Archive for February, 2008
I happened to read an article in HT on “US site sells undies with Bapu images; riled India protests” and then I went online to cafepress.com to have a look at the images myself. After typing in some keywords like Gandhi, Hindu, Shiva etc i got to see some images which the article was referring [...]
February 29th, 2008 | Posted in Cribbin, Government, Websites | Comments Off
Have you seen ibibo’s commercials, the balti thing? Personally i think they are crappy without much concept but then that’s just me. A bomb squad trying to defuse a bomb, a lady sick of her husbands photo collection… in both commercials the key person is called a balti, if you think about it for a [...]
February 28th, 2008 | Posted in Advertising, Cribbin, Websites | 3 Comments
In a country where even politicians beg, there is hardly any surprise when a beggar on the street is more qualified then you and even makes more money. Besides, they are their own boss Read the funny article below, taken from HT With homes & degrees, city beggars can be choosers FINDS SOME EARN OVER [...]
February 27th, 2008 | Posted in Cribbin, Education, Funny | Comments Off
We are seeing the feel good factor of Indian Economy in the Railway Budget, Lalu Ji brought down the price of Rail travel giving some more competition to the low cost airlines. Lets See if the Civil Aviation Minister Shri. Praful Patel will do the same. New Delhi: Railway Minister Lalu Prasad had promised that [...]
February 26th, 2008 | Posted in Economy, Government | 1 Comment
Got this from a friend, thought i would share it on the blog as well. It’s true! Hell and heaven are both on earth! With Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in between!
February 26th, 2008 | Posted in Cribbin, Funny | Comments Off
Defence Minister A.K. Antony’s waving to the crowd… but wait! There was NO crowd, no civilians I mean… there were only soldiers. Maybe this is his way of saluting? Can someone please show him how it’s done?
February 25th, 2008 | Posted in Cribbin, Funny | 4 Comments
Getting a loan for almost anything is just a phone call away and that is why you need to be extra careful while even thinking about it, you might just end up paying for it with your life. Even after the Supreme Court has directed banks not to resort to bully tactics for loan recovery, [...]
February 25th, 2008 | Posted in Banking, Cribbin | Comments Off
I read this article today on HT, by Sushmita Bose… Can’t help but wonder what was the whole story about? Ok.. i get the part about the taxi driver asking for more money… but then what is “sandesh, peas kachori and aloo dum” about? Konu batai eeh ka kah rahi hai? Sorry for my “railways” [...]
February 24th, 2008 | Posted in Cribbin | Comments Off
I was reading the morning newspaper and saw this article on the Hutch – Vodafone commercial dog. Surely pretty much everyone has seen the commercial in which the dog follows the little kid everywhere. The article reportedly says that after the ad aired on T.V the breed become so popular that almost 50,000 pups were [...]
February 23rd, 2008 | Posted in Advertising, Cribbin | 1 Comment
Getting unsolicited marketing calls day in day out? If so, below is a list where you can de-register your phone number so that you don’t get any more calls. It takes 45 days to come into affect though. For more info you can visit the National Do Not Call Registry (NDNC Registry) maintained by Telecom [...]
February 22nd, 2008 | Posted in Cribbin, NDNC | 5 Comments