book. In the meanwhile here are excerpts from the book from newsweek.
Interestingly Farid describes how other countries are leading in some areas and why America can still be leading the world in long run.
Interestingly Farid describes how other countries are leading in some areas and why America can still be leading the world in long run.
Friday, August 24, 2007
From saris to blue jeans: Mountain View Voice
My friend's wife Chitra wrote this article and I liked it a lot. It is about what it means to be Indian and how do NRIs define Indian-ness.
From saris to blue jeans
She wrote this article after reading another article in Times of India, a leading Indian newspaper. She didn't like the way they treated the word Indian-ness and I agree with her on that. Some of my comments are incorporated in the article as well :)
Hope you enjoy her article.
From saris to blue jeans
She wrote this article after reading another article in Times of India, a leading Indian newspaper. She didn't like the way they treated the word Indian-ness and I agree with her on that. Some of my comments are incorporated in the article as well :)
Hope you enjoy her article.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Technow on NBC: Bangalore edition
Late last night (early this morning) I watched a show on NBC about how the reverse migration from US (or European countries) to India is happening. It very well described how NRIs will or do feel about it and those who have already migrated, how they feel. Bangalore has been a dream place for lot of people and although I haven't been there, it seems like a lucrative place to stay and work from IT perspective. I think the show was targeted at the Bay Area population to compare and contract the development in IT sector, especially in Bangalore. The Infosys campus was amazing and I kept looking at it's architecture and those gardens and what not. It was totally a place to work ;) The interesting thing was they showed Infosys employees providing computer training to US and European employees. Apparently Infosys has a campus in Fremont, CA and for all you know they may be hiring a lot of people here for they Bangalore office.
They showed an NRI park called Palm Meadows (about 10 minutes from Bangalore airport), which looked fantastic but may be too pricey. The sad part and which turned me down was they showed that as soon as you get out of the NRI park and go to the city, you can still see lot of undeveloped areas. People who moved to B'lore from US and Europe (not the NRIs mind you), are afraid to take their children out of the NRI park because of unhygienic conditions. I hope that changes soon for B'lore and also for the rest of India. Our economy is growing a lot, and so should our infrastructure and culture. Why is it only restricted to high-tech and not to every part of professional and social life. I believe with so many people in the country (with a big chunk under the age of 25), it is a mixed blessing. We have one of the biggest work force in the world, but we probably also have a huge population management problem as I would like to call it. We need to develop our mindsets along with the technology we are developing.
If you missed it (I know it was past bedtime for most of us), this show is also available as a podcast from NBC website.
They showed an NRI park called Palm Meadows (about 10 minutes from Bangalore airport), which looked fantastic but may be too pricey. The sad part and which turned me down was they showed that as soon as you get out of the NRI park and go to the city, you can still see lot of undeveloped areas. People who moved to B'lore from US and Europe (not the NRIs mind you), are afraid to take their children out of the NRI park because of unhygienic conditions. I hope that changes soon for B'lore and also for the rest of India. Our economy is growing a lot, and so should our infrastructure and culture. Why is it only restricted to high-tech and not to every part of professional and social life. I believe with so many people in the country (with a big chunk under the age of 25), it is a mixed blessing. We have one of the biggest work force in the world, but we probably also have a huge population management problem as I would like to call it. We need to develop our mindsets along with the technology we are developing.
If you missed it (I know it was past bedtime for most of us), this show is also available as a podcast from NBC website.
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