Coming back to the Bay area again !!!

By shweta Gupta on January 24, 2007  Categories: General

Well I never thought when I left bay area that I will get a chance to go there again. But you never know. Now I am going back there tomorrow though only for two weeks. I wil be working from our US office which is in Emeryville. I am too too excited Continue reading →

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Flickr’s Xmas easter egg for me !!

By shweta Gupta on December 20, 2006  Categories: General

Shweta
Saksham(My nephew) and Sanya(my niece) both showing their excitement for christmas. Continue reading →

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Are guys better at driving, parking and directions than gals ??

By shweta Gupta on December 3, 2006  Categories: Humor

parrarel parking
So are guys better at driving,parking and directions than gals?? Interesting question huh? To me also it sounds pretty interesting…More interesting would be the answers to this question. From guys I expect to hear a unanimous “YES”. Before you guys make any opinion, whatever I am gonna write about it has been my experience with my circle of friends and ppl around which might not be true for everybody ….

Well till some time back I used Continue reading →

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How India has changed in past few years !

By shweta Gupta on November 16, 2006  Categories: General

india gate
Its been almost three months now since I have moved from US to India. As a habit, I keep on observing lot of things around me and try to analyse them. Some of these things make me happy , some sad and some of them just amuse me. There is no doubt that there have been huge improvements in India in the past four years especially in the metropolitan cities. People are predicting that if India continues to grow at this rate then it will soon be world power number 3.

Now let me start with the things which make me sad so that I can talk about happy things at the end to have a happy ending ;) . Since I stay near Delhi so Continue reading →

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How much information is too much for social networking sites like Orkut, facebook!!

By shweta Gupta on October 31, 2006  Categories: General

These days almost eveybody is using one or the other social networking sites like Orkut, Myspace, Facebook. I use orkut extensively. I use social networking site for social networking, to keep in touch with friends , for fun. How the information you put up on your proflle is used by employers, school administration is interesting. Following is a pretty neat article regarding the same

Should you go offline ???
How the Web Could Kill Your Next Job Interview

After reading the above articles, you Continue reading →

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Excellent list of best value travel sites

By shweta Gupta on October 30, 2006  Categories: General

Here is an excellent list of best value travel sites. Now that holiday season is approaching, it might be pretty useful. Continue reading →

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Blogging on other blogs

By shweta Gupta on October 29, 2006  Categories: General

If you start reading blogs, you will see one blog talking about another blog, second blog talking about the third one and so on . So there will never be shortage of content to blog on because people can blog on each others blog :) . I also observed one such interesting example

blog-pie

Paul’s post blogs on Continue reading →

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Shweta & Bill gates recommend Ubuntu :)

By shweta Gupta on October 29, 2006  Categories: Technology

Ubuntu
Yes, It looks like a fake ad but personally I am a great fan of ubuntu. If I Continue reading →

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Destiny controls you or you control destiny ???

By shweta Gupta on October 27, 2006  Categories: Philosphy

Destiny
I have seen so many ppl saying ” I make my own destiny” , ” If you cant predict future, invent future” . These quotes look so impressive but is it true ? Can you really make your destiny ? Infact can you even change your destiny ? . I often wonder if there is something called destiny and can we control/change it as per our needs and answer I get back from myself is “NO” . I might be wrong and yes it depends on one’s perspective too.

I dont believe in the following

* Just sit idle and expect to get something great because its in your destiny
* Leave your house unlocked, nobody would steal anything because its not destined to happen
* Jump from a moutain and you wont get hurt because its not destined to happen
* Dont study for your entrance exam and you will clear it because its destined to happen

But I do believe in the following Continue reading →

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Reality bites !!!

By shweta Gupta on October 8, 2006  Categories: Philosphy

Here is an insight into the life of a child living on the street
(Interview extracted from a magazine)

It would touch anybody who has a heart !!

What is your name ?
Salmana

Where are you originally from ?
I have been lving in Delhi ever since I was born. But my parents are originally from lucknow who came to Delhi many years back.

Wher do you live now ?
I live on this footpath now

What do you do for a living ?
We ( my mother, aunt, five brothers and sisters) sort things in garbage bins and separate saleable items. Then we take them to the kabariwala(junk dealers) and get money in return. That is why we make our jhuggi (slum area) right next to the garbage bin.

Do you get enough food to eat ?
We eat whatever we find in the garbage bin. Sometimes, when we have money, mother buys something from the dhaba and we have a feast. We eat kachauries, sometimes roti, sometimes bread, whatever we get that day. I save my food and eat it throughout the day, Continue reading →

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