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Category Archives: Scam
For The Cause Of The Taj
The Taj Mahal wasn’t the beneficiary of your votes, the phone companies were Continue reading
Posted in Column, Economy, Event, India, Reform, Scam, Thoughts
Tagged India, New7Wonders, Poll, SMS, Taj, Taj Mahal, Wonders Of The World
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The art of grabbing public spaces
Article about improper use of parking spaces and builders tricking the city administration by just converting public parking into private parking spaces. — As per construction rules in cities, all buildings need a certain parking capacity to be approved by … Continue reading
Power Politics – Divide and Rule in Maharashtra
This year the state of Maharashtra again suffers from acute electricity shortage and extended power cuts. While cities are facing 2-6 hours of cuts, the villages have to go without power for 10-16 hours a day. As most in India … Continue reading
Another Broadband Internet scam – Burstable Speeds
A few days back, I wrote about how vendors are tricking customers with the “unlimited broadband” packages. Unfortunately there’s another broadband scam happening. Have you noticed? Broadband vendors claim speeds of 256 kbps, 512 kbps or even more. However the … Continue reading
Posted in Broadband, Internet, Protest, Scam
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Broadband Unlimited Usage Packs are ridiculous
Sify is one of the broadband providers in India. Sify is just an example as many other broadband providers are offering similar packages. While some have MB limits per day, some have them per month. Check out Sify’s Service Price … Continue reading
Posted in Broadband, Internet, Protest, Scam
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TV Channel SMS scam
Every TV channel in India is today encouraging viewers to SMS to participate in polls, contests, shows and what not. However they do not tell the viewers that he SMS sent to the channel will be priced differently than a … Continue reading
Posted in Scam, Television, Thoughts
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