Monday, November 28, 2011

Places To See and Eat in At Amritsar

If you are planning to go to Amritsar, here are some links which would be of interest: Jalianwala Bagh (http://calmisc.blogspot.com/2011/01/jallianwala-bagh-massacre.html), Kesar Da Dhaba, Lassi Near Hindu College, Durdiana Mandir, Mata Mandir, Golden Temple.

About Amritsar And Wagah:


Mandirs:
Mata Devi


Food related:


http://www.thehindu.com/arts/magazine/article495085.ece?service=mobile (ahuja lassi, hindu college and jalebi in Katra Ahluwalia)


Special thanks to Gunda for the info she provided fast. In return I will let her tell me as many Sardarji jokes as she likes.

What Was The Man Doing With His Camera On The Cliff?


I am reminded of a minor incident near a railway station which involved myself. I had often wished i had a photo of the same.

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Monday, November 14, 2011

Petit Le Prince

A friend of mine told me about Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. I was reading about it. And I found some quotations from the book in this (http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/4/20/23953/2559) link.

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Calcutta Girl Wins Prize

Some Articles On Relationships

A friend sent me a link on relationships; about the kind of men you shouldn't marry. I did a back of the envelope calculation: 

There are 7 billion people in the world. 3.5 billion males.
Males up to 18 years age (@20% of total population):  0.7 billion
Males above 60 years of age (@15% of total population): 0.5 billion
Males between 18 and 60: = 3.5 - 0.7 - 0.5 = 2.3 billion
Males (and also females) between 18 and 60 who are not married (@40% of above population): 0.9 billion =900 million.

After you eliminate all of the kind of males listed in the article, I wonder how many of the 900 million males will remain still eligible though. Maybe 2 million?

So 900 million women would be looking out for 2 million men? If a man is part of this 2 million, imagine his odds. Wowowowow.

Another interesting article:

Apple Vs Google


Though a small post, this is one of the more interesting ones.

Friday, November 4, 2011

Amazing Photos

A friend gave me this link (http://www.digart.pl/galerie/10708/Jesien_w_rozkwicie.html). Make sure you click through all the pictures. Enjoy.

There are no people in the 14 pictures (I recall just one that has two people in the distance). 

Truly beautiful. Thanks Leeloo.

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Women Only Look For Love In a Relationship

It's official. Women only look for love. Who said money is as/more important? Read this for details. (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Now-senior-citizens-look-for-love-and-live-ins/articleshow/10586142.cms)

Reliance: Great Customer Service

I have always had great regards for Reliance, the 2nd largest phone company in India. Couple of recent experiences have left me shaken.

The first incident:
Few months back I went to their Web World (showroom) outlet to cancel a connection. They took my request and asked me to wait, they had to get an approval from their back end team. I was impressed. You mean, if I wanted to cancel the connection, do I need an approval? Not from my family mind you. But from their (corporate) family. 

I got a call, while still in the showroom, asking me why I wanted to close the connection. I explained. They tried to dissuade me. I politely said no. They took my request. 

A week later I got a bill. I paid it. I used to get calls from Reliance asking me to try out this option or that option. I kept saying I don't want any option and certainly not a bill at the end of it. If there is going to be any money payout from me without me explicitly asking for a reactivation, I do NOT want it. They assured me there will be NO bill.

I had not used my connection anyway subsequently. The next month I got a bill from Reliance. And then one more bill for the month after that for a different amount. This was painful.

I can understand that it is imperative to retain customers. Sticky revenues and all that. But sending bills after a customer has given a request for cancellation and paid the outstanding amount? Kudos to Reliance. They have taken a totally new refreshing approach to customer retention.

The next incident:
I got a bill for internet usage on the phone. I had used it the previous month and paid the bill in fill. Subsequently, I didn't use internet (mail etc). I called the customer support. I asked the lady who answered my call to explain to me the basis of the internet usage amount. She said I had used so many MB's and and each KB costs 10Paise. I was aghast. "Rs10 per MB?", I asked her. She replied patiently 10p/KB. I said i understand that - "Rs10 per MB?" It took her some time to switch from KB to MB.

I asked her to send me the details of usage. She replied she will have it sent in 48 hours. 

I asked her what details she would send to me. She replied that I would get my usage details. I again asked her "WHAT" details. Would the communication say I used the net at what time, how much I downloaded, which site I used etc or would it give me a summary of usage (total MB's used)? If it's the latter it won't help me. I already am contesting that. She replied then that it would have usage time, usage amount etc but not the name of the site.

Whew. I thanked her and said I will wait for the details and hung up.

I got an SMS immediately stating that as per my request I would henceforth get hardcopy bills and not e-bills.

If I die of Blood Pressure today, you know who caused it.

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