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VIVA now has ads in Hindi
Wednesday, 17 Feb, 2010 – 7:58 | No Comment
VIVA now has ads in Hindi

Just saw an online ad for VIVA in Hindi. This is what it means…
“10 hidden in 5, new KD 5 pre-paid line, which has KD 10 credit”
Nice move..but this I guess these ads will only pop on Indian sites.

Happy Republic Day India !!
Tuesday, 26 Jan, 2010 – 11:12 | One Comment
Happy Republic Day India !!

Happy Republic Day India and to all Indians out there…

Jazeera cancels all flights to/from Mumbai effective 3rd January
Sunday, 29 Nov, 2009 – 23:03 | 5 Comments
Jazeera cancels all flights to/from Mumbai effective 3rd January

Got an email from Jazeera…seems they have dropped a bomb in the travellers bag to Indian sub-continent. Jazeera has effectively canceled all flights to and from Mumbai Intl airport effective January 3rd. No reasons given so far.  I did ask the rep over the phone if this is short-term or long-term, and the reply was [...]

Quick Gun Murugun: Crazy Bollywood caper : Mind It!!
Wednesday, 19 Aug, 2009 – 16:35 | One Comment
Quick Gun Murugun: Crazy Bollywood caper : Mind It!!

Movie buffs from India are awaiting the adventures of Quick Gun Murugun on the big screen which is releasing on August 28th. This movie is not so much about the movie, but about the swashbucking linguistics of the hero Quick Gun Murugun, who is a wannabe reincarnation of every possible cowboy ever concieved in every [...]

Download worldwide Ramadan calendar & prayer timings for 2009-1430h
Monday, 3 Aug, 2009 – 18:18 | 76 Comments
Download worldwide Ramadan calendar & prayer timings for 2009-1430h

ChillNite.com is offering free downloads of the Ramadan calendar and Prayer timings for 2009-1430h.
The Ramadan calendar is dated from August 22nd – September 19, 2009.
These calendars are divided in various zones of cities/countries.

OPTIONAL: The calendars are in PDF format. [Download FREE Acrobat Reader]

Ramadan calendar and Prayer timings for 2009-1430h for Kuwait
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26/11 Mumbai Attacks documentary: Never before seen footage and audio of terrorists
Friday, 24 Jul, 2009 – 14:48 | 5 Comments
26/11 Mumbai Attacks documentary: Never before seen footage and audio of terrorists

This documentary follows the attackers who infiltrated Mumbai on 26/11 and inflicted unbelievable carnage on the streets, restaurants, hotels of Mumbai and brought India to its knees. The shameful act of this terrorism was well planned and while listening to the the audio clippings of conversations between the terrorists and commanders one cant believe how [...]

Watch the beautiful Solar eclipse of July 22
Wednesday, 22 Jul, 2009 – 7:49 | No Comment
Watch the beautiful Solar eclipse of July 22

This video is from Varanasi, India which witnessed the total solar eclipse earlier today.

Flying with Jet Airways from Kuwait to India and back
Sunday, 31 May, 2009 – 13:47 | 2 Comments
Flying with Jet Airways from Kuwait to India and back

This time while flying to-n-fro Kuwait-India, I chose Jet Airways. Jet Airways is a new entrant in the Kuwait-India sector. Although they have been around in Indian sub-continent for last couple of years. Currently they are ranked number 2 in the Indian domestic sector. They have very competitive tarriffs as compared to other domestic airlines. [...]

Funny Vodafone commercials from IPL 2009 season
Thursday, 30 Apr, 2009 – 19:25 | No Comment
Funny Vodafone commercials from IPL 2009 season

Its 20/20 cricket season season in the Indian sub-continent which is a cut down blazingly fast and super-exciting version of one day format. Although the irony is that the IPL [Indian Premier League] contest is happening in South Africa instead of India due to lack of security apparatus. Why would that be, well Kuwait and [...]

Tata Nano cheap, sexy, economy killer ‘People Car’ from India
Thursday, 26 Mar, 2009 – 13:18 | 3 Comments
Tata Nano cheap, sexy, economy killer ‘People Car’ from India

Okay…so you have already heard about Tata Nano, the new People Car from India, well if you haven’t then its about time. Consider this, Nano is a car yep sexy looking hybrid variation of VW Beetle, Suzuki, Yaaris etc. etc. and wait, it costs only KD 600.000 Yessssirrr US$ 2000 for the base model and [...]

Wishing all our Indian friends Happy Holi!
Wednesday, 11 Mar, 2009 – 7:59 | No Comment
Wishing all our Indian friends Happy Holi!

Today the Indian community around the World and ofcourse in India is celebrating the festival of Holi. Holi is also called the festival of colors, the festival to celebrate victory of good over evil. The way to celebrate Holi might sound strange to you. In Holi the tradition is to spray each other with colors [...]

Salam Kuwait: Back to Base
Monday, 9 Mar, 2009 – 9:18 | No Comment
Salam Kuwait: Back to Base

Finally landed in Kuwait on Saturday..and boy was I surprised to see the wonderful weather here. Its beautiful outside, compare this with India where its already over 35′C [touchwood]. Although fair bit of cleaning was involved in the balcony which was flooded with sand from the sandstorm couple of weeks back. Thank God I had [...]

Vacation Mode: Random internet access in India
Wednesday, 25 Feb, 2009 – 22:07 | No Comment
Vacation Mode: Random internet access in India

 
Since I am travelling to couple of places in India, and the last thing I wanted to do was carry my laptop around, I am having strange (?!) times without proper internet availability. Well at times it feels like I do not need the bloody thing around me, and then there are midnite cravings for [...]