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Railway Budget 2014 – a better and futuristic one – my thoughts!
It was nice listening to Shri. Sadananda Gowda, Union Minister for Railways, Government of India as he presented his Railway budget for 2014-15. It is great to see that due importance has given to Passenger amenities, safety and cleanliness. Some of the points I liked from this budget are: Increasing qualities of passenger amenities including…
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Indian Elections – a few thoughts
This is for the first time, I have been carefully watching Indian Elections (Thanks to Kiran Kaja) and I’m really excited for the new government under the leadership of Narendra Modi. A big Congratulations to Mr. Mode and team. Also, congratulations to Mr. Chandra Babu Naidu and team of Telugu Desam Party for their victory…
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Accessibility Testing – how to motivate coworkers?
To mark Global Accessibility Awareness Day, throughout the day we will be posting a few articles that hopefully would inspire you to take yet another step towards including accessibility into product roadmap. Often we hear that implementing accessibility is difficult, costs more money and so on. This is true if we think of accessibility post…
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A quick note of appreciation to Election Commission of India
As we know, currently Elections are being held for Lok Sabha of India and Assembly of a few states. I have been following election news through different media channels. Unfortunately I was unable to cast my vote because non-receipt of my voter registration card. Hope to cast next time! There were always several complaints during…
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Global Accessibility Awareness Day – May 15th – some ideas to host!
Last year and year before, Global Accessibility Awareness Day was marked across the world and it was a huge success. Let’s get ready to mark this important day this year too! This is one event where you don’t have to worry about the size of event, may it be small or big; that’s fine. Here…
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Braille is still relevant – a Tribute to Louis Braille
4th January is birthday of Mr. Louis Braille (1809 – 1852). He is the inventor of script Braille – a written script for people with vision impairment and those who are deaf and blind. Though there is so much advancement in Technology, still Braille plays a key role in the lives of people with vision…
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Thank you 2013 for making us the happiest – a look back!
Disclaimer: This post would get updated later in a few days with more details. Year started with all excitement and heat at Chennai plus with a lot of travel! On Bhoghi festival day, we have visited Shri. Padmanabha Swamy Temple at Trivendrum; wow, that is a historical place and we were told having Darshan on…
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Indian Railways – a few things that you can make us more happy!
Needless to mention train is one of the most affordable and convenient way to travel. There are a lot of things that we are happy about Railways but fixing a few tiny issues would enhance much more! Schedule Alerts: It’s quite often we see delay in departure and some times, it’s more than an hour…
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Innovation at Government – some ideas to improve
I felt really happy when I was able to do most of the application process to get modifications done on my wife and my passportsand also to get enrolled in the electoral role. This is great to see these processes are now online and have ability to apply online and even attach proof of documents.…
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Accessibility is not just for blind, agreed… but we don’t have to blame!
When Google announced it’s course on Introduction to Web Accessibility for developers, I keep seeing tweets saying “Hey Google! Accessibility is not just for blind” etc., and I thought I should write my opinion here Please note that this blog is my personal and views expressed here are my own and does not represent my…