Online Shopping- in the way of making life more easy

I was in Hyderabad for the first time. Accommodation provided by the organization was away from the city and I did not know anything about the city. I had planned to visit some place the second day. I was shocked to know my 4 GB SanDisk Memory card of the camera was not working. It was showing memory of 1.3 TB and unable to format or recover. My schedule was little tight and I knew it could not be a fair excuse to go away from the schedule to go in hunt of new memory card. I had a good experience with Flipkart earlier to this. They had delivered most of my orders within a day. I believed in them and placed an order in the evening. The Flipkart Cash on Delivery guy was at the door of my office by 11 A.M that is 5 hrs before the 24 hours of my order.

I should appreciate Flipkart.com for bringing the change in the dimensions of the online shopping in India. Earlier to Flipkart, e-bay, India Times, Rediff Shopping were present and unable to attract the customer, may be due to the inferior quality brands they were selling through third parties. I always felt the business with these players were not as reliable as the Flipkart. Even today though Naptol, SBI Card Mega mall like shopping sites tries to provide the same materials at cheaper price due to the third party participation I never bought anything from them.

I have also tried with infibeam.com and letsbuy.com. Prices in both the shopping sites are very competitive to any of the others. But the delivery time is very high compared to Flipkart. Infibeam delivered few books in the interior city of Karnataka in 10 days were Flipkart within 3 days through courier. I purchased electronic items both with the Flipkart and Letsbuy, Flipkart COD was delivered in 1 day where Letsbuy took 7 days to deliver on COD. Advantage with the flipkart is that in all the major cities it has its own delivery services. The flipkarts self delivery service is really appreciable. Once I had doubt about the product packed due the way they have packed, the delivery guy of fliplkart asked me to open and confirm the product, and otherwise I can return without paying the amount. This can not be expected from the courier services employed by others.

Now my most of the Electronics, Durables, Home appliances and very importantly books are purchased online. I never experience the under quality products, cheating or frauds as some of my friends are frightened to do online shopping. I can even compare, read the reviews and compare prices in online shopping as against conventional shopping. It is really a hassle free.

Mangalore Airport: Scary but Awesome

Mangalore Airport is still in the memory of many for the worst accident that happened a year ago. Many of you know that it is a table top airport. It is situated at the top of the hill surrounded by the greenery, adjacent to the river, one can add it into ‘the must’ list.

The airport is about 20 km from Mangalore city. The best way to reach the airport is to hire a city taxi. The cost of the taxi will be based on your bargaining capacity. There is easy availability of the taxi from the airport and airport. If you don’t have much luggage to carry with you, you can reach through buses which go to Bajpe or Kateel. There are plenty of buses in this rout. You can get down at Kenjaru, from where the airport is at walk able distance and also autos available. From Kenjaru main road to airport, the hairpin curves will give the thrill of reaching one of the table top airports in the world.

It was the bright sunny day when I had been there. The visibility was very good. Sitting beside the window, I was able to see the hills at the long distances as soon as I boarded the flight. The flight started moving along the new run way. The flight was not taking up the speed for few minutes. I was little scared as taking off and landing are very crucial in case of table top airports. It can fall from the hill if it was not speeded up and taken off properly. I saw the rear right wheel taking u turn and started moving towards runway again. It took up the speed. The wheels left the ground and got covered inside. I was just looking at the ground, the ground was very nearer. Within seconds it was at the end of the runway, needless to tell it was the end of the hill. The flight was at the hundreds of meters from the ground. It took a turn flying over the river. I was flying on the coconut gardens. Saw the river kissing the Arabian Sea in the green background. Small islands formed in the river were looking like green dots in the big greenish blue line.

The flight fled along the seashore. It started flying on the Western Ghats. The range of green hills at the Kuduremukh Reserve Forest was like the beautiful design drawn by the creator. The Sahyadri hill series was an odyssey of the fully dark green forest and the wide lands of brownish grass. These hills one attached to another were looking like they are sitting holding one’s hand another. This was an memorable experience.

I can just say flying from Mangalore International Airport is more worth than the scare one can experience after the 2010 mishap.

Kannada films are now Sakkath Hot Maga

It seems Kannada heroines and the film industry is following the trends of Bollywood. Vidya Balan has given a new zeal to it in her Dirty Picture. There are numerous item songs which made the viewers hot in recent past. Some heroine goes nude, another shows her bare back, or posed in bikini for a calendar were common news in the gossip pages. But now the trend has reached the south, that too Kannada film industry. The two recent controversies are the examples:

Pooja Gandhi Nude for Dandupalya(?): Pooja Gandhi, who is famous for her well-known movie Mungarumale shows her completelbare back in her new film Dandupalya. She tells that the story needed such scene. Whom to ask whether the story would have lost its effect if that scene is modified? She also tells that she did not go nude for shooting that scene. Instead she was wearing a saree and was covering her breast in the saree while shooting. But a tabloid in Kannada has reported that she went nude while shooting the scene. It is also reported that she said she has no qualms in going nude quoting the examples of some hot actress in the Bollywood. So Kannada industry has starting another trend that is borrowed from Bollywood.

Rishika Singh Nude(?): Yaaradre Nanagenu is another movie which has created a new sensation in Bangalore. The movie also has super hot Mallika Sherawat. The posters of the movie has irked the woman's organisations and several social groups. Here Rishika Singh, daughter of welknown Kannada director Rajendra Singh Babu said to be gone nude. Though the actress is not nude in the posters, but the graphic effect which shows the actress covered in mud creates the feeling she is nude. The story is of a girl who is buried in mud and she wakes up from it and takes revenge. The scene is shot in Jaipur.

Instead of giving importance to bikinis, cleavages, bare backs and nude scenes Kannada movies has to be improved in their qualities to match with other south Indian languages. Otherwise if the present scenario continues, it can only become a b-grade movie industry.

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Living in India, Loving Pakistan

Recently a small town in Sindhgi in Karnataka was tensed due to hoisting of Pakistan flag in the Tahsildar's office on the eve of new year. This is not the first and can not be the last such incidents where some people showing their faith to the enemy nation reported. It is well known that some organisations which projects themselves as protector of the rights of the Muslims are involved in such activities. They removes the national flag and places their green flag at the government offices. They burn the banners containing Vande Mataram. They protest against the National anthem which united the nation during the freedom fight.

The irony is then they claims 4.5% of the quota in admissions to the institutions and the government jobs. The government further divides the OBC quote to give them something they never deserve as a vote bank politics.

When such anti national activities are reported, the supporter of the Hindu organisations stands in the front line to protect the pride of the nation. This is obvious because Muslims has gulf countries where they can stay as their own, Christians has half of the world to say that those are meant for them, Hindus does not have second choice for their habitat. India is the only place where they can live, breath and die. So these pro-Hindu organisations which protest the anti national deed of the anti national backed Muslims become anti-Muslim.

I was shocked to see the photograph of Legend Bhagat Singh on DYFI banner. DYFI is not a far relative of PFI or any other anti national organisation which are more harmful than the external terrorists. I don't think there is not even a single drop blood in them which is comparable to the patriotism of the Legend. I have also seen the members of these organisations celebrating the victory of the Pakistan team in the cricket matches. Their love towards Pakistan extends to switch of the lights when India wins. They switch of the TV in the restaurants owned by them when Mr Narendra Modi comes to hand over the prizes in matches.

I don't find any reason this hate towards India which has given more than they deserve. Or in other ways the only reason for this hate could be India has not given them what they deserve.