Yesterday, I got an SMS from Airtel, thanking me for choosing their AUDIO TALKIES! Also, they promptly deducted Rs.1 from my balance! Wow! what a service! Only problem is, I never heard of such service AUDIO TALKIES, and I never subscribed to it! So, I promptly tweeted to Airtel_Presence as well as updated in my…
Cost of Advertisements : Kinder Joy
If you are parents of kid around 5 years old, if you have a TV with cable connection ( or DTH), chances are you have bought an item called “Kinder Joy” for your kid. This product Kinder Joy is advertised extensively in all Kid’s channels like Cartoon Network, Ceebies etc.and chances are, you get to…
My Quickr Experience
I tried to sell two things in Quickr, once a almost new Nikon D5100 DSLR with kit-lens and the other time, I tried to sell my Nikon AF-S 70-300mm ED VR lens. Both the times, I was contacted buy Nigerian Net fraudsters! The first one posed as an wife of Indian Oil executives posted in…
Why migrant communities live near railway stations in India?
While traveling around India, as well as some other South Asian countries, I have observed that, the migrant communities normally live in and around railway stations! I have not found any difference in this pattern even in Raurkela, in my numerous visits here! Raurkela was a place of Adivasis ( original inhabitants of India, now…