Consumer Awareness

IIPM website contradicts Arindam Chaudhuri

Arindam Chaudhuri asserts, “we have nothing to do with the UGC/AICTE and students interested in statutory recognition need not apply to IIPM ,” then why does IIPM offer “UGC recognised MBA/BBA degrees”? This is clearly stated on its website. “IIPM students may also opt for the UGC recognised MBA/BBA degrees which are awarded by Mahatma [...]

When Apple said ‘Maps take a whole new turn’, they meant it

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Apple’s marketing tagline for their much-derided iOS 6 maps apps, says, “Maps take a whole new turn.” Many travellers in Australia would agree, but not with pleasure. After all that “whole new turn” landed them in a snake-infested desert without food or water. Google Maps, though better, is also error ridden, much of which are [...]

Can’t dial emergency number from prepaid. What an @#!%& Idea sirji!

Cannot dial emergency number 100 on Idea Cellular prepaid

Idea Cellular tom-toms it’s ‘ideas’ through multi-crore advertising campaigns. If only the agency that devised those ideas had also added some commonsense for their client at a nominal charge. It appears that you cannot dial the emergency number 100 (Police Control Room number) from a prepaid Idea connection, as my wife unpleasantly discovered when she [...]

From anti-smoker to smoker to non-smoker: My King Size journey

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@anirbanchow, a good old friend, still remembers the kick that landed on his butt as a result of his adamant refusal to kick the butt. A decade-and-a-half later I have realised that kicks cannot make someone quit smoking. Getting your heart into it can. During my school and college years I detested smoking and in [...]

Why I won’t ever buy from Seventymm.com (and neither should you)

Shoddy Seventymm.com service. Six months and still no delivery.

This is not a rant, but an expression of consumer dissatisfaction. A part of an effort to prevent other unsuspecting customers from being cheated by unscrupulous e-commerce websites. It has been SIX MONTHS today since I ordered some gifts for my niece and nephew from Seventymm.com and there is no trace of delivery and also [...]

To promote Chrome, is Google playing cheap?

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Google’s Chrome is right on track to unseat Microsoft’s Internet Explorer from the web browser throne and the folks from Mountain View are trying every trick in the trade to push their software to users computers. Even employing un-Google like approaches such as full page ads in newspapers and outdoor hoardings (albeit with an incorrect [...]

Opening a third front in the Times of India vs Hindu ad battle

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As The Times of India versus The Hindu advertising battle rages on, Cutting the Chai thought it was about time to add a new perspective. So here am I, jumping into the arena with a public service advertisement. Share. Spread the word. PS: I don’t subscribe to any newspapers anymore. Reasons in a different post.