This is an interesting article on microfinance.

An excerpt: 

“Kiva, which means “unity” in Swahili, is a lending organization with a twist: Anyone with a bit of money and an Internet connection can step forward as a microlender to assist struggling third-world entrepreneurs get out of poverty.

In their office in San Francisco’s Mission District, Matt and Jessica Flannery and Premal Shah work with the fervor and techno savvy of an Internet startup aiming for an IPO. But they aren’t chasing the cash for themselves”

www.kiva.org, a Web site that provides information about entrepreneurs in poor countries — their photos, loan proposals and credit history — and allows people to make direct loans to them.”  

I think it is a good idea , if it remains with a good deal of transparency.Premal Shah  should also look at microlending in some parts of rural India as well.

Good Karma goes to Matt, Jessica and Premal for making the WORLD a better place!

That’s a beautiful  Classic Song, dedicated to  my best friends back home and in Newzealand! ”yaroon dosti badi hi haseen hai”

I checked my balcony today where I saw a rock pigeon and her nest.A close look from inside my balcony window reveals that she has laid two eggs.But what a mess she has done to the balcony!

Nature right here in my balcony!

Looks like tirumala tirupati devasthanams have redesigned their main webpage.They have used macromedia.Looks nice.The site has a telugu panchangam  2007 etc…But I guess this main webpage will take sometime to download  even if you  have high broadband for sure.

I have been watching this show from the auditioning phase and it was boring at the beginning with not so great acts.But, I must say that in the last two weeks every single one of these acts kicked up top notch. It  was nice watching the final acts for America’s Got Talent today.

Will have to see who’s worth winning the million dollars.My vote goes to Terry Fator- singer and ventriloquist,he is truely a seasoned professional.

So, what do you think?