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05Mar
5 comments on “Nikon, Sex, Hollywood & Marco Polo”

Nikon, Sex, Hollywood & Marco Polo

Posted by umashankaron March 5, 2010August 26, 2011in Photography5 Comments

Actually, I owe the title to Scott Kelby rather than the ongoing Nikon Marketing teaser where something 'Nikon' is claiming to be Sexy, Hollywood and Marco Polo, all rolled into one, with Innovation thrown somewhere in between. I could have…

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17Jan
14 comments on “Why EVIL Cameras will Leave You Stranded”

Why EVIL Cameras will Leave You Stranded

Posted by umashankaron January 17, 2010August 14, 2011in Photography14 Comments

Never have the DSLR-bashers had it so good. Finally, there is the ultimate in point-and-shoot with sensors nearly as large as those in four-thirds DSLR cameras. And there is an electronic viewfinder to scan the world in 'realtime'. Really high-tech.…

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11Jan
3 comments on “Go, Get a Tablet!”

Go, Get a Tablet!

Posted by umashankaron January 11, 2010August 14, 2011in Photography3 Comments

I caused some heartburn when I wrote 'Go, get a DSLR' and I'm still busy wiping foreign froth off my face! A couple of connoisseurs who couldn't bring themselves to descend low enough to put in a comment on this…

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23Dec
1 comment on “The Clock Has Come a Full Circle”

The Clock Has Come a Full Circle

Posted by umashankaron December 23, 2009March 4, 2012in Uncorked Angst1 Comment

I am no tiger in the woods. Forget tigers, I am not even a coyote in the woods! Yet, what exactly were the Internet sharks thinking when they stole my non-descript website url uspandey.com a year back? That I'd be…

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27Oct
25 comments on “Go, Get a DSLR!”

Go, Get a DSLR!

Posted by umashankaron October 27, 2009August 14, 2011in Photography25 Comments

Everyone has legs, everyone walks. Do some people walk better than others? You bet! Hundreds of languages would bear testimony to the thousands of rhymes alluded to mesmerizing walks of the damsels, ladies, princesses, queens.... I hope I don't get…

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26Oct
3 comments on “No One Moved My cheese!”

No One Moved My cheese!

Posted by umashankaron October 26, 2009March 4, 2012in Uncorked Angst3 Comments

Years ago when the doomsayers were busy swearing that every computer on this earth will pop away into fine ionic dust come Y2K, my stoic scientist friend wouldn't even bat an eyelid. He suggested I get a webaddress instead, long…

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13Oct

Protected: Communist at Your Dining Table

Posted by umashankaron October 13, 2009December 13, 2015in Uncorked Angst

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19Sep

Protected: SBI Associates merger: a few questions

Posted by umashankaron September 19, 2007December 13, 2015in Uncorked Angst

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06May

That I Live Still —A Translation

Posted by umashankaron May 6, 2007December 25, 2019in Poems, Translation

"Emotions! What right had anyone to meddle with emotions? Words were invented to conceal emotions. It was the dreadfulness of raw emotion that had made language a basic necessity." ~Isaac Asimov I have been writing for long, mostly for folios…

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