A few days back I got the much awaited Voters ID card. The BLO did not visit my house, they choose to hire the community center and sit pretty while all the residents walked in. I can understand that it would be very difficult for the BLO to walk up to every resident considering that [...]

Call me a pessimist but I am just stating the truth here. There are two likely scenarios to the Commonwealth Games which will possibly have a similar outcome no matter what happens. 1. Despite the odds, India does get to host the Commonwealth Games in Delhi but they are so poorly organized and the facilities [...]

The Delhi Development Authority’s (DDA) latest housing scheme offering 5,010 flats across the Capital seems to have hit a legal hurdle. A Delhi-based NGO – Society of Catalysts – has dragged the DDA to the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission for allegedly practising “restrictive” and “unfair” trade practices by imposing certain “pre-conditions” on applicants. A [...]

Yes, you read it right…. it’s Loosership and not Leadership I have been seeing this advertising about the leadership summit on HT since a couple weeks now and I really don’t understand if it is of any good. My confusion starts with the name itself. Aditya Birla Group Presents in partnership with CNN IBN, the [...]

Quantum of Solace is opening in India a week before its US release. Lead actor Daniel Craig says, “Bond films have been a huge hit in India and that’s why we wanted to give Indian audiences the thrill of seeing the spy movie before the Americans do”. Though it is something to be proud of, [...]

When Merrill Lynch investment management business merged with BlackRock back in 2006, why did DSP take this long to change its name from DSP Merrill Lynch to DSP BlackRock? I guess the brand Merrill Lynch is of no good these days!

Update: Sorry, i had to deactivate the feature as it was causing some technical problems Yes! We speak 2 languages now (English & Hindi). With the help of Google translation service we have been able to translate all English articles on this blog to Hindi for the benefit of Hindi reading visitors. If you see [...]

Atricle taken from HT epaper. Written by Amit Sharma. The uproar over the ongoing tirade against north Indians by Raj Thackeray in Mumbai found an echo in Ludhiana on Monday. The Akhil Bhartiya Poorvanchal Vikas Parishad a registered organisation representing lakhs of migrant labourers from the Hindi speaking belt putting a Rs 51 lakh bounty [...]

I was having Hazelnut coffee a couple days back at Vasant Vihar Barista and noticed the poster below, the thing that struck me instantly was that the face resembled Aish. Not a bad way of making someone your brand ambassador without having to pay any royalty

When you receive your Voter’s Photo Identity Card, please sign on the Delivery Booklet available with the Booth Level Officer/Official delivering the card. If you already have a Voter’s Photo Identity Card, please keep it ready, at the time of receiving the new Voter’s Photo Identity Card, the old Voter’s Photo Identity Card must be [...]