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Once I was in a car with a friend on an autobahn (highway) in Germany. You may know, there are no speed limits on the German autobahns, and we were driving at high speed through a green countryside – most of it looking like a huge golf course as it was mostly plain and not […]

mini-island Originally uploaded by common man. Actually I’m just discovering why Leonid was so impressed with flickr. There are countless other features like customizable APIs, tags, calendars, etc but one of the coolest things is the way it provides an upload tool that integrates with Windows Explorer – just right click and send to Flickr! […]

ಪಾತಾಂಜಲಿಯವರ ಸೂತ್ರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಇಲ್ಲದಿರುವು ಕೆಲವು ಆಸನಗಳು ಈ ಕಡಲ ಕೋಳಿ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಪಡಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಂಗಿದೆ… 😉 A penguin looks like it demonstrates some aasanas that Patanjali might’ve missed out in his sutras 😉 (I’m not sure, haven’t read it completely myself) ಪ್ರಾರಂಬದಲ್ಲಿ ಗಂಬೀರ್ವಾಗಿ ನಿಂತ್ಕೊಳಿ…

a long ago conversation with my school friend (currently doing a PhD) on various links and information on German universities

– soaps, scents, etc (from Schleker) – some small shops maybe in railway stations have these beautiful statues – very artistic and colorful for 2 or 3 euro – chocolates of all colors from the shop Real – small cheap electronic gizmos on sale (like USB MP3 players having upto 1 GB storage, hi-tech headphones, […]

Today Mathias my manager called me for a coffee… hmm quite surprising, because they hardly ever take a break over over here. But I guess nobody else was there in the office, everybody is on leave today so he was getting bored. It turned out to be quite a long coffee break

The transition for my stomach from Indian food to German food has proved to be slightly more daunting than the earlier one from British to German food. But there are occasionally still some silver linings.

Location: Boeblingen (south east Germany, near Stuttgart)

Berlin Sphere This is a strange looking structure in Berlin; a huge glass sphere full of mirrors on the inside, and a gigantic staircase spiraling around the perimeter all the way to the top. See the reflection of the top of the doom in the picture. And from the top, one gets a good view […]

[date is only approximate. TODO: update date] Travelling is no doubt the greatest teacher, as long as one is willing to observe and learn. While travelling through Deutchland, I saw many characteristics about the Germans which I felt are worth emulating. My inferences may be based on limited experiences and may not be accurate. They […]