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I thought Athens Classic Marathon would be my first distance run overseas. But, San Francisco has a different plan for me. I got to know about the upcoming San Francisco Marathon on 25th July, while having breakfast in Sunnyvale Hotel (through a runner, and yet another software engineer on a business visit to California, whom I first met in an i- ( Read more... )

Breaking News: NDTV Election Bus
--- Sunetra Choudary

A travelogue written by one of the NDTV journalists, who covered the length and breadth of India in a special bus equipped with up-link facilities , over a few months, doing 30 minute shows everyday from different places en-route, during the last general elections. Apart from bringing out the ( Read more... )

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I haven't checked with an astrologer, but, had I, he would have found some interesting star that would keep me away from home during most of the year 2010. It started with a 2 week visit to Austin, Texas, and now a 3 month visit to Sunnyvale, California (And, at least a 2 week trip to Greece and may be another European country or Egypt will happen ( Read more... )

When I visited a dentist, almost a year back, she suggested me to get rid of my wisdom tooth which will trouble me very soon, if they have not started already. Naturally, I ignored, as I didn't even feel their presence at that time. For the past few months, I felt them once in a while and they are slowly turning problematic. This weekend, I decided ( Read more... )

One Life to Ride - A Motor Cycle Journey to the High Himalayas
--- Ajit Harisinghani

Having worked with a couple of guys who had visited the mecca of riders, the higher Himalayas, multiple times, I got a chance to read day-to-day account of one such ride by Ajit Harisinghani, a speech therapist by profession.

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A few months back, after paying the advance for my Enfield Classic, I finally applied for learner's driving license (both for 2 and 4 wheeler). As I didn't go through a driving school, I was duly shown some road signs, which I couldn't recognize (Loose gravel on the road, rocks falling at the next turn etc.,), and was asked to come again after a ( Read more... )