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I wish she had Smart Suraksha : Your phone is not just a toy

Nov 062013

How to use your Cellphone in Self Defense The old saying goes “Ignorance is bliss”, but I bet to disagree, there is nothing more dangerous than ignorance. We are living in 21st century surrounded by all kind of gadgets and apps yet we totally chose to ignore them as we all live in a false sense of security. But why let me ask you? You travel in metro or bus or even go to park and you will find people continuously playing games on their mobile phones, chatting and clicking pictures with mobile phones. The ubiquitous mobile phone has [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Posted by Prasad Np Contests and Giveaways, Travel TIPS Tagged with: mobile review, Smart Suraksha, Women Travel 1 Response »

10 tips for safe travels in Delhi

Nov 062013

10 Safe Travel Tips and one cool app- Smart Suraksha We have lived in some of the most wonderful cities in India and traveled to more locations than I have written about. There was a time when Delhi was considered to be unsafe for women while cities like Mumbai and Kolkata were considered to be safe for women. Unfortunately in recent past almost every city has become unsafe for women with incidents of rape, assault and harassment coming from every city. There could be many reasons for the same, one could be that the situation was always bad but [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Posted by Prasad Np Contests and Giveaways, Travel TIPS Tagged with: Delhi, Smart Suraksha, Solo travel, Women Travel 3 Responses »

Back to Nature: Visit to a Nature Farm

Oct 282013

A Nature Farm outside Hyderabad This weekend was dedicated to nature and we visited a Nature farm on the outskirts of Hyderabad. Now you may wonder what a nature farm is. A nature farms take the concept of Organic farming one step ahead and let the plants grow as they would have grown in nature with minimum human intervention. So except for planting and harvesting and adding some natural organic manure made from Cow dung, mulch, Cow Urine any other human intervention is a minimum. Leave aside chemical pesticide a nature farm does not even use chemical fertilizers. A [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Posted by Prasad Np Contests and Giveaways Tagged with: Mango Tree, Nature Farm, Nature Notes, organic food 8 Responses »

2014 Calendar Give Away

Oct 212013

desi Calendar Give away: Get a 2014 Calendar as Gift OK all our desi fans, as of typing this post we have 580 fans on Facebook and 600+ on Twitter. Here is a small token of appreciation for 3 of our lucky readers will receive a 2014 table top calendar from desi traveler, shipped anywhere in world. (desi traveler will take care of printing and shipping the calendar—Happy New Year 2014 in advance) I want to give away 3 table top calendars to our fans. There is no contest, nothing to buy just a very simple lucky draw, and [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Posted by Prasad Np Contests and Giveaways, Photography, Travel TIPS 20 Responses »

Book Review of The Reckless Engineer

Oct 192013

The Reckless Engineer – by poet and author Jac Wright I grew on a steady dose of Agatha Christie and Sir Arthur Canon Doyle and am a sucker for “Who done it” kind of novels. So when Jac Wright, the Edgar nominated author approached me to read and review an advance copy of his soon to be published novel “The Reckless Engineer” I immediately agreed. The icing on the cake was the story is set in beautiful Scottish and south English coast, which I want to visit ever since I first visited our friends Doug and Doreen outside of [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Posted by Prasad Np Contests and Giveaways, Reviews Tagged with: Book Review, Jac Wright, London 3 Responses »

Book Giveaway by Jac Wright author of “The Reckless Engineer”

Oct 062013

Participate in the Jac Wright Book Give Away Dear Readers: I am lucky to be one of the few advance readers of a thriller by Jac Wright- ” The Reckless Engineer”. The book is set in the beautiful coastal area of Scotland -Summerset. While I go on my journey to read the book, Jac has kindly offered 10 giveaways for his book ” The Closet”. It’s a very simple give away no contest, nothing to buy, all you need to do is click this link here, and take part. So simple. 10 lucky winners will be given [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Posted by Prasad Np Contests and Giveaways, Reviews Tagged with: Book Review, Jac Wright 1 Response »

Winners of Blogging Contest for Change in support of Rang De

Sep 192013

And the winners for Contest for Change in Support of Rang De are.. It’s time to announce the winners of Contest for Change in support of Rang De. But first a bit of history. I have been a supporter and volunteer for Rang De for some time now; as I have always believed investing using micro finance is better way of bringing change and prosperity than one time charity. Remember the old saying “Feed a man fish and feed him for a day, teach men to fish and feed him for life” When I requested Smita Ram the [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Posted by Prasad Np Contests and Giveaways, Incredible India Tagged with: blogging contest, Rang de, Volunteer 9 Responses »

The Perfect Road Trip

Jul 212013

My Perfect Road Trip with Time Machine Let me go back in time for some time, by pressing some knobs and levers on the time machine. Great! The knobs and levers worked fine and here I am back in the days when we were a few years in our career and joined evening classes to do an MBA. Although secretly each one of us was hoping that we will have some girls in the class, not realizing that the sex ration in evening classes in those days was worse than day time Haryana. Slowly the 5 of us started [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Posted by Prasad Np Contests and Giveaways, Incredible India, Trekking and Exploring Tagged with: Jugaad, Road Trip, Uttarakhand 4 Responses »

Travel That Moved Me- Blogging Contest in Support of Rang de

Jun 272013

“Travel that moved me” contest in support of Rang de We all travel for various reasons, not all travel is like tourist, some time back I traveled as a Rang de volunteer Recently Srihari Maneru trekked to Rupkund with a banner in support of Rang de. So you can travel not just for fun but for a cause also. The travel may not begin for a cause but you may discover a cause on your travels. The Contest for a cause: So here is a unique contest about a journey or travel that moved you and made you more socially responsible. This [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Posted by Prasad Np Contests and Giveaways, Incredible India Tagged with: blogging contest, Micro finance, Rang de, social investor, volunteer travel 53 Responses »

Varanasi The Spiritual Capital of India- A Photo Essay on Varanasi Ghats

Apr 292013

Life on Varanasi Ghats There are a lot of Holy Cities and Temple Towns in India, every where people come to ask for wishes to be granted to make their life better in this. People visit Varanasi for all this and more, thousands of Hindus visit Varanasi or Benaras, or Kashi to die. Yes you read it correct, when they become old and sick and think the time to meet the maker is coming they visit Varanasi and wait for the dying in Kashi the city of Shiva known my many names the most popular being Varanasi. [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Posted by Prasad Np Contests and Giveaways, Guest Post, Holy Towns and Temples, Incredible India Tagged with: Benaras, Buddha, Ghats, Kashi, Photo Essay, Shiva temple, Varanasi 4 Responses »

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