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The modern marriage culture among mate

I find the mates (nepali laborers) marriage to be very modern…
Love marriage is very common among mates. They call it bhaga lena in hindi, literally mean ran away (with the bride). If the marriage does not work then flee away from that person again with somebody else. It’s also not rare for woman to flee [...]

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

Do you know that barter system still exists in most villages in uttarakhand, may be true for many other parts of India also

Among the villagers within a village, they don’t sell their products (mostly agricultural) or service. They exchange for something else that the other person can offer. Villagers never have to buy things like milk and vegetables. Mostly they will have cows or buffalo if not they will have small garden around their houses where they grow vegetables. Most villagers in this Himalayan part of India, with their limited land grow cereals, more or less adequate for their family.

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

How to catch copy paste from explorer using shell extension? ICopyHook alternative for files and folder

Handling copy paste/cut paste event from explorer using shell extension…
Solution to :
1. How to catch copy paste from explorer using shell extension? ICopyHook alternative for files and folder
2. Howto trap copy paste event from explorer to do your custom processing or even
3. Howto replace/substitute the copy-paste/cut-paste operation with your own copy or move or anything else

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

How to convert ASCII/UNICODE string to hex string? Function/API to convert to hex string

Code snippet/API/function to convert a ASCII/UNICODE string to HEX

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

How to solve ‘ReadFile hangs’ for named pipe client/server – sample working code for named pipe

Cause of ReadFile hangs for a named pipe client

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009