Trip to Dubai
Best and economical place to stay is at Sharjah the business headquarters for UAE.
We got a suite for only $80 which included a great breakfast and free parking. Note we got it so cheap as it was during Ramzan. See the hotel Al Maha hotel, King Faisal Street, P.O. Box 27776, Sharjah U.A.E. Live Life like Dubai Sultan another look at Al Maha Regency ( Just behind King Faisal Road and monument).
We booked the hotel via Kayak and car booking via car booking website in US, search car booking via Kayak. Got car for one day at $25.
It is only 12 miles from there to Dubai, but please rent a GPS, or load Dubai's GPS in one own GPS. Road in Dubai are hopelessly confusing. And the worst is asking a local for direction. There are too many construction and not really helpful direction. We started from our hotel at 5 pm and reached Dubai's Dubai Mall at 8 PM, took around 2 to 2.5 hours to reach back. :-)
Do see
Al Burj
Dubai Mall
In THe mall see the Jumerriah Beach and Burj Al Arab
Trip to Oman
If you really want to have areal arabian expereince visit Oman the land of enchantment and described in as a land of great natural beauty on the southeast corner of the Arabian Peninsula. See for more info
VISA information
FOr US Citizen get Oman visa for only 16$ for 30 days, See the US State Dept of Travel website here
For Indian Citizens again the same cost of 30 days. See here
Monday, December 21, 2009
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Altruism Indian IT and hidden architect Sam Pitroda
One person who made it and certainly all of IT and people like us who are deriving benefits from it, shoiuld know this guy with the naive but most helpful PM Rajiv Gandhi(with his grandfather Nehru) - Sam Pitorda
His biggest stuff (remember he came to impress Indira Gandhi maybe her death lead to Rajiv's coming)
1. Deregulation of IT Laws also C-Dot
2. Creation of first outsourcing to Infosys when he got GE a contract to India. See article
3. Cellular Regulation creation of the world's largest people connected.
Videos on Him
A nice documentary from SkochConsultancy Sam Pitorda a Dreamer
A small interview with him See here Innovation 100
Voice of America video on him
His thoughts and his life in a Harvard article
His biggest stuff (remember he came to impress Indira Gandhi maybe her death lead to Rajiv's coming)
1. Deregulation of IT Laws also C-Dot
2. Creation of first outsourcing to Infosys when he got GE a contract to India. See article
3. Cellular Regulation creation of the world's largest people connected.
Videos on Him
A nice documentary from SkochConsultancy Sam Pitorda a Dreamer
A small interview with him See here Innovation 100
Voice of America video on him
His thoughts and his life in a Harvard article
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