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a very weird and interesting newspaper insert greeted us in udyog vihar, gurgaon today morning. the insert was in TOI and HT both. Go through the images…
Apparently, someone has taken the help of newspaper inserts to highlight sexual abuse in some obscure factory of udyog vihar! its a badly made creative, with a lot being left to the imagination..unless ofcourse you realize that mr kumar’s and mr sharma’s mobile numbers have been mentioned…..i am sure loads of people have called them since morning!

if they are, i would advise them to get other telecom carriers into their list of compatible operators. Tata Indicom is perhaps having the least number of subscribers, when compared to airtel, idea, vodafone, reliance, bsnl and aircel….and yet, they are the only carriers compatible with facebook…strange, i would say!

Here’s what happens 2 months in a row…
> Airtel alerts me to pay by due date for my landline/broadband connection
> I go to www.airtel.in and dutifuly pay through my hdfc credit card
> Airtel displays on the site in red that payment was unsuccessful
> At the same time, I get an SMS from HDFC which says (verbatim): Thank you for using your HDFC bank credit card for 996.00 in BHARTI AIRTEL LTD – B& @ 10-Apr-2009 10:46 AM
> I get 2 more alerts from Airtel on next 2 days which say (verbatim): The payment for your Airtel fixedline bill is due on 13-APR-09. Kindly make the payment of Rs. 996 to avoid the late fee charges. Pls ignore if paid.
> I call up Airtel customer care, and am blatantly told that you last made a payment last month, and this month’s payment has not come in yet. I told them about the HDFC message, and I was asked to call in 2 days to verify again (2 days would have meant after due date)
> I then call up HDFC customer care, and am reassured that payment has been made to Airtel already, and am also told that this happens very frequently with Airtel.

“Subscribe for Traffic Updates during peak hours from Monday to Saturday on your mobile phone through SMS @ Rs 99/month.”
Why would i do that? Still trying to figure out why we need this service in the first place…a number of reasons for my dilemma:
1. i am expected to pay 100 bucks a month to keep getting SMSes which tell me traffic is heavy in these 10 areas of delhi…and i may have no plans to go to those 10 areas. what if i want to go to a 11th area not covered?
2. like most people, i pretty much know where i need to go on a particular day, and as long as i’m traveling most days on my route, i know what to expect at what time
3. how do i know information being provided is accurate enough? if the sms says traffic is heavy at 11 am, how do i know if it will be heavy at 11.30 am too?
4. do we really have so many alternate routes in delhi, to avoid taking the one which is forecasted as heavy traffic?

Even if you’ve read this list before, it still makes sense to read it again. These are the most influential twitters from India, and has been compiled from a few sources from the net. Always a pleasure to know what the thought leaders are up to!

ever heard of go2web20.net ? its actually a very amazing website, with listings of cool new web2.0 based websites. each site is accompanied by a short description, and the mandatory links to the site. what i like most is perhaps goign through some rally bizarre ideas that people get for new websites….it would help if you go through this site for urself, and enjoy!