The Gurgaon police’s anti-laptop robbery squad is facing an unusual hurdle the English language. The one-of-a-kind team was formed to probe the rising number of laptop thefts 125 in 2008. The policemen, chasing two gangs of laptop-robbers, had to return empty handed from Tamil Nadu and Kerala last month because they could not communicate with [...]

What is the record, you may ask? Creating the thickest charge sheet against a single person, spanning more than 11,000 pages which no one is going to ever read! Excerpt from the article in HT “The police filed a 11,280-page charge-sheet against Kasab, the lone survivor among the 10 terrorists, two Indians — Fahim Akhtar [...]

Can any one please tell Bank of Baroda that we have been using the Metric System of measurement forever now! We work on kilometers and not miles. If a bank can change to the Standard System (followed by the US) for just an advertisement, language changes would be the least of our worries! “Gone are [...]

All of us on our daily commute have come across beggars at intersections and crossings. What do we do? Give them money when they come near us or shoo them away by cursing them. I have seen many children beg on the streets and it hurts to see them in such a state, is it [...]

As I was reading HT Business today, I came across an article “The Facebook lesson: urgent need to re-examine the business model” on the front page, written by N Madhavan (Associate Editor). Not sure how many of you have read it but if you havn’t then you just saved 10 min of your precious time. [...]

What is don’t understand is how DDA gave a clean chit to its on men after investigation? And now the top cops of EOW (Economic Offence Wing) who were heading the investigation got transferred out of Delhi. This means there is a major involvement of politicians who do not want the scam to be unearthed. [...]

Lately I have seen brands entering into cross promotion without adding any value to their products… At this point of time it looks as if it is just brand awareness without expecting any tangible results from marketing. Check out the cross promotion gimmick “Dandruff Free – Toh Coffee Free” by Clinic All Clear and Café [...]

Another one of those stupid government schemes… but this one actually worked! Never the less, this is a funny read. Article taken from HT Vasectomy has always been an unpopular operation in the dacoit-infested Chambal district of Madhya Pradesh, but it enjoyed a brief surge in popularity last year. More than 250 men put their [...]

No need to worry, FB has decided to return to previous Terms of Use while they resolve the issues that people have raised. Facebook on Monday said it is not usurping users’ content despite changing service terms to claim “perpetual worldwide license” to anything posted at the social-networking website. Under the new terms, which came [...]

If you are looking for jobs in India and are tired of going through different company websites and job portals every single day, then I would like to suggest you a few job search engines which would make your life easy. 1. Faayda.com: Offers free jobs posting for recruiters also. 2. SimplyHired.co.in 3. Indeed.co.in 4. [...]

This has to be a joke! What the government could not do in decades after independence, they plan to do that in the next 6 years. Unlink all government plans which have a gestation period of minimum 10 years, this one will stretch to 50. Maybe Mr. L.K Advani is still hanging around waiting to [...]

Yes! Cribb.in is 2 year old today… I started blogging on cribb.in back in Feb. 2007 which seems like it was just yesterday. A personal blog requires no less attention and care than a new born baby and that is what is need to propel it’s growth. In these two years, cribb.in has used over [...]