Bihu Functions, ULFA Dictat, Zubin’s Hindi Song etc.

April 21, 2013 by 1 Comment

This year, Bihu in Assam has surely shown some ‘Bihu’ to all where a separatist terrorist organisation tried to become cultural protector, popular Assamese singer stood up for Indian sovereignty and Chief Minister informed about a thing called ‘Assamese Blood’ to the world!

I live away from Assam, but try to keep myself updated about Assam ( my home state), Arunachal Pradesh ( because I live in a transferred area) and North East India as whole.This episode of ULFA asking Assamese singers not sing Hindi songs in Bihu functions and retort by Zubin Garg by singing a Hindi song in his next stage appearance in a Bihu Function. ULFA retaliated by warning Zubin Garg of terrorist attack ( not responsible if anything bad happens to him) and Assam government provided him security after this threat.
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State Highways in Gujarat

March 24, 2013 by 1 Comment
Happy Gujarati Posed for me

Recently, I had a chance to drive State Highway No 25 ( SH-25) between Rajkot to Jamnagar in Gujarat in March 5, 2013 and I felt so good driving there that I thought I must post an article about it. Well, before I drove on this road, I thought the Delhi Panipath National Highway was [...]

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Top 3 Reasons why you should not buy Nikon DSLR

March 15, 2013 by 2 Comments
Nikon D7000 Photo with sensor spots!

I have been a Nikon DSLR user for last 12 years and now finally decided to sell off all my Nikon bodies, Lenses, Flash lights etc. But before doing so, I would like to advise anyone not to buy Nikon DSLR anymore. I think, Nikon was good till the time they manufactured their DSLR bodies [...]

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My Nikon D7000 woe continues

March 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Real Lfe image with spot

After waiting 20 agonising days, I got my 8 Months old Nikon D7000 repaired ( well, they replaced the complete prism box, cleaned the sensor), after 10 days and after 800 clicks, a bright sensor spot started appearing! Well, I put the lens Sigma 150-500mm on this body Nikon D7000 on 21st Feb 2013, at [...]

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8 days for cleaning Nikon DSLR sensor!

January 24, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Recently, I observed a small spot on the sensor of my Nikon DSLR D7000 while viewing through its viewfinder. I also noticed a small spot on printouts of photos with sky or white background! I almost got panicked and decided to handover the camera to Nikon service centre in Udaipur as my camera was not [...]

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How Airtel ‘steals’ money from illiterate Indian citizens

December 12, 2012 by 1 Comment
Airtel SMS 1

I almost respect Airtel, how they come out with innovative ways to ‘steal’ money from its subscribers in the name of Value Added Service (VAS)! My domestic helper, who has been living with us for many years in Assam and who came to live with us recently as we have an infant in our house. [...]

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The Silent Telecom Scam: How Airtel tries to steal money from me

November 29, 2012 by Leave a Comment
How Airtel tries to steal money from me!

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 [...]

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Cost of Advertisements : Kinder Joy

November 25, 2012 by 1 Comment
This is front side of 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 [...]

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My Quickr Experience

November 21, 2012 by Leave a Comment

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 [...]

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Why migrant communities live near railway stations in India?

November 13, 2012 by Leave a Comment

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 [...]

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