Saturday, December 18, 2021

Digital Marketing educational videos

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 Recently, I got a chance to record videos for Government of Telangana at their studio on the topic of Digital Marketing.  It was a new and ...
Monday, September 21, 2015

How to stop hiccups effectively

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Many of us face the problem of hiccups from time to time. Sometimes it happens to me if the food is too dry and thus difficult to swallow....
Friday, July 31, 2015

Sadhguru's teachings

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First, I would like to start by saying that this is the 100th post that I am writing! I have read so much that Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev has...
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Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Website for making portraits

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In the past, I have spent a lot of time looking for different, interesting websites and softwares which I could use for various purposes. F...
Sunday, January 4, 2015

India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup Final

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INDIA VS PAKISTAN ICC WORLD T20 FINAL 2007 Background - This was the first time that a World Cup was being held in Cricket for a forma...
Friday, January 2, 2015

Finished Candy Crush Saga

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Around 8 months ago I saw a few of my friends playing a game on their mobiles. It looked too simple and unimpressive as I was used to a lo...
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Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Reincarnation

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How would you feel if you found out that you have been here in some previous life? Not once but many, many times; over and over again! Not...
Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Krrish 3 portrait

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Recently I came across a good looking picture and tried my hand at doing portraits once again after so many years. I thought I had l...
Monday, March 11, 2013

My Experience of Inner Engineering Program

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To read my popular post on my visit to Dhyanalinga- Isha Yoga Centre, click on THIS LINK * Pics taken from Isha foundation blog. It ...
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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Achyut Telang's Blogosphere

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   STRAIGHT DRIVES crosses 175,000 visits from over 175 countries ! :) And over 750 comments in Piano Notations posts...AND 1) ...
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Sunday, December 23, 2012

End of an Era: Cricket will never be the same again

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The day finally arrives. In recent times people were expecting it, asking for it, yet when it has arrived, it is hard to take in. Yes, Sac...
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Thursday, July 12, 2012

Best of the "Socially Awkward Penguin"

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Below are some: (How many of these have you done?)
Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Ideal IPL 5 team

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The IPL 2012 is finally over with KKR as the deserving winners. CSK were remarkable in coming close to winning the IPL yet again from a not...
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Thursday, May 24, 2012

Survival Lessons II

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With the reference of Animal Planet, I am going to tell you a few survival lessons. You never know when you might need them. Against lio...
Monday, April 9, 2012

Apple of my i

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You all know of Apple and its "i" products. But how great is it exactly in terms of numbers? Here are some interesting facts:
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A trip to Kerala

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DAY 1 Our trip to Kerala started from Ahmedabad on a Monday winter morning. We got up around 5 and got ready, went in the car and finall...
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Saturday, March 31, 2012

Funny Cricket incident

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First watch the video below. Now I will write what must have been going through their minds: Sachin facing: "It is on the pads I can...
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Sunday, February 5, 2012

Some insights into the game of Cricket

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Having played and watched Cricket for quite a long time now, particularly after having just played recently, I thought it good to put down c...
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Thursday, February 2, 2012

The Stress Test- By BBC

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Today I just happened to come across a good game of testing reflexes. I enjoyed that and after that visited the main page of the website whi...
Sunday, December 4, 2011

Mumbai Flash Mob

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iyt16efRrBo 200 ordinary Mumbaikars (aged 4-60) come together one busy Sunday evening for the pure joy of da...
Monday, September 12, 2011

Google voice search

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There is a feature in Google search where you can search by speaking instead of typing. You just need to click on the microphone symbol and ...
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Thursday, July 28, 2011

Headlines

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 These days I read a lot of news and many amusing things come in my mind. So I thought about it and started this blog post about some headli...
Monday, July 11, 2011

Peaceful Warrior

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Peaceful warrior is a 2006 movie about a talented but troubled gymnast who meets a spiritual guide. I really enjoyed this movie, well at lea...
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Sunday, July 3, 2011

Which Cricketer are you?

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OR Take this most comprehensive, detailed and the best quiz (which includes the profiles of 40 top cricketers!) to find out which crick...
Sunday, May 22, 2011

Best baby laughing videos

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Following are some of the best baby laughing videos I have come across on the internet. 1. Baby laughing on making a sound. About this vid...
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Get Richer by avoiding this Money Mistake

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Guest Post by   Ramalingam K,  Founder and Director of Holistic Investment Planners for STRAIGHT DRIVES  : Get Richer by avoiding this Mone...
Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Is Osama Really dead?

