Category Archives: General

Documentary film making – Nagrik

Posted on March 14, 2006 by Harshad Oak

I recently completed a short course of documentary film making at OpenSpace. Attended the course for no reason other than learning a new and intersting skill. The course was good fun and I got a lot of info about film … Continue reading →

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Sharing a part of me

Posted on January 19, 2006 by Harshad Oak

Thinking about writing this blog regularly, I feel a little like Ginny Weasley from the Harry Potter series. She wrote into Tom Marvolo Riddle’s magical diary and shared a little too much of herself. Tom Riddle happened to be Lord … Continue reading →

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Gandhi Ad

Posted on May 30, 2005 by Harshad Oak

Have you seen the Telecom Italia ad that has Gandhi in it? A nice cool ad though one wonders if its right to use Gandhi to sell mobile phones. http://www.epica-awards.com/assets/epica/2004/winners/film/flv/11071.htm http://www.epica-awards.com/epica/2004/winners/cat11.htm For anybody interested in the life of Mahatma Gandhi, … Continue reading →

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Buy Recommendations

Posted on May 13, 2005 by Harshad Oak

My Buy Recommendations for AmazonOlympus VN-240 PC Digital PC Link Voice Recorder <br /> Linksys WRT54G Wireless-G Router <br /> Sony DCR-HC32 MiniDV Handycam Camcorder w/20x Optical Zoom <br /> Targus CVR600 Groove Notebook Backpack – Black (High Density Nylon) … Continue reading →

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Listening to some of the biggest names of the 20th century

Posted on May 8, 2005 by Harshad Oak

I am currently reading 3 books by three of the biggest names of the last century. Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Bill Clinton. Actually I am not reading Bill Clinton but more of listening to his autobiography. The other two … Continue reading →

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Aishwarya on Oprah

Posted on April 26, 2005 by Harshad Oak

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

Posted on April 26, 2005 by Harshad Oak

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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