Dial Google for data.......!

If you are not an Internet person and want to find out a good restaurant, available tickets for a movie, you can dial toll free # 1 800 41 999 999 for that information.

Amazing.....

8 GB RAM, Quad Core Processor, 500 GB HDD, 64 - bit architecture, LCD/TFT monitor: Does that seem to be a great configuration that we can have these days? Just have a small peep into the past on the road we were to be at the current technological era, how the advertisements were couple of decades back:

Useful TOLL FREE Numbers in INDIA*

Useful info to keep on hand.....

Railways:
Indian Railway General Enquiry 131
Indian Railway Central Enquiry 131
Indian Railway Reservation 131
Indian Railway Railway Reservation Enquiry 1345,1335,1330
Indian Railway Centralized Railway Enquiry 1330/1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9

Airlines:
Indian Airlines - 1800 180 1407
Jet Airways - 1800 22 5522
SpiceJet - 1800 180 3333
Air India -- 1800 22 7722
KingFisher - 1800 180 0101

Banks:
ABN AMRO - 1800 11 2224
Canara Bank - 1800 44 6000
Citibank - 1800 44 2265
Corporatin Bank - 1800 443 555
Development Credit Bank - 1800 22 5769
HDFC Bank - 1800 227 227
ICICI Bank - 1800 333 499
ICICI Bank NRI - 1800 22 4848
IDBI Bank - 1800 11 6999
Indian Bank - 1800 425 1400
ING Vysya - 1800 44 9900
Kotak Mahindra Bank - 1800 22 6022
Lord Krishna Bank - 1800 11 2300
Punjab National Bank - 1800 122 222
State Bank of India - 1800 44 1955
Syndicate Bank - 1800 44 6655

Automobiles:
Mahindra Scorpio - 1800 22 6006
Maruti - 1800 111 515
Tata Motors - 1800 22 5552
Windshield Experts - 1800 11 3636

Computers/IT:
Adrenalin - 1800 444 445
AMD - 1800 425 6664
Apple Computers - 1800 444 683
Canon - 1800 333 366
Cisco Systems - 1800 221 777
Compaq - HP - 1800 444 999
Data One Broadband - 1800 424 1800
Dell - 1800 444 026
Epson - 1800 44 0011
eSys - 3970 0011
Genesis Tally Academy - 1800 444 888
HCL - 1800 180 8080
IBM - 1800 443 333
Lexmark - 1800 22 4477
Marshal's Point - 1800 33 4488
Microsoft - 1800 111 100
Microsoft Virus Update - 1901 333 334
Seagate - 1800 180 1104
Symantec - 1800 44 5533
TVS Electronics - 1800 444 566
WeP Peripherals - 1800 44 6446
Wipro - 1800 333 312
xerox - 1800 180 1225
Zenith - 1800 222 004

Couriers/Packers & Movers:
ABT Courier - 1800 44 8585
AFL Wizz - 1800 22 9696
Agarwal Packers & Movers - 1800 11 4321
Associated Packers P Ltd - 1800 21 4560
DHL - 1800 111 345
FedEx - 1800 22 6161
Goel Packers & Movers - 1800 11 3456
UPS - 1800 22 7171

Home Appliances:
Aiwa/Sony - 1800 11 1188
Anchor Switches - 1800 22 7979
Blue Star - 1800 22 2200
Bose Audio - 1800 11 2673
Bru Coffee Vending Machines - 1800 44 7171
Daikin Air Conditioners - 1800 444 222
DishTV - 1800 12 3474
Faber Chimneys - 1800 21 4595
Godrej - 1800 22 5511
Grundfos Pumps - 1800 33 4555
LG - 1901 180 9999
Philips - 1800 22 4422
Samsung - 1800 113 444
Sanyo - 1800 11 0101
Voltas - 1800 33 4546
WorldSpace Satellite Radio - 1800 44 5432

Investments/ Finance:
CAMS - 1800 44 2267
Chola Mutual Fund - 1800 22 2300
Easy IPO's - 3030 5757
Fidelity Investments - 1800 180 8000
Franklin Templeton Fund - 1800 425 4255
J M Morgan Stanley - 1800 22 0004
Kotak Mutual Fund - 1800 222 626
LIC Housing Finance - 1800 44 0005
SBI Mutual Fund - 1800 22 3040
Sharekhan - 1800 22 7500
Tata Mutual Fund - 1800 22 0101

