20
Oct
Tata Starbucks is here!
Ashish Vaswani


Woke up last morning to Sonia Shenoy announcing that Tata Global Beverage and Tata Coffee stocks will be up since Tata Starbucks' first store in India was opening later in the evening. The stock tips proved to be useless as usual, but it gave me an agenda for the evening- to go visit the Starbucks launch. Though it was a media and VIPs only event, didn't think twice before boarding a train to CST and walking it up to the beautiful Horniman Gardens area. And indeed, it sure turned out to be a wise decision!
Tata Starbucks Mumbai launch
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16
Oct
One giant leap for mankind!
Ashish Vaswani
Last night, more than seven million people, including myself, witnessed online, an unbelievable, death-defying, adrenaline fueled, record breaking free fall from the edge of space, by a man called Felix Baumgartner. This man rose to a height of more than 1.2 lakh feet above the surface of Earth to jump unassisted at a speed in excess of Mach 1.

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30
Sep
The Galaxy's in my pocket
Ashish Vaswani
Buying gadgets for myself is one of the temptations I indulge in, at least once a year. It comes with its own share of excitement and adventure. My last purchase was the Samsung Galaxy Tab, which was my first Android device. Having played around with various versions right from Froyo to Jelly Bean (on cyanogen mod), on a 7 inch display, I felt the need for a more pocket friendly companion, considering that the phone I used was a modest Samsung Star which was close to three years old. So, after a couple of weeks of deliberation, I got myself a Samsung Galaxy Nexus.

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22
Sep
Hello there!
Ashish Vaswani
Hey Blog, long time, huh! Last time we met, Steve Jobs, Dev Anand and Neil Armstrong were still alive, Anna Hazare and Arvind Kejriwal were buddies, Shahrukh Khan was gung ho about Ra.One, Shirish Kunder was relatively unknown, and Sunny Leone was busy with other jobs! Clearly, its been a while. So I thought I'd just drop by and say hello...
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