Ravi’s Blog

I posted about aamir khan blog couple of months back. At that time his blog was on lagaandvd.com. Since that time he moved his blog over to AamirKhan.com. Strangely, he ends his old blog without any reference to plans of moving over to new site. It took me by surprise, but i found his new […]

About 2 weeks back, i discovered Aamir khan’s blog. Yes, - the bollywood star - Aamir khan. Surprisingly, i found his blog to be a good read. He reacts to the 100s of comments, delves into his thought process for some characters and blogs. Atleast for now, he’s posting regularly, talking about his upcoming movie […]

This article on ibnlive talks about how india is losing it’s shine as an outsourcing partner. There are several reasons highlighted by the report.
This doesn’t come as a surprise for people familiar close to the outsourcing business. Since early last year, a lot of the entrepreneurs i met made comments about how working with […]

Every few years, this seems to be something that all the movie fans across india go through. One more movie - beloved to the nation of a billion people or atleast has succeeded in engaging their attention - gets proposed for the best foreign film award in academy awards. Of course, more often than not, […]

Yet another real estate mega deal. This one is on the outer ring road for bangalore. It seems like RG Villas, are being marketed mainly towards NRIs. The pricing on the site is all in USD ranging from ~70K to the top end of $430K. Althought most of the single family homes seem to be […]

Last weekend I saw this movie indian move Laage Raho Munna Bhai. I walked in with tempered expectations as this a sequel to a really funny first part. How often do sequels improve on the original? In my opinion - rarely. Given that sequels are very very rare in indian movies, i guessed this would […]

One of the side-effects of visiting india regularly is that i got caught up in all the realestate related excitement in india. Indian cities , especially Hyderabad and Bangalore, have this boom town feel where everyone is excited to make a deal, try new things out and move up fast
I recently […]

In the last year i have visited india 3 times and going back there again in early august. My needs to send US dollars to india (for my expenses and family expenses) increased a great deal compared to before. India is getting more expensive and i noticed that i was sending decent sums of money […]

I guess it’s not a surprise to hear that Hyderabad has changed in the last decade or so. As is the common case with a economically vibrant city, hyderabad attracted a lot of folks from surrounding areas and the population grew tremendously. New people bring their own culture, and hyderabad changed.
Hyderabad used to be […]

I made it to india safe and tired friday night local time. The weather was quite unusual for hyderabad in late may. The temperature was right around 30 celcius ( and it was somewht humid. I learnt that it had just rained the day before and the temperatures cooled down from a day high scorching […]