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Interview with Nalini Nayak

I asked Nalini Nayak a few questions about the Self-employed Women’s Association, who are in charge of our canteen at River Valley. Here are the videos: More »

Nalini – a woman to respect

naliniWe always intended that our new offices would incorporate a kitchen and canteen. But we were at a loss as to where to recruit staff to run it. Somewhere along the line we came across SEWA, an organization for poor, self-employed women. More »

We’re in the new office

new office iconApologies for the long long time since I posted anything. Perhaps subconciously I was waiting to move into our new offices. Well, we are in, although some building is still going on. Here are some photos. More »

Live broadcast of TUG 2009

tug2009-liveI am broacasting TUG 2009 live from Indiana. Click here.
(Update: broadcast is over…)

XML conference being webcast

xmlprague1I am in Prague, streaming a conference live on the internet, over the weekend. It is the third time I am doing this and it is going quite well so far. See the webcast here. (Update: conference over.) More »

Looking good for open software

linuxFast on the heals of the US government taking a good look at using free, open software in place of proprietary software, the UK government has followed suit. This is great news. Let’s hope this sets a trend and gives a big shock to software vendors who have been fleecing the citizen, and reducing their freedom at the same time!

Progress on new office

cvr1A few recent pictures. Progress is going well, and still expecting to move in by April. More »

Too fat to fly

air-india2-12It’s been a while since I posted here. I’ve been travelling and busy, but a few things have been in my mind which I hope to offload here soon.

A few weeks ago, Air India sacked 10 air hostesses for being over the weight limit for the height and age. They were given time to reduce their weight by some 3kg, but failed to do so. More »

Visit to staff houses, 4 Jan 09

laya-houseLast Sunday Shan and I picked a few ‘victims’ to surprise. Here are the photos: More »

Progress on new office

picture-22Here are the latest photos. Lots of work is being done in parallel. Latest estimate is to move in in April. More »


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