Latest postings by G Venkata Krishnan
I’ve not had occasion to deal with women driving autos during my recent visit to Chennai, but then this post is about the incorrigible aut ...more>>
Pundits say joblessness of our IT professionals has to do with the knock-on effect of the economic down-turn in the west, notably the US. It ...more>>
This is the question that stares at IT grads fresh out of college. IT companies that have suspended campus recruitment suggest that leading ...more>>
No, this isn't about the untapped potential; it is about unused installed capacity in wind power generation. It is reckoned that over 1000MW ...more>>
Did you ever wonder how much greenhouse gases Internet users generate? I didn’t,couldn’t care, till I happened by this post by blo ...more>>
Generating electricity from rice husk, besides being eco-friendly, can be a viable business model with three streams of income - 1) sale of ...more>>
It may be bit of a tall order - getting people to smile, and spread cheer, in trouled times such as the present economic meltdown. ...more>>
The Central Food Technology Research Institute (CFTRI) takes up a sizeable chunk of Mysore’s real estate. Does the R & D done h ...more>>
Ad. rage. It hits TV viewers, usually during comercial break.
Symptom: You feel like lobbing your remote, Iraqi journalist style, ...more>>
Good ideas are worth copying. The Box - a BBC documentary on the travels of shipping container - ought to give ideas, not just to our media ...more>>
Every IIT could adopt a slum or cluster of villages, with development levels that are lower than the national average. The adopted area coul ...more>>
Rahul Gandhi has got it right ; and voiced it at the proper place - Lok Sabha. He is cited as saying, public outrage in the wake ...more>>
Confront or perish - this appears to be the option for the Zardari-led Pakistan government that is engaged in a clash of attitude with its m ...more>>
I am still hoping — just once — for that mass demonstration (in Pakistan) of ordinary people against the Mumbai bombers, not for my sa ...more>>
Laptop is old hat. Keith Bradsher of the New York Times sent updates on the terror strike in Mumbai from his Blackberry. The newspaper c ...more>>
