I don't know how to deal with these bloody cell phone companies. Few hours back I got a call from an Airtel customer "care" executive saying that I need to make payment for an "unbilled amount" (amount that will appear in my next month's bill) by tomorrow or else my outgoing calls will be disabled. Now, all my outgoing calls have been barred! And I am told that their systems are down so they can't do anything about it.
I have spoken to three duffers in the last few days, who have failed to explain me the previous month's bill. The Check Bill option on Airtel's website always returns "Error 404 - Page Not Found". What the hell is this!
I wish I were in US ... where gun licenses are easy to obtain.
It is for the first time in ten years that Maharashtra goverment has presented a surplus budget. It even promises huge funds to the tune of Rs.15 billion for the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar road link project and Rs.19.06 billion for the Bandra-Worli sea link scheme.
One thing one would like to see is concrete steps towards Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar metro link.
One thing one would like to see is concrete steps towards Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar metro link.
I haven't blogged in a long time. Somehow I didn't feel like writing anything. However, now I would like to write about yesterday evening.
Jitu is here in Bangalore on a two-day business trip. Met him at Food World yesterday evening, and then we sat for a long time at Coffee Day. It was great talking to him after a long long time. I have met him not more than a couple of times in last four years or so (how fast time flies!). Even when we met, it was always along with other guys of the group, Rampu, kamiya (not the real one), et al. So there was more of bhankas than any sensible talk. So it was great to talk so many things with Jitu after so many years. There have been new developments in our lives that we were glad to share. Well, there was one really sad thing that he told me about, but I would skip that for the moment. Meeting old friends is a pleasantly different experience!
After a long chat shopped for some sandlewood at Cauvery and then went from shop to shop in search of Haire cell phone. Apparently, it isn't yet available in Bangalore. Finally we had wonderful dinner of appams and some keralite onion preparation. What spoiled the mood after such a wonderful meal was a bill fraud.
The buggers had charged forty ruppees extra in the bill. I can forgive this mistake once, but when it happened twice is as many visits, I smelt rat, that it's happening on purpose. So many customers pay their bills without checking it well. I too do the same most of the time. On my complaint, they tried the second trick - reduce forty ruppees from the final bill amount ... the sales tax being calculated on the same inflated bill value. Again the same trick that they had played on Saturday. This really infuriated me and I let it known to them.
One thing that Jitu regretted a lot was forgetting his digital camera in the hotel. It was a good occasion to take a few snaps. Ten years from now we could have been sitting looking at the snaps over a cup of tea and remembering these wonderful days and the wonderful evening that we had. If only.
Jitu is here in Bangalore on a two-day business trip. Met him at Food World yesterday evening, and then we sat for a long time at Coffee Day. It was great talking to him after a long long time. I have met him not more than a couple of times in last four years or so (how fast time flies!). Even when we met, it was always along with other guys of the group, Rampu, kamiya (not the real one), et al. So there was more of bhankas than any sensible talk. So it was great to talk so many things with Jitu after so many years. There have been new developments in our lives that we were glad to share. Well, there was one really sad thing that he told me about, but I would skip that for the moment. Meeting old friends is a pleasantly different experience!
After a long chat shopped for some sandlewood at Cauvery and then went from shop to shop in search of Haire cell phone. Apparently, it isn't yet available in Bangalore. Finally we had wonderful dinner of appams and some keralite onion preparation. What spoiled the mood after such a wonderful meal was a bill fraud.
The buggers had charged forty ruppees extra in the bill. I can forgive this mistake once, but when it happened twice is as many visits, I smelt rat, that it's happening on purpose. So many customers pay their bills without checking it well. I too do the same most of the time. On my complaint, they tried the second trick - reduce forty ruppees from the final bill amount ... the sales tax being calculated on the same inflated bill value. Again the same trick that they had played on Saturday. This really infuriated me and I let it known to them.
One thing that Jitu regretted a lot was forgetting his digital camera in the hotel. It was a good occasion to take a few snaps. Ten years from now we could have been sitting looking at the snaps over a cup of tea and remembering these wonderful days and the wonderful evening that we had. If only.
A bilingual experiment
Standard II students of Holy Family School in Andheri learn History and Geography in Marathi, and Maths and Science in English. Principal says it’s the perfect solution to the language crisis.
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