The Chief Minister of Delhi has been aggressively promoting the registration of Aadhaar, the Unique Identification Number that every citizen should have. It is a 12 digit number which you should be able to get from any nearest Aadhaar registration center. This number will serve as a proof of identity.

This number will be issued free of cost and will be recognized all over India, it will help you in opening bank account, get you mobile connections etc.

For more info please call toll free on 1800 180 1947

So what is new in this? humm.. well nothing at all.. the sad part is that this is a yearly occurrence. Just like every summer there will be power cuts, in every monsoons there will be water logging and traffic jams. What are authorities doing about this.. well they have spent over Rs. 500 cr in Delhi alone to fix the issue but the situation remains the same. After scams and payoffs i believe only 50cr would be actually spend on road repair all over delhi and the work is purposely done in a 3rd class manner to last just season.

If you sit and think about it. We pay over 50% of our income in direct and indirect taxes. What do we get in return for it? No electricity, poor quality drinking water, bad roads which and polluted air to breath. Incredible India!

“Airtel money is a service offering from airtel Mcommerce Services Limited (AMSL) that allows you to load cash into your mobile and pay for just about anything: from a grocery store to a shopping mall or eating out with friends. airtel money is all you need…”

You would need a new Airtel money sim card to use this new service and then will be able to put in cash on it to pay merchants for both online and offline use.

Though this is a good service… I think sooner of later RBI will come and spoil the party here… why? because with this service you would be able to put in cash and make a payment or maybe transfer to your friend.. which means it has a potential to pass along black money between users. Since this has just been launched we will see what developments happen.. right now this service is mostly in Delhi, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

After my previous article on SpeakAsia, i went to their website today and saw a sneak preview of their new website.. seems like they are now going the product MLM way that to in FMCG sector. I have never been able to understand this concept.. you make member who try and push products to other people but the idea is not to sell the product but to make them as a chain member under you… so basically the actual product never gets sold but just the membership does. Worse concept than the survey deal!

Today morning i got an SMS which read “Want Tuition for Nursery, L.K.G, U.K.G & Class 1st to Class VIII” … this actually socked me that if there are people offering tuitions for Nursery then there has to be children taking tuitions for it! WOW… where has competition brought us, we are putting our children through pressure right from Nursery.. this is the age where they play and learn and not have the burden of taking tuitions. No wonder going through this pressure right from Nursery leads to children committing suicide when they are unable to reach their goals in higher classes.

Isn’t it time to rethink our education system?

Don’t trust everything you see on T.V, most of the ads these days are not worth trusting. Recently i came across many commercials by SpeakAsia about making money online just filling surveys from your home. Trust me.. none of those ads are real… I doubt even 1% of of the speaks asians who have enrolled in this program have been able to live fulltime on that income. Anyways, there has been a lot of legal talk behind the existence of the company in India and frankly i don’t understand why a company who has crores of rupees to spend on advertising does not even have a bank account in India. They are operating via their individual associates who provide their own bank accounts to accept cash or cheque. Anyone who thinks about this logically should have alarm bells ringing already.

If this was not enough, you need to go through their FAQ’s which they have put up online after the so much hohaa by press. The FAQ’s should make you run the other way. Read them on this page

I would love to hear your opinion on this so please comment below.

While reading the HTBusiness i came across an article on the main page reading “Honda cuts City prices as competition bites…” After a launch of New Hyundai Verna and the upcoming launch of the New Ford Fiesta, Honda decided to cut the prices of their best selling Honda City by Rs.44,000-Rs.66,000. The shocker to me is that the company is saying that this cut is not because of the competition but because of they have achieved cost reduction in their supply chain and manufacturing.

All of a sudden as the competition heated up, Honda achieved reduction in cost.. how convenient. Basically Honda milked the customers with their overly high priced car till the time there was no competition and then they reduced the price when say saw competition eating up their market share.

The question remains… what happens to the people who bough the city recently… would they get a refund?

As far as i know Britannia is not into manufacturing of Whiskey… so why would they name their chocolates biscuits after a Whiskey (Bourbon)? Are they trying to influence kinds to get familiar with the name bourbon so when they grown up the real bourbon feel very natural to them in terms of acceptance?

Google the definition of burbon and you will see what the fuss is all about.

Why was Yoga guru Baba Ramdev dress like a women, jumping and hiding in the crowd to save himself? He is undoubtedly a powerful personality himself with millions of followers so surely he should not be worried about his safety.. and why is Congress after his life? I don’t know if Baba Ramdev has any political agenda of his own but he fighting for corruption so why is Congress hell bent upon defaming him. Why don’t they want to bring the back money to India.. what is their hidden agenda behind this?

If you are one of the early adapters of 3G high speed internet like i am then i am sure you would have faced the same issues which i have no matter if you are with Vodafone, Airtel, Reliance or Tata.. I took the Rs.100 plan for 100MB, i ended up paying Rs.1600 for extra MB usage. I am using Samsung Galaxy on Android and for anyone who is on a smart phone 100MB data transfer will be very less. Apart from the price, the coverage is pretty bad. If you in the prime areas then you will get connectivity but other than that, you will always taken back to Edge.

Once more thing which i experienced was whenever i was on call, 3G stopped working. This is not supposed to be as 3G can carry both voice and data simultaneously. I did try making a video call with a fiend of mine who was on Airtel 3G and both of us had to struggle to find connectivity for 3G to be able to make a video call. Even after we did, the video quality was no where near what they show in the commercials. I believe it will take at least a few more months before 3G becomes affordable and the coverage expands.. till then i have got my 3G deactivated.

I reckon that the CBI knew very well that they were carrying an expired license.. but who could resist an all expense paid trip away from this heat wave in India. Happy to know that the tax payers money is being put to good use.

What all mothers do for their children is beyond words to describe.. i bow down in respect and think to myself how blessed i am. Wishing every mother a very happy mothers day!