Exciting times
Flash News: Appada…I am a married man at last :D. Earlier I thought I can chronicle my marriage trials and tribulations in a blog series. Now I think I need a book project :). Anyway all is well that ends well. And I think I’ve got a person whose temperament fits mine to a T. Special thanks to NV sir’s parents for making it to the wedding and blessing us.
Another thing that got me excited was the pristine pure Radha Nagar beach, Havelock Island, Andaman. It’s truly one of the cleanest and the most beautiful of beaches in India. And nah, Goa and Kerala do not even come close in my opinion. Special thanks to Anthony Amalraj – my travel agent. Anthony runs Silverline Global Tours, Chennai. He is one guy I can boldly recommend to anyone. I have traveled to various places in his arrangement and we have always been very satisfied.
I also got a masterpiece book called ‘Seeking Wisdom’ by Peter Bevelin. And as is always the case with any book lover, a good book always gets me totally excited.
Last but not the least, came across a service called Spokn, by an Indian software company which takes on Skype and Google voice in its own inimitable way. Good to see an Indian tech company which knows a bit more than the ‘cost arbitrage’ pallavi.
The wedding ceremony, the new phase of life, a new book, a new stock I discovered, a new place I traveled… ah life is exciting indeed.
Hopefully I will blog more often in the days to come 
November 14th, 2009 at 11:10 am
Congrats on your marriage. Wish you a great married life.
November 14th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
Congratulations! May you both be surrounded with love, laughter and sunshine!
November 14th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
Re- your wedding - You didn’t mention if it was an arranged or otherwise. Either way, sincere wishes for plenty of happier times in the next phase.
Re- spokn - More than Skype and Google, I think their competition is companies such as RebTel (www.rebtel.com) and LocalPhone.com.
Notice how they have local access numbers for even Pakistan, but not India. Same with Rebtel, and this is from their FaceBook post:
“It’s difficult to say when India will become a Rebtel Country. The main problem lies in Indian VoIP regulations, which are very strict. There have been services in the past that have offered local numbers in India, but they were shut down by Indian authorities.”
Any thoughts on why the government is paranoid about VoIP in India?
November 15th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
Congratulations. And wishes for a happy married life.
November 16th, 2009 at 12:38 am
Congrats & best wishes for a happy life.
November 16th, 2009 at 12:54 am
Pk,
My Best wishes to you and your wife ! God bless you with all happiness always.
I was happy that I could talk to you on your wedding day..didn’t expect it would happen !!
My parents were happy as well…to attend your wedding !!
I am glad you enjoyed your HoneyMoon in Andamans…Please post some pics. of the beautiful beach.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:15 am
Hearty Congratulations once again PK.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:40 am
Congrats and Best Wishes.
‘cost arbitrage’ pallavi Lol, but is that their difference ? haven’t checked out yet.
November 17th, 2009 at 12:47 am
Hi PK, Hearty Congratulations to you and your wife for a happy married life! Do post some pics of Andaman.
November 17th, 2009 at 6:26 am
Vaazhthugal PK
November 17th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
congratulations and a very happy married life to you both…
November 19th, 2009 at 8:35 am
Congrats Mr.Prabhu Karthik
November 19th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
Dear PK,
Congrats and God bless… that explains your absence from the blog world.. hope the blogging will be more frequent from now on
Cheers,
R.Karthik
November 20th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
dear prabhu
happy wedding life!
November 23rd, 2009 at 4:07 pm
Pk..
Nice to see this post..Talk to you soon.
Wishing you a happy wedded life
Priya
November 24th, 2009 at 7:26 am
Wow! Congrats! Happy married life!
November 25th, 2009 at 2:52 am
Congratulations !
Now, may the henpecking jokes begin.
For starters, may you be dealt with sternly for clubbing the mention of marriage with other sundries in these post.
November 27th, 2009 at 12:52 am
All,
Thank you for the wishes
Ram,
Thanks for the link. I did see Rebtel and LocalPhone. I can understand therese are similiar offerings from competitors. Hmm.. nelamaya partha, more than these guys making money, they will burn the fingers of telecom companies nu mattum theliva theriyudhu…
Namba govt. is a bit slow to open up in almost all matters… unless like half the nation adopts this, they will choose to ignore this segment..
Only that fortuitously this slowness worked to our advantage in opening up our banking, financial services with abandon
Geodesic… seems pretty decent for an Indian company… they generate about 800 crores with 450 employees.. not bad in my view..
Compares very favorably even with service providers like Infy….whhat do you think?
November 27th, 2009 at 12:53 am
BNB
Yeah i think they are quite different. They generate decent operating margins..unlike services companies.. do check out and let me know…
November 27th, 2009 at 12:54 am
Dagalti
“may you be dealt with sternly ..” LOL,