About Gurgaon. I never thought it had such a rich history

Ever thought why it is called Gurgaon?
(for some who don't know where is Gurgaon. Gurgaon is situated in the National Capital Region of Delhi)

Well, Gurgaon means Guru + gaon. that is, village of guru. It is said that Gurgaon is the ancestral village of Guru Dronacharya, the teacher of the Pandavas and Kauravas.

Who owns my emails?

Read this article

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4164669.stm

That is an interesting question. I write my mails may be at Yahoo, Hotmail, Indiatimes....., so I must be the owner of these emails! Right? But hey lets check the terms and conditions of these email service providers. At indiatimes, I could see no mention of this.

So I still donot have any answer for the following questions:-

1. Does email service provider owns my emails?
2. Can the service provider can make my emails public?
3. If something happens to me, what happens to my emails? Does someone inherits my emails?

Does anyone has any idea about this?

Why do we have so many languages?

Today, I was working on some task, which took me almost double the time because the software was throwing errors in Norwegian language which I donot understand. Many a times, I wonder why we have so many languages in the world. It is such a nuisance. Shouldn't we have just one language, may be English only!

We need language to communicate with each other and when Language itself becomes a barrier to communication, do you still think having so many languages is a good thing?

Delete 'Sindh' in 'Jan Gan Man'?

Sanjeev Bhatnagar, a scientist and speed skating champion, who represented India in the Asian Games, made a plea to Supreme Court that "Sindh" be removed from out national anthem since Sindh is now a part of Pakistan and not India. wow:) I never thought about that.

Well, the Govt in response to the SC directions replied in the parliament that the word Sindh cant be removed as it just doesn't reflect the state of Sindh, but the Sindhi culture which is still a part of Indian culture.

A gud reply indeed:) Why do people even waste their time thinking abt these things and donot concentrate on real important things!

On the lighter side, a friend of mine suggested that we should not only keep Sindh in "Jan Man Gan" but we should also include other places also such as Baluchistan, Lahore ....:) Because ultimately, these places will one day become part of India:)

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/979238.cms

Trip to Hyderabad

Hi,

Just came back from a trip to Hyderabad. It was great fun. I have been there once. But last time, didnt get time to see the city. This time, we went to few places around the city. City is so different from Bangalore or for that matter to any other city in India. Sometimes, I feel whether it is indeed just one country. There is so much difference in culture, style, people, everything. But I alwayz have a feeling of comfort that I am in my country only, even though thousand km's away from my home place.

Hyderabad, is a city in transition. from being the city of nawab's to city of modern India. One can see that distinction clearly when we move from Secunderabad to places like Banjara hills, or Jubili hills.

All in all, it was a great trip. Had lots of fun. Will upload few photos of the trip later.

Happy New Year!

Hey people, we have moved onto the year 2005. Hope this year will be gud for everyone!