On 16th Oct, 2008 I predicted that soon one dollar would become equal to 50 rupees. Just after one week, my prediction became correct. Now one US dollar is around 50 rupees. Now I think it is right time to tell you the history of Indian currency, rupee. The origin of the word “rupee” is [...]

Rajinikanth is one of the most popular and influential actor of Indian cinema. He was paid Rs. 26 crores (about $6.25 million USD) for his latest blockbuster movie Sivaji: The Boss. Actually he is the highest paid actor in Asia after Jackie Chan. Millions of Indians are fan of his special dialog delivery style. Also, [...]

Do you know who is the world’s highest paid public speaker? The answer to this question is Tony Blair. Only a year after leaving the chair of prime minister of England, he has become the world’s highest paid public speaker. He has amassed a wealth of 12 million pounds over the past one year. This [...]

Microsoft has finally announced that it would soon introduce Web-based versions of Office. Now the Microsoft Office users will be able to edit their documents via a Web browser or mobile phone. Microsoft Office is a set of interrelated desktop applications, servers and services like Word, Excel, Access, Front Page etc. collectively referred to as [...]

Today is festival of lights, Diwali. It is celebrated by Hindus, Jains, and Sikhs across the globe as the “Festival of Lights,” where the lights or lamps signify victory of good over the evil within every human being. In many parts of India, it is the homecoming of Lord Ram of Ayodhya after a 14-year [...]

According to the latest report by US army, twitter can be used as an useful tool for terrorists. The report presented by the 304th Military Intelligence Battalion and posted to the Federation of American Scientists Web site carefully examines the possible ways terrorists could use the latest mobile and web technologies such as the GPS(Global [...]

Today I updated my Popularity contest plugin. When I tried to update the plugin with the latest version available on Alex King’s website, I received a fatal error in the admin console. After reading the reviews and updates on some blogs and forums, I came to know that the Popularity contest plugin has become outdated [...]

If you are a regular Google news visitor, then you must be aware of quote extraction in Google News. It offers a way to browse quotations extracted from the past 30 days of news. I use this tool see what popular persons and celebrities are saying on important topics. The only limitation was that it [...]

Gone are the days when people used to wait in long queues to get their train ticket booked. Now railway ticket reservation has become a matter of 2-3 minutes, thanks to IRCTC. It stands for Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation. It is a subsidiary of the Indian Railways that provides a fresh meal service [...]

There are many blogs on PC gadgets on internet. I often visit them for my hardware and software related doubts. Recently I happened to visit Gadget Advisor through one social networking website. Gadget Advisor is a new blog completely dedicated to PC hardware, software and tech news. It is growing and becoming established rapidly. The [...]

While browsing the orkut, I just saw one snap uploaded by some IIT Delhi student. This snaps sarcastically show the problems of dogs roaming inside the college campus. Even sometimes, they enter into the lecture hall. In this snaps IIT Prof Ashok Kr Gupta is taking the class of Thermodynamics. At the same time a [...]

Finally after 20 months, abhisays.com has entered the elite list of top 100,000 websites of world. Now its alexa ranking is 98,740. So is this a big achievement for abhisays? I would say Yes because blogging is not my full time business. I spend only 2-3 hours everyday on my blog otherwise it would have been [...]

I am not joking. It is now possible to get a free laptop in India. Just you need to get an internet connection. Reliance Communication has launched a nice plan for internet users. Just subscribe to their net connection for Rs 1500 every month only and get a free laptop. Moreover, there will not be [...]

You may have read my post on most viewed YouTube videos. Today I am sharing the most viewed YouTube video in India. This video is on Tsunami. A tsunami is a series of waves created when a body of water, such as an ocean, is rapidly displaced. The effects of a tsunami can be devastating [...]

Do you know who is the fastest bowler in history of world Cricket? Recently I have tried to find the answer of this question on internet. I saw several videos, read the achieves of various new papers and magazines and finally got the information that Jeff Thomson and Shoaib Akhtar are considered as the world’s [...]