Srinivas Padma: Personal Musings on Life, Growth, and Connections

Time for us to learn how to code! Watched It - then just try to tell me you’re not interested in learning how to code. Go on, Ie dare you!

Online shopping has been growing very fast in India, only in 2012 online shopping e-commerce site number has crossed 600 from 100 . Online shopping offers fast, easy, money saving and interesting shopping experience. Online shopping has many advantages like 24 hours shopping, Shopping with coupon to get discount, shopping from Home, rich product availability and specifications etc. Also now many sites like Shopclues, Ebay, Tradus offers some great deals everyday or week which you can’t resist like Jaw Dropping Deal, Sunday Flea Deal, Tradus Mega deal, Ebay Sankalp deals, Homeshop18.com Superdeals etc. Ebay and Amazon are the market leaders in online shopping in the world. However local Shopping deal site are more popular in India. Here is a list of popular websites offering online shopping in India. Flipkart - Corporate office Bangalore, Karnataka | Establishment – 2007 Business – Online shopping store | Website – www.flipkart.com   Flipkart.com founded in year 2007 is a n...

There are many digital wallet systems that work with our smartphones today, but sometimes, having the physical card to swipe at the counter can be more convenient and takes much less time. Besides, not all shops will accept the type of digital wallet you use. That said, lugging around your credit cards, debit cards, ATM cards, gift cards, etc can be a drag. We have here a handy alternative called Coin . Despite its name, Coin is a card, and it carries a magnetic stripe like all your other cards. It works like them too — you can swipe or scan it like you would your loyalty cards, membership cards, credit cards etc when you make your purchases. The difference is, you just need this one master card to do it all. Inserting Card Information To use Coin, first you need to insert your card information into it. To do this, you’ll need itssmartphone app (available on iOS and Android) along with a smartphone credit card reader . Just swipe your card through the reader (dongle) and tak...

This ad by Honda uses forced perspective and anamorphic optical illusions to screw up your mind. No computer animation is involved, just clever camera work and paintings on the ground.

In the ad, Van Damme does a stunt that is truly insane, involving an epic split between two Volvo trucks. It's not clear whether anyone will buy a Volvo after this - the ad is designed to show off the trucks' Volvo Dynamic Steering - but I for one have new found respect for Jean Claude Van Damme, who, by the way, is 53 years old.

One of the game’s all-time greats, Sachin Tendulkar , announced his retirement from one-day cricket, bringing to an end a glorious 23-year-old career in the format during which he rewrote numerous batting records. “I have decided to retire from the One-Day format of the game. I feel blessed to have fulfilled the dream of being part of a World Cup wining Indian team. The preparatory process to defend the World Cup in 2015 should begin early and in right earnest,” the 39-year-old said in a statement released by the BCCI today. “I would like to wish the team all the very best for the future. I am eternally grateful to all my well wishers for their unconditional support and love over the years,” he added. Tendulkar, considered the most complete batsman in modern cricket and one who was considered next only to the legendary Sir Donald Bradman, retires from the ODI format at the top of the run-getters’ list. Tendulkar goes out after amassing 18,426 runs in 4...

India's total population stands at 1.21 billion, which is 17.7 per cent more than the last decade, and growth of females was higher than that of males. India's total population as on March 1, 2011 is 1,210,726,932 or 1.21 billion -- an increase of 181.96 million persons in absolute number of population during 2001-11. There was an increase of 90.97 million males and increase of 90.99 million females. The growth rate of females was 18.3 per cent which is higher than males -- 17.1 per cent. India's population grew by 17.7 per cent during 2001-11, against 21.5 per cent in the previous decade. Among the major states, highest decadal growth in population has been recorded in Bihar (25.4 per cent) while 14 states and Union Territories have recorded population growth above 20 per cent. Altogether, 833.5 million persons live in rural areas as per Census 2011, which was more than two-third of the total population, while 377.1 million persons live in urban areas. Urba...