Jonathan Livingston Tern

Jonathan Livingston Tern
Little Tern - Sterna albifrons

When sometime during the early teens I had first picked the up the book “Jonathan Livingston Seagull” I remember having done so because of the very lovely photos of the Seagulls. Of Course! after having read the book it came to mean much more but there did remain one wish for a long long time. Continue reading Jonathan Livingston Tern

Steel Magnolias

Steel Magnolias

She’s a lover, she’s a mother She’s a friend and she’s a wife And she’s a sparrow when she’s broken But she’s an eagle when she flies

I saw the total solar eclipse!

I saw the total solar eclipse!

“Class 8th D, 10th boy from the front – come up” Boomed the stern voice of the PT teacher. Someone shook the appropriate boy from conversation he was engrossed in. He climbed up to the first floor podium, tachaak, tachaak!! Two slaps delivered, he was told to stand aside and listen to what was being

Single light portraits – A mini HowTo

Single light portraits – A mini HowTo

As a beginner in studio photography I wallowed in self pity of the fact that I had only one light and portraits needed was at least three and I could not afford any. Then I was gently reminded of the working motto of SANIsoft. “Argue for your limitations and sure enough they are yours”* I

Hard Ground Barasingha

Hard Ground Barasingha

Hard Ground Barasingha Cervus duvaceli branderi. Because of its adaptation to hard ground habitat is regarded as a distinct sub species.

Alfred Hitchcock Collection – A review

Alfred Hitchcock Collection – A review

I picked up the box of Alfred Hitchcock Collection because It had one of my favorite movie – Rebecca It was less than INR500/- for six movies from the master of suspense, thus an undeniable ‘Steal’ Well actually the box, marketed by moserbaer in India, is priced INR549/- but if you have good contacts with

You are not beautiful

You are not beautiful

“You are not beautiful” These harsh words have to be endured by almost every girl/woman at some or the time of her life – unfortunately it is the chauvinistic setup of the society we live in. However it is not just male chauvinism which is at play here but something which angers me much more,

3 more jQuery plugins

Last week Aditya released two jQuery plugins jQuery shiftcheckbox plugin: This plugin was inspired by how GMail checkboxes work when clicked in combination with the ‘Shift’ key. See demo jQuery shortaccesskey plugin: This plugin is a great help in keyboard enabling your web applications with very little effort. See demo The last plugin is Img

A face for the unnamed… …

A face for the unnamed… …

Sangita! If there was anyone in my life I place after my mother it would be her. Even though she is just a year older to me she always held that place of a woman I could go to for comfort. I have known her since I was fifteen. We grew up together, kept in

A bit of FOSS contribution

Over at SANIsoft in the past few days we released two small but very useful bits of code. The code was written to itch the classical ‘I need it’ itch. I do hope there will be more like me out there who would like to solve the same problems. jQuery auto-correct plugin – Once attached