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Mehengai,Dhandebazi aur ab Notebandi...

Jan 19, 2017 10:18 AM General 338 Views

It was 10 pm on 8th November 2016.My sister called on the landline.We were shocked:Rs 500 & Rs 1000 notes had been withdrawn.The next day banks were closed.On 10th morning I was in the queue at our local bank.I was able to deposit some of the notes we had but was allowed to withdraw Rs 5000/- only b...Read more

Reviewed India Post

Aug 24, 2016 03:40 PM 6750 Views

As middle-class people we have always depended on the post office.But certain developments that have happened lately have forced us to think otherwise.We have some money invested in the monthly income scheme(MIS) of the post office.In March this year the post office forced us to open a savings a...Read more

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About rising prices & the common man..

Aug 16, 2016 02:02 PM General 246 Views

We live in a strange world.We have multiplexes where everything costs 4 times their price outside.The movie tickets in a multiplex may cost Rs 1500/-.There are schools where it costs Rs 50,000 per year to educate a 5 year old child.There are shops in a mall where the cost of a garment is minimum Rs ...Read more

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Kuch Toh Log Kahenge...

Jul 25, 2016 03:37 PM General 262 Views

Rajesh Khanna is dead.Long live Rajesh Khanna. I think Naseeruddin Shah is plain jealous.When he was doing art films he abused them saying that he was not making enough money.He was a failure in commercial movies.Why is he saying that Rajesh Khanna was a poor actor?He is forgetting that Rajeshji ...Read more

Reviewed Windows 10

Jun 15, 2016 10:11 AM 1730 Views

I have been using Windows 10 for one month now.I have used and am also using Windows 7 and Windows 8 on other machines.After XP, all versions of Windows are bad.To begin with they have provided a start button which was absent in Windows 8.But after using it for 5-6 times the start button is not ...Read more

Reviewed Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime 4G

Apr 07, 2016 10:11 AM 4540 Views

I bought this phone last week, Well, it cost me Rs 8500/- but it definitely looks more expensive. My sister and brother-in-law are both using Samsung phones that cost Rs 20000 and my new phone looks like the phones they are using.At least the size is the same.It seems to be a good phone.I hav...Read more

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Gone there?Done this?

Mar 11, 2016 10:19 AM General 272 Views

(Updated Mar 11, 2016 10:21 AM)

We all may have watched the commercials of UTI Mutual Fund currently on air.UTI is a public sector company and the stock market is in doldrums.However these commercials show common indian people wearing expensive foreign watches or going on multiple foreign trips.Indeed a lot of investors of UTI(My ...Read more

Reviewed InkJet Vs. Laser Printers

Feb 05, 2016 10:55 AM 11763 Views

Let us declare one thing at the very beginning.Inkjets and lasers are two different kinds of printers and they should not be compared. Having said that I would like to share my experiences with both inkjets and lasers.I have chiefly used HP printers.My first printer was a Wipro dot matrix pri...Read more

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Maine Film Banayi Hai Aap Dekhnay Aana...

Jan 22, 2016 10:54 AM General 350 Views

Each time a new film appears we notice a certain behaviour on part of the various media.They always act like this is the ONE.This is the film that will save us all,this is the movie we were waiting for for centuries.Yet,this film despite all its publicity turns out to be the same stupid mish-mash th...Read more

Reviewed Tips on Choosing a Bank

Jan 20, 2016 03:36 PM 4118 Views

Banking is close to my heart.The reason for this is that my father worked in a bank all his life.He retired as general manager of SBI. But when I started my own business I had to make a choice.The nearest bank was not SBI.Since then, SBI has opened a branch which is walking distance from both...Read more

Reviewed The New India Assurance Health Insurance

Dec 11, 2015 11:17 AM 49659 Views

(Updated Dec 11, 2015 01:21 PM)

