Business

Amit Varma’s My Friend, Sancho

By Aditya Mhatre at 30 December, 2008, 5:35 am

Amit Varma, one of the earliest Indian bloggers, who will be getting his first novel “My Friend, Sancho” published by Hachette India in April 2009 has decided to crowd source the cover page design. Amit is looking for something that is different from what we see in our bookstores (don’t all authors want that?) and hence the Cover Design competition but if they dont receive any worthy entries then a winner would be picked who would get Rs 5000/- but his art wont be on the cover.

Radisson Resort at Alibaug Review

By Aditya Mhatre at 30 December, 2008, 1:11 am

I recently spent a weekend at a Radisson Resort and Spa at Alibaug and here is an account of the mixed experience that I had. The resort is part of an international hospitality group having one the largest spas in Asia and I had expected a lot better than what I got. When I entered [...]

BigFlix Service Review

By Aditya Mhatre at 26 December, 2008, 7:45 am

I have been a BigFlix subscriber for over past 6 months and have decided not to renew my subscription. My account screen tells me that I have watched around 97 movies so that should put to rest any credibility issues about this review. BigFlix has two service offerings - Streaming as well as rental. This review talks only about the rental service.

Bollywood’s Poop films

By Aditya Mhatre at 1 September, 2008, 11:12 am

The Times of India doesn’t rank to high when it comes to content on its first page but the quality of editorials and specials articles are a complete anithesis of Times Of India. One such article was in the Sunday Special (31st August). Pritish Nandy in a very well written article talks about the new genre of bollywood movies that have come up in the recent past - The Poop Films .

It’s an Ocean out there

By abhishek at 29 August, 2008, 2:30 pm

I am quite new to the IT industry. I qualify as a fresher. It has been just 28 days from the day I have joined a small start up company in Kandivali. We are IBM Business Partners and help IBM distribute their software and afterwards look after the implementation and servicing part. In these 28 [...]