http://www.sonzy.com Sonzy's Window to the World. Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:30:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The new year started when I met two of my school-time buddies (Atul S. and Amit P.), and we caught up on old-times at Zosse. Amit, who has been putting up in the US with some media-buying company, was particularly amused on how India, and his small town - Faridabad ... http://www.sonzy.com/?p=16 Ranthambhore, deemed as the best place to spot the Wildest of cats, is indeed amazing. We chose to be there on this New Year's eve and luckily got a room. Some people place Ranthambhore much above Corbett and if you go by the hotel industry, it appears to be true. ... http://www.sonzy.com/?p=15 One of the few movies for which I had an urge to see the First Day First Show. I managed to get the tickets. Yes, I respect Mr. Bijli and Mr. Khan for what they do, and the way they have expanded their business entities. No doubt, Aamir Khan is ... http://www.sonzy.com/?p=14 Gobala, the guy who got me blogging has put up his own Christmas giveaway. The first gift on his list is really cool - The "Yoda Plush Backpack". You can see the promotion here. The other gifts are also nice. See if that interests you. Let me see if I can ... http://www.sonzy.com/?p=13 Long ago, a visitor on my site asked me the following - "Growing up in Calcutta sometimes when people would come from Bangladesh they would bring a big slab of Bangladeshi Cheese that was hard and very porous (lots of holes in 'em) and very very salty but delicious in small doses. It ... http://www.sonzy.com/?p=12 Amla, or the Indian Gooseberry is one of the richest sources of Vitamin C and a great immuno-modulator. You should buy this in lots during the winter season. And here's something you can do with it to preserve. Its called Amla Murabba or "The Indian Gooseberry Conserve" Ingredients: 1 kg. fresh big ... http://www.sonzy.com/?p=11 Outlook recently featured a story on Steel-baron, Mr. LN Mittal and as I discussed it with my dad, we just talked about how many of these are there in this world ? How many people have actually become trillionnaires from scratch - no land, no money, just a motivation to ... http://www.sonzy.com/?p=8 Just came back from Tirupati on 12th December. Had a lovely "Khulle" darshan. Never expected that I would make it the same day I flew. Flew on the 10th December, reached Bangalore at 10 AM, took a cab and reached Tirupati at 5.30 PM, with the help of the kind-bank-manager, ... http://www.sonzy.com/?p=5 Aajkal, somehow they spend more on creating eye-candy movie trailers , than on the actual movie itself. It has happened twice now this year, with GOAL and AAJA NACHLE. The trailer of Goal had more "football" than the actual movie. It was a complete disappointment. Today I saw Aaja Nachle. And ... http://www.sonzy.com/?p=4 World, I was hooked on to the Internet in 1993 when there was no ISP in India. We used to log on to the Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) operating in Delhi. Those were golden days for me. 1995, Internet comes to India and we started with Shell accounts. A lot ... http://www.sonzy.com/?p=1