Happy independance day to all my brothers and sisters out there!

Dug out this old song that used to come on Doordarshan when I was a kid.

Wishing all my readers a Merry Christmas. May the Spirit of Christmas be with you this season, the rest of this year and the year ahead!

Have you sent out greetings this Christmas? There are some free Christmas ecards over at Little Piggy Design.

Happy Easter to you and your families. May you have a bright and blessed year.

My good friend Thaya announced his first blog contest two weeks back and with one day to go I decided to jump into the fray. Well, I’ve been busy otherwise I’d have jumped in on the day it was announced!

Joining the contest is extremely simple and you can increasing your probability of winning by just spreading the word. And, you have a little over a day to get this done.

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Merry Christmas my dear readers. Thanks for making this site so successful. May you have a splendid holiday and an even better 2009

The image is a Christmas tree, beside a portrait of George Washington, in the East Reception Room of the White House

With the credit crunch having hit all the economies of the world, we’re all wondering if we will get a job or not.

Then came the financial downturn of last Friday when markets in the USA crashed. We saw a similar onslaught in India on Monday.

So, how has this affected the bigshots? Take a look at it.

From today onwards we have seven hours of load shedding. I’m not sure if this is in addition to the almost 48 hours of load shedding on weekends.

As for six hours, the same is debatable. At around 4.30pm power was cut and its almost midnight now and there is no electricity.

And, if rumours are correct there will be total blackout after midnight. Will post an update on the situation later.

God! I miss Mumbai

Here’s wishing all Indians, a very very happy Independence Day!

Wishing all my readers a Merry Christmas. May the Spirit of Christmas be with you this season, the rest of this year and the year ahead!

Have you sent out greetings this Christmas? There are some free Christmas cards over at I Sent This Christmas Greetings.

Mark from Bloglyne.com wrote to me about the March for Dimes project to raise money which will be used to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality.
They have a goal of $1000 for the year. Do take a look if you are interested.