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An important thing one must teach to children within their age of 10
Writing this after listening to a video of Dr. Sri. Garikapati Narasimha Rao garu about nature of Swami Vivekananda since his childhood days. Swami Vivekanada has a nature of giving to needy almost from his age of four. If he finds someone without cloths, he used to just give away cloths that he was wearing.…
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Impact of Dr. Sri. Garikapati Pravachanam
For a few weeks now, I regularly listen to Pravachanams (speeches) of Dr. Sri. Garikapati Narasimha Rao garu (in Telugu); I learn something from each speech. I wish I should have started listening to his speeches earlier; better late than never. In one of his recent speeches, something touched me indeed and I thought sharing…
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Prime Minister’s Appeal to the nation: what you should be doing on this Sunday at 9PM?
After announcing lock down across the country, Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi addressed the nation for the first time today and has an appeal for all of us. Dear Fellow Citizens, thank you for making Janata Curfew a grand success on 22nd March, 2020 and staying at home during lock down period. Yes, there would…
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COVID-19 effect on stock market – what am I doing?
As we know, we are going through difficult times due to COVID-19 and major hit on global economy. It’s unfortunate that many businesses have come to a halt. Yes, it’s temporary – in fact, everything in this world is temporary! Like everyone, I’m also seeing decline in my portfolio but I’m optimistic that situation has…
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Greetings on Sarwari named Telugu New Year – Ugadi Festival
Ugadi is one of the popular festival for Telugu Speaking people. There is a 60 year cycle in Telugu calendars and we are now entering into 34th year that is named “Sarwari”. Although right now we are all dealing with COVID 19 also known as Carona Virus, we will get rid of this difficult situation…
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WhatsApp dark mode: what do we think?
Keeping eye comfort in mind, many apps today offering feature to view content in dark mode. This is also known as high contrast mode for many years. In the recent past, WhatsApp has also introduced dark mode. What is dark mode? Dark Mode is a supplemental mode that can be used to display mostly dark…
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Accessibility related Jobs in India – January, 2020
It’s great to see there are growing accessibility related job opportunities in India. Below are a few requirements that we are aware of: Salesforce is looking for UX Accessibility role at Hyderabad VMWare will have a few openings Look up for “accessibility”. Watch out VMWare Careers page after 20th January, 2020 IAAP India Chapter is…
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A tribute to Joseph Karr O’Connor
Just after about a few weeks that Jim Thatcher has passed away, it’s sad to sad and unexpected demise of yet another accessibility advocate Joseph Karr O’Connor (1953 – 2020). He is one of those people who have contributed immensly in the area of digital accessibility. He is popularly known as Joe and AccessibleJoe. I met…
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Intoducing SI a11y (AccessibilitY) HelpDesk
What’s What’s SI HelpDesk? SI (ServeOM Inclusion)’s a11y (AccessibilitY)’s Help Desk is a platform where anyone who is building a website, web application, mobilie application to ask questions related to accessibility. Yes, there are plenty of resources on the web and they are all great and SI a11y HelpDesk is just another helping hand to…
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Be cautious about cab booking service on MakeMyTrip.com
Yesterday, we have made a cab booking for airport transfer using MakeMyTrip app and we have received car details via text message and WhatsApp. A driver has arrived about 30 minutes earlier than scheduled; we felt happy for being punctual. After a few minutes, got a call from different number asking us to WhatsApp the…
