navin's blog

Jan
24

The Marathon Spirit of Mumbai

What do you usually say when you think you have overridden all the odds of something you thought wasn't achievable?.... "I did it!"

Yes. :-) I completed the Half Marathon at the SCMM. How much time did i complete that in? A little over 3.5 hours. Too much is it? Well... i am still cherishing the thought that i managed to complete it, i'll take care of the timings in the next one. I had gone in with an intention of pulling out after the first 4 kms or so... i had zero preparation behind me and shoes that are best fit for a trek rather than a run.Read more »

Jun
11

Meeting Mukhi

Today i happened to meet Mr. Vijay Mukhi. As part of the information security awareness week, my organization had called him up for a small talk on what is's known best for... information security. Now i would not have leveraged anyone, whose talk i may have attended, on my blog. This person is special.Read more »

Jun
6

Waterproof Phone-mania!

I am not much of a gadget freak. I beleive its always better to look at them with the eye of necessity... you may be in a better position to bargain! But this one object has caught my attention of late. They are these couple of water/shock/dust resistant phones. Why own such a phone?Read more »

Jun
6

Slumdog City....

I just watched Slumdog Millionaire. Why so late at it? Well.. i did not have the motivation to watch it, until i read the papers today to find out that Danny Boyle is making another movie, based on the book "Maximum City - Bombay Lost and Found" by Suketu Mehta! Yes, he is doing that! Maximum City happens to be one of my favourite books... and i thought it would be interesting to see whatRead more »