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Cisco Systems has been promoting rural education through using of innovative technology and harnessing young entrepreneurship. In Chhindwara(Madhya Pradesh), Cisco has helped three entrepreneurs to help achieve their Lakshya (Goal) of establishing a network for virtual education. Full story here.

Natural Path (Sahaj Marg) meditation is a simplified form of Raja Yoga meditation. Unique among Indian yogic practices, the Sahaj Marg system offers us

I got couple of emails from folks who attended Alumni Meets.

Testing blog post on the move :)

-- Posted from my iPhone

Micro-financing has taken off in a big way and is no longer a 'micro' business. Organizations like Kiva pioneered this concept on a global scale. Now, in India, Ella Bhatt has helped a social revolution through SEWA.

Sewa finances women who make Agarbattis (incense sticks), bangles, kites, bidis or sell vegetables, recycle paper etc. These are small enterprises which go a long way in making the women economically independant.

A NRI (non-resident Indian) family decides to visit India to spend time with family and friends. It’s a happy family comprising of two small children who are loved dearly by their parents.

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Anousheh Ansari has the distinction of writing the first blog from outer space ! This remarkable lady of Persian roots is also the first female space tourist - she has funded her seat aboard the Russian space shuttle Soyuz.

The YouTube epidemic - One of the big hits to emerge on YouTube this summer was Lonelygirl15, a pouting teenager webcasting from her bedroom who turned out to be an actress hired by three ambitious wannabe producers with plans for an Internet film project. [Biz News]

Web 2.0 is the new buzz word that is defining the direction of the Internet - in the way, the users interact and use it. If Web 1.0 was the static way of using the internet and delivery of content, then Web 2.0 represents a dynamic way of content generation by the end users themselves.