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So the news is out.  Osama Bin Laden, the founder of the  al-Qaeda  organization, responsible for the  S eptember 11 attacks  on the United...
Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Sathya Sai Baba- Osho

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Sathya Sai Baba died on 24 April 2011, which was also Easter Sunday. A little more about him: Sathya Sai Baba was born as Sathyanarayana ...
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Real Life Inception-like

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I am sure most of you, if not all, would have seen the movie Inception. If not, you really have missed something. In short it is a science f...
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Sunday, January 9, 2011

IPL-4 Auctions 2011- Most Comprehensive article

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IPL 2011 Auction held on 8 Jan 2011 (the first day) is over and it has given some interesting results. Here is a short summary and analysis....
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Sunday, October 24, 2010

Best of best tweets

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I have been using Twitter for quite some time and now and have come across some wonderful and funny tweets and thus I decided to compile the...
Sunday, July 18, 2010

Best Blogging Tips

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I have come across a lot of blogs which are mainly about Blogging tips. Those, along with the "Make money" blogs are the most comm...
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Friday, June 18, 2010

Chetan Bhagat's article in Maharashtra Times translated

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Here is Chetan Bhagat's article in Maharashtra Times which was in Marathi, translated to English. It was a tough job and I have tried my...
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Saturday, June 12, 2010

Table Tennis

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Table Tennis or Ping Pong- This is a game which I now play daily but which for the past 25 years of my life, I never even touched. In this ...
Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Portraits my work of art- II

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* This is the original work of Achyut Telang and you may not reproduce or distribute this information in whole or in part and all photos, im...
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Friday, April 23, 2010

Survival Lessons

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I have always loved Discovery Channel and some of the shows there are truly fantastic. Many of them are my favourites. I shouldn't be al...
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Kites- movie review

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Friday, April 16, 2010

10 interesting incidents with me

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Here are 10 interesting things that I have done, or have happened to me, worth telling - ( Not in any particular order)
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Myriad Mumbai

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Cuffe Parade, downtown of Mumbai Call it Mumbai, call it Bombay, or Bombaim (for the Portuguese), whatever you call it, the name does not ...
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Monday, April 12, 2010

Solve Rubik's cube without any external help

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* Even if you don't have a Rubik's cube, you can use a Java virtual Rubik's cube HERE What I am giving here won't be the f...
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Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Poetry- Words from my heart

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* This is the original work of Achyut Telang and you may not reproduce or distribute this information in whole or in part and the content on...
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Thursday, April 1, 2010

My cooking experiment- Madeleines

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Hou la! c'est délicieux. There does seem to be some French connection with me because after dabbling a bit with the French language, t...
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Monday, March 29, 2010

A tribute to Sachin Tendulkar who defeats a language

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Since the time a man called Sachin Tendulkar picked up a bat and started playing as a child, such has been the mesmerising sight that people...
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Sunday, March 28, 2010

Fun with Google and other sites

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I wonder if you have noticed this before in Google, since we all use it so frequently, while entering something in Google for search, it giv...
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Saturday, March 27, 2010

My visit to Dhyanalinga- Isha Yoga Centre

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(For my experience with Isha's Inner Engineering Program, CLICK HERE Surreal! That's how I describe my whole experience. ...
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Thursday, March 25, 2010

IPL- A Case Study

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The Most Comprehensive Case Study on the IPL : Origin of IPL Twenty 20 Cricket Idea How do IPL cricket teams select individual pla...
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Best Blog Post Contest

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Having thought many times of having a best blog post contest, finally now it is here. You can submit any one of your blog posts which you ...
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Animal Faceoff

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If the most deadliest creatures on the planet were ever to confront each other in the wild, which predator would win the ultimate battle? Ma...
Monday, March 15, 2010

ISketch...fun online

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I am sure most of you, like me, spend quite a lot of your time online browsing through various websites. And there are times when you really...
Sunday, February 28, 2010

Expendables- Worth it for the action

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When a movie of this sort is about to be released, which has the most awesome line up of action stars ever assembled together, there is goi...