Monthly Archives: April 2005

e-governance egovpmc update

In an earlier blog I had noted that I had lodged three complaints / requests with the Pune Municipal Corporation using their website www.egovpmc.com. The current status is that for 2 complaints the concerned assistant commissioner has asked the administrator … Continue reading

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Things and People can change

Often in India you feel hopelessly helpless as regards making any change or improvements to the system or the people. However I have felt that things can change. For example: 1) Spitting on the roads is a very common and … Continue reading

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Aishwarya on Oprah

Just read /saw some excerpts from Aishwarya Rai’s appearance on the Oprah Winfrey show. She is a super ambassador for India and seems to have pulled off a great PR exercise for India. One notable fact stated on the site … Continue reading

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Harshad Number

I never knew that a particular type of numbers have been named after me. A Harshad number, or Niven number, is an integer that is divisible by the sum of its digits in a given number base. The Niven numbers … Continue reading

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e-governance in India

I have spent most of Sunday trying to be a good citizen of Pune. I wrote to a newspaper about a few issues, I used the Pune Municipal Corporations e-governance site http://www.egovpmc.com to compain / suggest about a few other … Continue reading

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Just keep swimming!

The title to this entry comes from the movie Finding Nemo. Remember Dory? I learnt swimming many years ago however I never learnt it properly or was good at it. I could swim about 25 meters. I have been planning … Continue reading

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