There is a chill in the air and it would just be that time of the year when you would want the fireplace to crackle up with a roaring fire while the entire family huddles around it . For this picture conjuring up in your mind to turn true, you need to stack up firewood […]
How To Regulate Your Hydraulic Wood Splitter
For those of you unfamiliar with these incredibly useful pieces of equipment, a hydraulic wood splitter is powered by a pump and lever. Fluid from a storage tank is pumped into the system via a series of tubes and valves; this provides the pressure needed for the splitter to push the log forward into the […]
Who will be next PM of India?
The bugle for battle royal of ballot has been blown and official announcement is matter of a few weeks from now. The political parties have started their strategic deployments and to look for allies and prospective candidates and some have even gone a step further by announcing candidates for some of the constituencies. So […]
The First Book of a New Author
Niranjen Sen, secretary of IPTA (Indian People’s Theatre Association), was in the same jail with me at that time. His brother Sachi Sen was a publisher, who ran an office called the Book World in Hastings. Street in Calcutta. Niranjan Sen told me that if I ever wanted to publish a book, I should certainly […]
‘Dostana’ – Full of Belly Laughs
What sets ‘Dostana’ (Friendship) perfectly apart from the rest of director/producer Karan Johar’s productions isn’t its clear-cut theme but its eccentric concept. Touching on a topic rarely dealt in Bollywood, ‘Dostana’ makes a bold move in exploring the idea of homosexuality in a humorous context. Verdict: absolutely hilarious. Sameer aka Sam (Abhishek Bachchan) is […]
30 Failed Technology Predictions
1. There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home. Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC), maker of big business mainframe computers, arguing against the PC in 1977. 2. We will never make a 32 bit operating system .Bill Gates 3. Lee DeForest has said in many […]