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Indian Railways: Upgraded tickets and train schedules;
I wanted to write this post about a year ago and finally able to get to it. My wife and I frequently travel by Indian Railways and for sometime, there are a few nice things that introduced by Indian Railways: Upgraded tickets: This happens when ticket has booked under waiting list. While booking the ticket…
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Greetings on the eve of India’s independence day!
I extend warm greetings to all my fellow Indian and non-resident Indians on the auspicious occasion of India’s independence day! As we know India got its freedom in the year 1947 and thus far we have made a tremendous progress but we are a long way to go! While we celebrate the Independence day and…
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DesignDay meet-up at Bangalore – slides and resources
It was nice to be at July meet-up of DesignDay. Here is a recap of the event, my slides and as promised some resources! What’s DesignDay? DesignDay is a platform for designers to meet, discuss and solve problems together. The event started by introductions including name, what do they do, what can they offer to…
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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…
