Jankar Baniye series of articles on banking and payments fraud
Author Archives: Salil Datar
In the Wonderland of AI
AI has taken centre stage and has become the next big thing everyone has been talking about. I too have been reading extensively about it, however, I decided to experience a few AI tools handson for some creative use cases. In this blog, I share my experience at DIY using AI enabled tools such asContinue reading “In the Wonderland of AI”
Life in times of Tinder, Bumble and Hinge
A few months ago, my son returned home from the USA, and to understand life of young adults in America we delved into various topics, including dating. I questioned the necessity of dating apps in comparison to meeting potential partners in natural settings like campus, work, or social circles as we did in our youngerContinue reading “Life in times of Tinder, Bumble and Hinge “
Stories to Tell – Jamtara from reel life to real life
I’m sure most of the readers must have watched the web series Jamtara released some 3 years back on Netflix in 2020.The web-series is based on real-life incidents around the widespread growth of phishing calls and organised cyber crimes of scamming. I too have watched it and was quite fascinated by the boldness of theContinue reading “Stories to Tell – Jamtara from reel life to real life”
Undercover Economist – Of Lipsticks,Underwears and Recession
All the drum beating during the recent Union Budget followed by everyone blowing the bugle of India getting the G20 stewardship made for a great feel good factor. This coupled with some of our friends galavanting to Jaipur, Udaipur, Goa et al to attend destination weddings has made one believe that all’s well with India.Continue reading “Undercover Economist – Of Lipsticks,Underwears and Recession”
2022 Ghupshup from here and there
2022 has been a roller coaster year not only for me but also for everyone else as well, especially with COVID surging , hopefully for one last time before tapering off. As COVID tapered, floodgates opened on travel, the wait time for international VISA to EU increased, for USA it extended to beyond 1000 days.AsContinue reading “2022 Ghupshup from here and there”
COVID Tales – Road to recovery – A Few Learnings in handling long recovery ailments
As we all know, given the urgency due to the outbreak of the pandemic, approvals for Covid vaccinations were fast tracked. This did not give pharma companies enough time to complete clinical trials and prepare everyone for protocols to handle adverse reactions. While this was done for the larger good, it has meant quite aContinue reading “COVID Tales – Road to recovery – A Few Learnings in handling long recovery ailments“
Off The Beaten Track – Travel blog – Rameshwar – Chettinad – Madurai- Part 2
The Bangala – excitement of a surprise guestAs we moved in to enjoy our stay at The Bangala we could sense the pristine glory of this nice and spacious 90+ year old property. It has a pool with a lot of greenery and open space which gives it a colonial club type feel. When weContinue reading “Off The Beaten Track – Travel blog – Rameshwar – Chettinad – Madurai- Part 2”
Off The Beaten Track – Travel blog – Rameshwar – Chettinad – Madurai
Recently my parents joined a package tour covering Rameshwar-Chettinad- Madurai. They were all praise for the Rameshwaram temple, chettiar mansions at Chettinad and of course the Meenakshi Amman temple at Madurai. We too decided to explore this route on our own to be able to do it at our own pace. Rameshwar and Madurai areContinue reading “Off The Beaten Track – Travel blog – Rameshwar – Chettinad – Madurai“
Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav- Statue of Unity Travel log
Celebrating the 75th independence day, I had quite a few exciting moments. On 15th Aug, one of my friends shared a reprint of the 15th Aug 1947 edition of Free Press journal. While going through the paper, I came across this very interesting advertisement from Tata Mills on the state of India’s per capita clothContinue reading “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav- Statue of Unity Travel log“
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