Battle with Flipkart and ESET

This shows how you can be taken for a ride by ecommerce sites like Flipkart and anti-virus / Internet security firm ESET. Flipkart had an offer for ESET Smart Security. It offered one extra year of subscription to ESET if the product was purchased before October 31. I bought the product on October 31, and […]

Banners

The Chennai Mayor has sent a ‘strong’ warning against putting up advertisement banners. He says the banners also promote English. Of course, there seem to be exemptions:1. If they are by political parties, especially allies;2. If they don’t ‘promote’ English.

No cash

The sheet pasted on the door says ‘No cash’. This is a common sight in the first week of every month.This is not restricted to PSU banks. Even private banks fail miserably in replenishing cash in ATMs.

Familiar sight, but in a posh area

This is a familiar sight in Chennai. This picture shows that even posh areas are not immune to Neel Metal Fanalca’s inefficiency.Place: Desika Road, Mylapore.

Milk Booth?

This is supposed to be a Aavin milk booth in Chennai (booth no. 115, Pycrofts I street). The poor guys manning the booth have no protection against the vagaries of the weather. There was a run-down structure resembling booth earlier, but one fine day, it disappeared. Even Government bodies seem to be motivated only by […]

Waiting for an epidemic?

This is the scene at Pycrofts I Street at Royapettah in Chennai. The road is bang opposite the upcoming Express Avenue shopping mall-cum-multiplex complex.There is no garbage bin. The Neel Metal Fanalca guys just burn the garbage once in few days.And there is the grand talk of singara (beautiful) Chennai.

Moving from Shozu to Pixelpipe

Sometimes, companies take decisions that are downright stupid. The latest to join the bandwagon is Shozu. It is now a paid app and can be downloaded only from mobile stores such as Nokia’s iPhone’s and Blackberry’s official stores. In India, the app costs 7 euros at the Ovi store. Why is Shozu’s move stupid? Suppose […]