Tuesday, July 24, 2007

A Samosa with your Chianti?

We all had an excuse to drink that extra glass of Cabernet - it's good for the heart, right? Well now you can order that extra cheeseburger or samosa too - it will cut down your risk of cancer. Article today on Yahoo News reports that:

Lowering cholesterol as much as possible may reduce the risk of heart disease, but with a price: taking it too low could raise the risk of cancer, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday. Patients who took statin drugs to lower their cholesterol had a slightly higher risk of cancer, although the study did not show that the statin drugs themselves caused the cancer. The researchers found one extra case of cancer per 1,000 patients with the lowest levels of LDL -- low density lipoprotein or so-called bad cholesterol -- when compared to patients with higher LDL levels.

So if your LDL has been dipping too low, you should eat a samosa and fix that. However, to counter the ill-effects of that on the heart, don't forget to wash it down with a nice glass of Chianti. The samosa and Chianti the "cornerstone of a nutritious meal"

What a great quote towards the end of the article:
"Something is going to get us. If we don't die of heart disease, then we die of cancer or Alzheimer's. We don't want people to stop something that we know has benefits."

Honestly, the more health news I read, the more I become unsure of what is the right thing to do.

A link to the entire article is here. Note that the link may expire after sometime (Yahoo expires the articles)

Plan afoot to make entire Delhi Wi-Fi

Delhi rocks! Article from IndiaTimes on the Wi-Fi enablement of the city:
NEW DELHI: Taking a cue from cities like Bangalore and Pune, the Delhi government is planning a Wi-Fi future for the city. The city government's information technology department is exploring options to ensure Delhiites have wireless net access on laptops. Bangalore is already Wi-Fi enabled, while Pune and Kolkata are on their way to attaining the status. The entire article is here

At Proto.in over the weekend


It was an exciting weekend. I was at Proto.in in Chennai. Proto.in is intended to be India's version of Demo.com. Minekey was one of the presenting companies - selected as 1 of the Top 25 companies in Asia! Yours truly gave a 6 minute demo of Minekey in action. Overall, a great event. Some very interesting companies were there including Tolmolbol, Routeguru, Tyroo, ZivaSoft, Buzzworks, Genie Interactive. For a complete list see and for Minekey coverage click here. This was such an excellent event to meet people from the entrepreneurial community as well as the investors. Great presence from the blogging and media community as well. The perfect ecosystem any startup could ask for. Look forward to organizing Proto.in in Delhi.
Some pictures from the presentation (Amit is running the demo):

Monday, July 23, 2007

India Poised by Amitabh Bachchan

Growing up in the 80s, Amitabh Bachchan was for me, just like for any other kid, God. Over the years though, the hero worship faded esp. when I started to admire more of the tech icons. When I saw the following video played at Proto.in, it brought back the great admiration I had for Amitabh. Watch the video, the personality and delivery of the great legends in Bollywood - unparalleled! What an inspiring video.

Sunday, July 22, 2007

New Template

Time to try out a new template for the blog. Picked rounders from the template directory on bloggger. Nice look and feel. Love the colors, the blue and the gray. Happy with the choice.