Tid Bit from My Diary

T here was a campaign to convince the companies that cardboard packaging for toothpastes were a complete waste. Being one of the most common household product in everybody’s life Toothpaste have a huge multiplier. After all this product used at the least once a day by old, young and everyone in-between.     A few days back we bought a promotional pack of three toothpaste and it’s unfortunate that we were given 3 cardboard boxes while we desired none. It’s a fact of life that most of us will discard the boxes into the bin without a second looks. There are no doubts that by changing this habit, a substantial amount of burden on our world will be reduced. Don’t get me wrong, I very well understand the significance of packaging and am not advocating to deprive consumer of this experience. I shall never forget remember my experience of unpacking my Tissot watch. Back in then, it was a luxury product for me long before I learnt later that it doesn’t qualify to be one...

T he other day I took my daughter for her choir practice where they meet two or three times every week to rehearse for an hour. I was strolling in the school corridor looking at various displays, notices and bulletin boards while they were busy inside. The fourth graders of this Swiss school had prepared a bulletin board based on their self-research and it was very impressive. I am glad that I stood there for few minutes as it made feel more about the plight of the farm workers. Being enlightened early in life about “Fair Trade Practices”, I am optimistic that these children will grow up to be a more socially responsible generation. They have noted down the following for the banana plantation workers who gets the lowest reward for their efforts as per the banana split. Work for 14 hours a day in harsh weather conditions Have poor working condition Spray fertilizers and pesticides Cut down the bananas Carry heavy loads of bananas for washing Wash the bananas Can...

This week Indi-blogger inspires us to ponder whether “ we think inspiration books are really useful ?” I need to get the ambiguity out of my way and therefore the first question I ask myself is “ How do we define the genre Inspirational Books in this context”?   Let me adopt the simplistic path and consider those to be a subsection of wide variety of inspirational literature that are promoted aggressively by the marketers. Let me start with the books that made their authors not only very famous but rich as well. This genre include books like following along with their prequels and sequels. Chicken Soup for the Soul The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari Rich Dad Poor Dad Think and Grow Rich You Can Win I believe those became bestsellers for a reason and that being marketed differently. People have either fallen for celebrity endorsement, followed their peers or impulsively got motivated to buy it. As we understand sales make books a best seller while reading tho...

Through the barren meadows, Hand in hand, we walked along! With birds shunning our trees, Undeterred still, we sang along! Trees around were shades of grey, Your laughter, brought color along! A sight to cherish it is today, Thousand birds, came along! Flowers sprayed resplendent hues, Colors the leaves too, brought along! With trust we walked unknown paths, Love always stayed along!

Two weeks back, once I switched on the laptop in the evening, I made an important announcement at home. My daughter could not believe her ears when she heard, I was not going to use Google any more. “ What do you mean? ”  “ Henceforth I shall not use the Google search engine ”. “ But you are still using Google ” a bit perplexed. “ I shall abandon only the search engine, while I shall continue to use chrome, Blogger, YouTube as usual ”, I clarified.   “ Aren’t both chrome and the search same! ” still confused. “ They are not the same although it is designed to have that look and feel .” I told her and further explained, “ Chrome is a web browser similar to Internet explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Safari while Google Search is a search engine that could be used with any of the browsers.  There are other search engines available such as Yahoo search, Bing search, DuckDuckgo  search, SwissCows  search, DogPile  search etc . “I...

Business Insider G oogle mail started on 01 April 2004 and along with other early adopters, this time #metoo started using this. In those early days an account could only be registered via invitation and I was so much impressed by the service and progressively increasing storage space that by 2006, Gmail became my principle email address. By launching Gmail on the 1 st of April , Google have their conscience clear! It was poor me who missed the cryptic message. I ought to have realized the fact that if something is too good to be true then most probably it’s not! Today, all my important emails are stored within the limited storage space of 15 GB available in the Google’s mail server. The good news is that there is an option to purchase additional storage space although I am not sure who benefit more from this option. Moreover the storage space is available till one putting up the rental fees and there is nothing tangible that one can take home. I am having a fear...

W indow shopping is one common colorful thread that ties human being across the cultures. The internet has made this pleasurable experience even more fun. What is that one odd stuff that you looked up recently at the eBay or another online shopping portal? Something that you searched for, with absolutely no intention to make a purchase. I request you to share your experience via a blogpost and let the fun flow though the blogosphere! If you decide to make the post then please link your post to this one. The queerest thing that I had searched at the eBay store happens to my spookiest one too. I looked for a “haunted mirror”, not for buying though but to verify if such items were offered for sale. One variety available are  “black glass mirrors ” that witches use for ritualistic spell or scrying. With the correct incantation these mirror would be the medium to connect with the dead or the Satan himself....at-least, so they claim! I was looking for another variety o...