Travel:
Club Mahindra Holidays - 1800 33 4539
Cox & Kings - 1800 22 1235
God TV Tours - 1800 442 777
Kerala Tourism - 1800 444 747
Kumarakom Lake Resort - 1800 44 5030
Raj Travels & Tours - 1800 22 9900
Sita Tours - 1800 111 911
SOTC Tours - 1800 22 3344

Healthcare:
Best on Health - 1800 11 8899
Dr Batras - 1800 11 6767
GlaxoSmithKline - 1800 22 8797
Johnson & Johnson - 1800 22 8111
Kaya Skin Clinic - 1800 22 5292
LifeCell - 1800 44 5323
Manmar Technologies - 1800 33 4420
Pfizer - 1800 442 442
Roche Accu-Chek - 1800 11 45 46
Rudraksha - 1800 21 4708
Varilux Lenses - 1800 44 8383
VLCC - 1800 33 1262

Insurance:
AMP Sanmar - 1800 44 2200
Aviva - 1800 33 2244
Bajaj Allianz - 1800 22 5858
Chola MS General Insurance - 1800 44 5544
HDFC Standard Life - 1800 227 227
LIC - 1800 33 4433
Max New York Life - 1800 33 5577
Royal Sundaram - 1800 33 8899
SBI Life Insurance - 1800 22 9090

Hotel Reservations:
GRT Grand - 1800 44 5500
InterContinental Hotels Group - 1800 111 000
Marriott - 1800 22 0044
Sarovar Park Plaza - 1800 111 222
Taj Holidays - 1800 111 825

Teleshoppin:
Asian Sky Shop - 1800 22 1800
Jaipan Teleshoppe - 1800 11 5225
Tele Brands - 1800 11 8000
VMI Teleshopping - 1800 447 777
WWS Teleshopping - 1800 220 777

Others:
Domino's Pizza - 1800 111 123

Cell Phones:
BenQ - 1800 22 08 08
Bird CellPhones - 1800 11 7700
Motorola MotoAssist - 1800 11 1211
Nokia - 3030 3838
Sony Ericsson - 3901 1111

*The publisher does not gaurentee the corectness in these numbers. :-)

Life a la Musical Fountain

Ever saw a musical fountain?

The different shapes it takes! ups and downs, curls and twists, with all the wonderful colors. I believe life is nothing different. Except the fountain is controlled by some electronics and life by our mind.

Its all up in the mind- if you chose to be happy, we can search for satisfaction in every little thing and at the same time if you want to be grumpy nothing can make us happy.

I clicked the above picture in Bhakta Nivas at Shiridi few months back.

So, what do you like to wear every day? Grumpy pants or Happy trousers? The choice is ours.

As they say Happiness is something that we pursue and life will be wonderful when we are on the path of the Pursuit of Happiness.

P.S: If by any chance you guys missed the movie The Pursuit of Happyness, get a DVD right away and get inspired.

Marriage?

"Marriage is an attempt to solve problems together which you didn't even know you had when you were on your own."

Unity in diversity???

If I do a Wiki search on the phrase "Unity in diversity" I proud to see that the hit is describing India as below:

The phrase is widely used to describe India, which is home to a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual and multi-religious society. The subcontinent's long and diverse history has given it a unique eclectic culture. The philosophy is the underlying pan-Indian philosophy echoed in textbooks throughout India

At the same time, I was ashamed with the current happenings in our country where people are fighting for separate states/regions. I think instead of saying people, if I say 'politicians' that would be more apt, as its them who are making a big issue of nothing to gain votes and win elections. I bet once they get their votes, there are not going to address the issue until their end of the term.


If we were as a state/region from so many years, I don't know what suddenly cropped up that we need a different state. Ok, lets say that we get a state, then the fight starts for local reservation in jobs, businesses, schools, collages and many many things. I don't understand why people are not thinking about the difficulties or burdens that would come upon us by breaking one state into two to name a few: raise in taxes, inter state tariffs, electricity, river waters, Inter state transport and other hell lot of complications that we could not resolve even being as one all these years!

One thing, Do we have brains? If yes, we should not get carried away with the politicians politics and ponder on the pros and cons of this situation.

If we are going to be in this way, you know what? why do we need a country called INDIA. Instead of fighting every time for a separate state, I know one permanent solution for this: Lets break it up completely into different countries based on our stupidities like region, religion, language, caste or what ever and then fight among ourselves like hungry dogs over a loaf of bread.

I am sorry, if I was rude but I love this country as a son loves his mother but with all the current happenings in our country, I feel that "Unity in diversity" should be erased from all the text books!
Lets get thinking!