Motorola thinks so. Ram growls at Motorola and asks them a few questions for giving lame excuses instead of providing an after sales service for the faulty cell phone he bought recently.
Should the retailer not advise about the one week warranty on the 1st instance and direct to the right service centre?
Should we get time [...]
Badri indluges in IAS talk and for a change he picks up the role models.
He had once tried to introduce a transparent systems by which files related to public works are freely available online at http://bngregcommr.freespaces.com/ (link broken), but three days before the site became operational, he got transferred with immediate effect. That was just [...]
Dr Arvind Sharma citing a couple of anecdotes enounces that Ramayana is morally rigid while Mahabharata is morally convenient. The convergence he sees in the propounding of Dharma
Should it be that one taking a vow could break it, that there is nothing such as personal and social morality? Is the entire common-life moral structure that [...]
Vikas Sharma at Ghumakkar explores Shrikhand Mahadev what he calls the unexplored Himanchal.
To reach Shrikhand Mahadev peak, one has to go to Shimla, and then to Rampur (140 KM ahead). From Rampur, one way goes to Sarahan and the other to Nirmand. While trekking, Sarahan route is little tough than Nirmand wala route. Another route [...]
The river of life flows by us all while we walk beside it; sometimes in wet sand, sometimes on the gravel. 30in2005 just had her birthday, and has posted a lovely read about her life so far:
12. I hold a degree that people look at suspiciously. Like, “Loser, you didn’t get into anything else did [...]
If Bollywood could latch on, then why shouldn’t India Inc. catch on. So, are Indian Corporates jumping on the blog-wagon?
There was always those fans of Tommy F, Infosys.Then I was pointed today to Wipro. And just when I thought only software companies did it, I stumbled on Mahindra.
Which Indian corporate(s) would you like to see [...]
I’m tempted to say that this is yet another politician joining the blog-wagon. But I think these rather present a better perspective to their words and views. I cannot vouch for this blog’s authenticity, but my personal opinion is that this blog does belong to Omar Abdullah:
They say you cannot keep all of the people [...]
How many points would you have to write if you did it for the number of years you have lived? D at Singapore Ahoy has such a list and all I will tell you is that mine would be considerably longer than hers’.
12) This [...] list is damn tiring.
13) I can’t wait to cut my [...]
Mampi was one of the judges at the Miss Punjaban Pageant. Hear about her experience in two parts, here and here:
The anchor, remember that damsel in westerns?, came and spoke Punjabi with an accent. On camera she would speak Punjabi, and off camera she would start speaking Hindi. I wanted to speak in the collar [...]
Sayesha pens a poem for all bloggers “who are bloody brilliant bloggers, but they just won’t blog”:
Aalas ka hi toh namoona hai
Ki blog tumhara soona hai
Maana tumne dil ka haal likha
Abbe, woh toh pichhle saal likha!
Aaj ki kya taaza khabar hai?
Banjar hai re, sab banjar hai!
Daftar mein bahut ho biji biji?
Arre kitne kaam hain niji [...]
Rajeev talks to his pony man on a trip to Hemkunt Sahib. And then it takes an interesting turn.
Why, I said with a sudden spark of entrepreneurial ingenuity, you could give horse riding lessons!
He smiled, said nothing. Perhaps my idea was either too good, or downright silly. Who would come [...]
I am a big fan of Rauf’s photography and I am sure you’ll understand why I say so. He brings back powerful pictures of Thrissur Pooram festival of Kerala. Also, he has a unique way of describing his story.
Sample this. :)
This festival is called Thrissur Pooram. Mid April every year.
Please google ‘Thrissur Pooram’ and check, [...]
A review of Harivansh Rai Bachchan’s ‘Dashdwar se Sopan tak‘ by Unmukt. The book is in Hindi, so is the review.
Jignesh was near a blast sight in Ahmedabad last night-
So we reached to the shop of spectacles, I gave my specs to the person in the shop. Inbetween, people inside the shop were talking about the crowd, they told me, there was a bomb blast there. In just 2 miunutes the person fixed my specs [...]
Bombs rock Ahmedabad a day after Bangalore. Vijay Reacts-
State Governments should step up their activity to modernise the police force, equip them with CCTV cameras, phone monitoring and above all allow them to work independently to prevent crimes instead of forcing them to perform mundane activities.
I dont see any point in blaming central government - [...]
Shrinidhi is at his reviewing best when he weighs the pros and cons of booking a ticket via Redbus.in-
I’ve personally experienced in Omer travels who put plastic stools in the passage way and accommodate extra people. Money earned through these unaccounted seats is often shared among bus crew and travel agent who brings the passengers. [...]
Anwin has posted the Do’s and Don’ts to keep in the time of bomb blasts.
* Follow directions from people in authority (police, fire, EMS, or military personnel, or from school or workplace supervisors).
* Please send sms alerts to police control room to 98440-51677. you can also send blast photos for quick analysis to police head [...]
You wouldn’t get to hear the male vocals of Phir Dekhiye (from the upcoming movie Rock On) in it’s original album. But listen to George Kuruvilla’s rendition of this song in his music blog, with Jay Swaminathan who created the backing track.
On the Hoot story page, S R Ramanujan analyzes the media ethics behind not disclosing the sting that caught three MPs and bundles of cash being exchanged, the tape of which was handed over to the Speaker of the Lok Sabha:
The editor-in-chief of the channel gave quite a righteous bite that the channel did not [...]
Tired of being underpaid in his challenging regular job, Vinod has decided to write a bestselling novel.
Chapter Fifteen
“IT’S FINALLY HERE!!!” I yelled, “The part we’ve all been waiting for!! WOO HOO!!”
“You mean the part YOU have been waiting for?” said Jimmy, frowning at me with hatred, “We’re going to be stuck in our rooms, mugging [...]
Charukesi at Indsight posts a set of pictures and narrates the sights and sounds of the Crawford Market in Mumbai, and what thrives below the high arches of the old:
At a time when ‘foreign’ goods were banned in India’s closed market through the 1980s, this was the spot where the discerning South Bombay shopper headed [...]
Although the rather long post by Aijoni is a little old, I’d strongly advocate that you should read it. The post hits out at a lot of people for who the stereotypes stick out more due to ignorance and prejudices rather than first-hand interaction with actual people from the North East. And yes, there is [...]
Claire Cole, who is working in India temporarily, blogs about the politics of the policies that restrict the legality of elections of representatives based on the number of children they have.
At the first take, the policy is offensive because of its disempowerment of the very people who were supposed to be being empowered to lead. [...]
MS Raghunandan on the presence of mobile phones everywhere, including on the patient in the dentist’s chair.
I have a person in my dental chair who is half dead by fear even before I start working. Eyes are screwed shut, fists are tightly closed or the hands are clenching the handle of the chair tightly. Legs [...]
Max finds himself dancing to Arabic music in Malaysia. He is not sharing the video though, if one exists!
I love this kind of music and it is that steady beat, that endless pulse, and the indecipherable yet hypnotic words that keeps me rapt and fascinated. I watched men dancing with each other, arms waving, one [...]
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