Longs Drugs

Friday, April 24th, 2009

One of my favourite stores is Longs Drugs.  Of late I have started noticing 'CVS' banners and tags all over the store.  It was a pleasant surprise to know that Longs Drugs had been acquired by CVS. According to Wikipedia "On August 12, 2008 Longs Drugs announced that they were ...

H4 Visa Interview questions

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

My previous post In my previous post I had listed some tips on documentation and preliminary paperwork required for the application of an H4 Visa. The current post In this post I will discuss some of the commonly asked questions during the H4 Visa interview.  The visa interview process for all the visas ...

My favourite Kosmix results

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

My husband and I spend a lot of time discussing why a page gets my nod and what falls short of my expectations on kosmix.com.  My husband who works at Kosmix emphatically drives the discussion to the solid question of how to make search results better on the website for ...

Do you know how big Africa is?

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

I have been reading Michael Crichton's novel Congo and have been struck by the sheer magnitude of the size of Africa as a continent and my view of it.Africa is larger than North America and Europe combined, almost twice the size of South America. Ofcourse, the standard world map does ...

Camel Race in Rajasthan (Osian 2008)

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

Rajasthan is a land of exotic architecture, sand dunes and lots of camels (don't take me seriously; there is more). I had a special opportunity to be an audience to rare camel races in Osian (about 50 kms. from Jodhpur, also known for a very sought after temple of Osiyan ...