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Netiquette

I find that whatever I do, there is a climb and then there is a lull and then once again the journey starts. Of course, every time the climb is higher than ever... So is the case with my blogging too, though there are no peaks that I climb here. But the effort is larger every time to create a good blog. Coming back to my blog, I wanted to write about a lot of things, but I didn't have that mind space to log in to the site and write the post. So breaking out of inertia , I am here with a post about the etiquette that most of us forget or dont even know in the first place with our emails. (I admit this is also a copy paste from something that landed in my email, but let me do some value adds too) Mind Your Manners: Salutations Think of the basic rules you learned growing up, like saying please and thank you. Address people you don't know as Mr., Mrs., or Dr. Only address someone by first name if they imply it's okay to do so. Today’s forum indicates that people no...

Mount Everest

It has been a long time since I came back to these pages, penning what is catching me in interest - it can be anger, anguish, pride, info - anything of value. When I am away from blogging for quite sometime, I feel very very guilty within myself. But inertia takes over and prevents from coming back. I have to fight that resistance and get back to it. If writing, within the comforts of a table and chair itself needs so much mental work, just imagine what it would require to climb the highest peak. so this post is all about some known facts about my most fascinating topic MOUNT EVEREST Recently amongst all those heart rendering scenarios about Mangalore Air crash on the same day, there was yet another Human Endurance tribute that happened On 22 nd May, 2010 Early Saturday morning, 16-year-old Indian schoolboy from the National Capital Region, Arjun Vajpai , became the youngest Indian to successfully climb the world's highest peak, 8,848-metre-high Mount Everest, via the tradit...