Found this on http://manaskriti.com/kaavyaalaya/ – a site that I went to after a long time.
I am looking for unicode devnagari fonts without any luck so far….
The year that went by
The year that went by, went by too soon… I am still a little dazed, a little overworked and a lot sleepy, but I loved it.
yahoo sucks!!!
It was very annoying to work on yahoo mail and yahoo groups. After a while the windows showed huge pop up ads which hamper the vision and go away only when clicked on some link on the opened page of yahoo mail or yahoo group. Yahoo sucks!!! at least as of today!!
Online worksheets
Some sites I found very useful for teaching Aasim Worksheets for Math, Science, Language -just about everything to keep a child interested and informed http://www.tlsbooks.com/kidspagearchive.htm A paid site but an excellent one to teach a child Hindi- see samples here http://www.myhindi.com/sample/index.php Worksheets For Math (some paid, some free) http://themathworksheetsite.com http://www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/math/ http://www.edhelper.com/math.htm English grammar sites that … Continue reading Online worksheets
Foss.in/2005
Returned from Foss.in yesterday night thanks to the Indian Airlines flight that was delayed for more than an hour. Besides crappy food, I find the IA services deteriorating. Air hostess walk on the aisle, banging into a sleeping passengers and do not even apologise -that sucks!! I ultimately resolved not to fly the national carrier … Continue reading Foss.in/2005
The new gen songs
The house seems to have heart beat of its own. Aasim woke up two hours back -played with bayblade for a while and since past 30 minutes he is blasting one song (Hero from Bionicle) over and over again!!! Agree the lyrics are good but I am somehow not the type to wake up to … Continue reading The new gen songs
Aasim!!
A few days back, while returning from school, Aasim told me there was a selection for school Choir that morning- I asked him weather he got selected to which he replied in negative and said “I did not want to get selected so I sang without rhythm without tune -like reciting a poem” -the song … Continue reading Aasim!!
Aasim turns 8
Aasim’s 8th birthday party and I have no time to sit and write a detailed update. However for records two of his three close friends won’t come for the party today, he is disappointed.
explosions and entertainment value job applications
Back from Delhi having escaped the bombs by a few hours difference. I was happily roaming around 3.30 in Pahadganj area and returned home by 5 on 29th. 2nd time lucky having escaped the bombs planted around the town. On 12th March 1993, I was going to receive Tarique at Dadar station when Bombay rocked … Continue reading explosions and entertainment value job applications
Whats the good word?
From Wordsmith Chirography (ky-ROG-ruh-fee) noun Back in the Jurassic era, when there were no laptops and no text-messaging, people used a little thing called a pen to write on a flat surface known as paper. Chirography is a word from those times. It means handwriting or penmanship, also known as calligraphy. My daughter says, “Why … Continue reading Whats the good word?