Britain's really got Talent

 

Last year this little girl, Connie, was just an angel and this year they have a young boy, Andrew, who chilled me to the bones with his singing of Pie Jesu

Britain seems to really have some hidden gems in voices of its kids. Wish the show was telecast here too.

Rediscovering Pondicherry

I have been to Pondicherry 3 times before. Mostly spent my time at my cousin's house out there without wandering out into the wilderness of the small town. Auroville is probably still the only place to visit for an outsider in Pondy. Even after having been there thrice before I decided to chugg along with some friends out there. And as usual we did not think any prior bookings were necessary.
I caught the bus from Hyd to Chennai and I reached there a good 13 hrs later. We caught the local bus from Chennai to Pondy and reached there right in the middle of the blistering afternoon heat. After trying a few places some of us came up with the idea of trying out a resort and lo and behold we managed to land out at The Dune. Another classic choice. The place was just fantastic. Designed by a French architect, partnered up with a desi, the small haven has multiple villas and cottages each with its own theme eg. bangle house, doll house, white house and the list goes on. With tastefully designed rooms and a beautiful beachfront right in front of you there is little that could go wrong. Mind you though, with the open bathroom motif in every house, this is definitely not for the faint hearted either :). The ambience, food and location is simply spot on. The seafood is definitely below par but well I dont think Pondy is that big of a fishing town anyways.
All in all another beautiful part of India discovered, or for myself - rediscovered.

Check out some of the pics here.

Blog Statistics

 

Since I have recently touched the 500 unique visitors per month, with time spent on site != 0, I thought I should post some usage statistics about Desi Fun(da)

 

Average #users/month (past 12 months) - 300

Most visited entry - Gori Chamdi - Readers Digest Joy

2nd most visited entry - Chroma Store

Search Engine - 100% users coming from Google

Best search term - guavus with 13.6%

Browser - 81% users using Firefox

Geography - 87% from India

 

Pretty neat ah - Check out StatCounter.com for more info on how. 

 

A bit about the name

Desi Fun, da - A typical Bangalorean way of saying things

Desi Funda - Meaning Indian fundamentals

[ Desi ofcourse means Indian ]

 

 

LIC's new avatar

If you know me, I must've given you a pep-talk on LIC. I simply adore this PSU. It does what a PSU is meant to do and does it to perfection. It has been providing returns to the average Joe, aka myself, consistently for half a century now. And to do it with unparalleled honesty and consistency in the public sector arena and that too at such a large scale simply deserves respect.

But the new face of LIC confuses me. The consistent ad campaigns and tv presence is kinda new and maybe something that is required in this day and age of nasty private sector competition (satire attempted). However this is not how the PSU blossomed. Its army of tin soldiers ie. LIC agents are the main propaganda and advertisement vehicle that has helped this company maintain its distinct lead in the insurance sector. Has the strategy changed? I sure hope not. And yeah keep up the good work... none of my policies have matured yet! So work hard too LICians :)