We have had a Mediclaim Policy from New India Assurance for 20 years now.They increase the premium amount from time to time but so far the service has been okay.We submitted a claim for Rs 30650 fifteen days back.Within a fortnight the claim was accepted & we were paid Rs 28000/-.I think that's ...Read more

Reviewed Amazon

Dec 04, 2015 10:13 AM 5976 Views

Why buy online?You can always walk or take a rickshaw to the nearest high street.Or if there is a mall you can travel to the mall.Indeed the chief reason why you may want to shop online is availability.Or say discounts.You may want to buy from an online marketplace like amazon if you are buying ...Read more

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The 7TH Pay Commission & Bharatvarsh...

Nov 30, 2015 02:29 PM

Hi The point is this @vip11india.The majority of indians are poor,very poor.If the government has a lot of money they should help these poor people financially.You don't need 2.5 lakhs per month to lead a decent life.I think the IAS officers can manage with much less.And talking of profit if you mak...emore profit you can afford to pay more.But in India,the government employee are paid fantastic salaries by taxing the citizens.And many of these citizens are very poor indeed and they need and deserve a good education and proper medical treatment.And these days the man-on-the-street cannot afford these things.It is in everybody's interest that everyone has enough money because then the country can actually become rich.Read More

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The 7TH Pay Commission & Bharatvarsh...

Nov 25, 2015 11:01 AM General 345 Views

The central government is hiking salaries of its employees.The IAS officers of high rank will get monthly basic of 2.5 lakhs.The minimum salary of central employees is around 30000.Indeed Modi is shouting himself hoarse to Indians in the US,UK,Malayasia & Singapore that India is a rising power that ...Read more

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Thinking about India...

Nov 02, 2015 10:42 AM General 268 Views

One question that comes to mind is this:Are we or is India rich or is it poor?All that I see around me,the people,their lifestyles and their general attitude seems to indicate that India is a poor country.The majority of the people do not have enough money.So,why is everything so costly.If most peop...Read more

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The Dream Merchant?

Oct 07, 2015 10:50 AM General 231 Views

(Updated Oct 08, 2015 09:14 AM)

Ram Gopal Verma(RGV) is not popular these days.He has been involved in litigation about his version of'Sholay'.His role in the aftermath of the 26/11 attack in Mumbai circa 2009 has been questioned by the filmy & non-filmy press.Yet this man was something of an institution for some 15 years.He broug...Read more

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E for Energy,F for Finish...

Sep 14, 2015 05:18 PM General 166 Views

I was watching a programme on DD Bangla just now.I liked what they were saying.The gist is this.In the World Environment Forum in Rio De Janeiro 1992 world leaders took note of the impact of so-called development on the environment.Nature is all we have got.And we are exhausting nature and fast.The ...Read more

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Aamir Aadmi,Garib Aadmi

Aug 21, 2015 05:46 PM General 245 Views

If you read the newspapers you come across a lot of talk of startups.It seems that companies founded by young techie types are appearing by the hundreds.And each time a startup receives funding from phirang investors its like a huge party.The pink business papers say a lot about the flipkarts,the sn...Read more

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Zindagi Ek Safar Hai Suhana...

Jul 29, 2015 05:47 PM General 468 Views

The year was 1969-70.And the film Ramesh Sippy's'Andaz'.The song "Zindagi Ek Safar Hai Suhana".The actors were Rajesh Khanna & Hema Malini.The words were written by Hasrat and the music by Shankar-Jaikishan(Actually only Shankar Raghuvanshi since Jaikishan was dead by then).This is a song that captu...Read more

Reviewed Nasir Hussain

Jul 22, 2015 05:43 PM 2390 Views

He is Mansoor Khan's father, Aamir Khan's uncle.But Nasir Husain was a filmmaker, a successful director. What is more he understood young people's thinking better than anyone else in Bollywood.It is strange that all his movies from'Tumsa Nahin Dekha' upto'Manzil Manzil' had more or less the s...Read more

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