by Faisal Amin | Oct 14, 2014 | fruitbowl
In a nation like India, where the public don’t forget to litter on the streets more than once in a day it’s a wonder why we don’t have more campaigns like these integrated on a national level.
The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is the first ever national level campaign that was initiated on the 2nd of October by the Government of India. This campaign started off to a great beginning where in the Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself wielded a broom and started cleaning roads, becoming an inspiration for all! On the very same day Modi also addressed all the citizens of India asking them to join this campaign.
This campaign is one of India’s biggest cleanliness drive and & around 3 million government employees and students of colleges and schools joined this initiative.
So often we just pass by the real heroes of Mumbai, aka the BMC helpers who clean the roads on a daily basis. So for once it’s our turn to step into their shoes and know what it’s like to keep Mumbai clean. As a citizen of this vast nation, we hope that the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan continues for the years to come….
by Faisal Amin | Oct 13, 2014 | fruitbowl
As experts in the world of media, it’s in the job description that we have to stay tuned to all the current news. So when we found out that the man behind Facebook aka Mark Zuckerberg was making his way to India specifically to meet our very own resident superhero and newly elected PM, we knew this was the stuff that made headlines.
As fellow Indian you might already know that our nation ranks high in terms of population and a large quantity of Facebook users are from India. According to Zuckerberg India has the potential to be the first country in which Facebook deploys drones to provide broadband connectivity in remote and inaccessible area.
Zuckerberg has big plans for the development of India’s internet usage. During his short stay here he travelled to as many parts of India as time would permit and spoke to people in different walks of life. India is a diverse nation and even in the 21st century a majority of the population do not have access to basic necessities let alone internet & social networking sites. He proposed that Facebook could contribute to India’s Rs 21,000-crore NOFN project on last-mile connectivity. He spoke of alternate technology such as drones and satellite communications playing a critical part in this last-mile linkage.
Under the government’s ambitious Digital India initiative, the government plans use the NOFN project to deliver e-services in areas such as health, education etc to every nook and corner of the country.
However Zuckerberg intends to target the end consumer–homes, schools, hospitals and other institutions which may require wireless technology, particularly in hard-to-reach areas. This is where Facebook senses an opportunity to use its yet-to-be-developed drones.
We completely understand why the Indian government is so keen on Facebook’s participation in helping to develop India’s Digital Programme. This whole plan has a lot of potential to help in develop the nation as a whole.
We completely understand why the Indian government is so keen on Facebook’s participation in helping to develop India’s Digital Programme. This whole plan has a lot of potential to help in develop the nation as a whole.
by Faisal Amin | Jul 2, 2014 | fruitbowl
The much awaited Mumbai metro rail finally opened for public use this Sunday.
Thousands of Mumbaikars flocked to their nearest metro stations for their ride of the newest mode of transport in the city.
However, the Twitterverse was already gearing up for this D-Day months ago.
The official Mumbai Metro Twitter account has been giving out all the information, people need to know about this world-class mode of transport which has dramatically reduced the travel time between Versova and Ghatkopar, running through various locations like Saki Naka and Marol which are often prone to traffic jams. It has got about 1268 followers and counting.
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by Faisal Amin | Apr 14, 2014 | Life At FruitBowl
We at our office celebrate some really weird days and hence, we decided to celebrate White Shirt Day! 🙂
We were all dressed in White shirts! The only way we were planning to making it memorable by taking some photos in weird way by placing GO-Pro on our cycle’s roof (Yes,We have a cycle hung to our roof. Cool,na?) So when our bosses left, We tried to click some of our pictures.
Here are some of those:
Amanda asking Rickie to teach her the pose
We actually tried to spin the cycle on our roof! 😀 Ok ok. We were spinning at our superficial pace 🙂
A decent picture of our team 🙂
We are such a decent team na?
No more! (I mean No more for only that day) We thought of doing some fun and what else would be better than doing a Harlem Shake?
This video is just a trailer of how much fun we had. It is short because our designers too busy doing their work 🙁 So that’s why we had to cut it in short.
Have a Look at it here.You can leave your comments by liking our page :-
