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Archive for December, 2006

Year of Events

Posted by Ramesh on December 31st, 2006

I was delighted to read a very timely piece by Arun Katiyar in Deccan Herald – http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/dec312006/finearts19104920061230.asp This piece talks why year 2007 is likely to be the year of Events.  I agree with this article strongly and thought of sharing this on the eve of the New Year.   My very best to you for a rewarding [...]

Photography in India

Posted by Ramesh on December 29th, 2006

I don’t understand the restrictions on photography in India.  Today when I went to see my alma mater – earlier called VRCE now VNIT (Visvesaraya National Institute of Technology) – and was taking some photographs of the main building and other places, I was told that it is illegal to take photographs.  I was told [...]

Nostalgia

Posted by Ramesh on December 28th, 2006

Walking through the narrow and busy streets in Itwari area with Rohit Bajaj and Prakash Jain and meeting some other long time friends like Ashok Yadav and  Gaju Deolkar over a ‘half cup’ of tea took me back to my school and college days.  Surprisingly in most parts of Nagpur things have changed significantly but [...]

Nagpur 061227

Posted by Ramesh on December 27th, 2006

Like most cities in India Nagpur is seeing growth in number of shopping malls.  There is lot of other construction going on here.  Clearly there is positive economic signs around.  It would really be great if there were signs for long term economic growth like those in Bangalore, Hyderabad or Pune.  I don’t see and [...]

In Nagpur 061226

Posted by Ramesh on December 25th, 2006

I arrived in Nagpur on the evening of 24th.  The first day in Nagpur is usually the day with the family and that’s how it was.  Now I will start meeting friends and see more of Nagpur.   Like other cities in India, Nagpur does seem to be growing.  There is construction activity in Nagpur.  [...]