Archive for February, 2008
Its high time BCCI should stat their own “Entertainment” channel… mind it i did not call it a “Sports” channel. The reason i guess is known to everyone, Cricket no longer seems to be a sport, its pure entertainment. India is cricket crazy, no wonder why people have tried to cash in every time. Forgetting [...]
February 21st, 2008 | Posted in Cribbin, Entertainment | No Comments
If you have ever shopped on indiatimes.com, then this logo would be a tad bit familiar to you. While shopping online, I am usually very careful to read all the terms and conditions especially on Indian shopping portals. The fine print can be something else and what is advertised when you buy can be totally [...]
February 20th, 2008 | Posted in Advertising, Cribbin, Online Shopping, Websites | 6 Comments
To be honest, no matter how much SBI advertises i still am not comfortable opening an account with them… reason being they still work like any government office. This was proved once again when they lost Rs. 15000 of a DU student. Read the excerpt below (taken from Hindustan Times) THE NEXT time you visit [...]
February 19th, 2008 | Posted in Banking, Cribbin | No Comments
Dear Phill: I hope you can help me here. The other day I set off for work leaving my husband in the house watching the TV as usual. I hadn’t gone more than a mile down the road when my engine conked out and the car shuddered to a halt. I walked back home to [...]
February 18th, 2008 | Posted in Cribbin, Funny | 1 Comment
Got an invitation to join a “I don’t smoke. There are cooler ways to die.” by a friend on facebook. Since i am against smoking, i joined the group as well… saw some gruesome photographs posted on the group… including this one which i have put here. If you are on face book, i would [...]
February 18th, 2008 | Posted in Cribbin, Education, Health | No Comments
If you are based in Delhi and have a MTNL (Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited) landline phone, then you should pay attention to his article. Today I got my landline phone bill and was taking a look at it, wanted to check the payment due. My eyes went straight to the amount mentioned in red. To [...]
February 15th, 2008 | Posted in Cribbin, Delhi, Government | 1 Comment
Seems to me that Subhiksha has bit more than what they can chew. I googled “Subhiksha Mobile” and found that Subhiksha as 2 websites dedicate for thier online mobile store. The unfortunate parts is that, both the website have no info about the product apart from a contact number and sms to reach them. So [...]
February 14th, 2008 | Posted in Advertising, Cribbin, Websites | 10 Comments
Hands down this is the worst commercial concept yet for IDEA Cellular. First they hired Abhishek again, and then the stupid concept. The only thing that goes well with the concept is Abhishek though, he actually look like a character who i could imagine as a guide in Agra, makes me wonder that he could [...]
February 13th, 2008 | Posted in Advertising, Cribbin, Print Media | 1 Comment
I logged on to my facebook account to check a few thing and guess what i saw… IBN Live advertising Britney’s Blunders to get people to their website.. now this is what i call entertainment. The Ad read “Watch the hit pics of Britney Spears only on IBN Live” and naturally i clicked… not only [...]
February 11th, 2008 | Posted in Advertising, Websites | No Comments