Apply for Ration Card Online

If you are a resident of Karnataka state, having a ration card is mandatory. Government of Karnataka has enabled a website to facilitate application for Ration Card. Here are simple steps to apply for ration card online.

Hyderabad Shared Auto and Bachelors!

Shared auto is perhaps one of the widely used transportations in Hyderabad.

During my 4 years stay in Hyderabad, shared auto is the most used for commute. I stayed in Madhapur, near Hitech city. Whether it was for Cyber Towers or Ameerpet, shared auto was the preferred option. These autos are plenty in numbers and you are assured of a seat. Hence, people preferred it over city bus.

How To Get Your Work Done Without Bribe

Here is an interesting article from Jago Party which provides a practical guide to get your work done without paying a bride! Click here for article.

Mutthathi – Picnic spot near Bengaluru

Mutthathi is a picnic spot on the bank of river Cauvery near Bengaluru. It is approximately 80 kms from Bengaluru city and hence ideal for a weekend drive.

Submission of LPG details with RR Number

This is for Bengalooreans only! As you might have already heard/read in newspaper, if you are having LPG connection, you have to submit BESCOM (Electricity) RR Number along with LPG details to the government. With the process opened in online, it is easy to submit from your computer. I thought of sharing these simple steps to submit document.

Maruti Estilo - Layman's approach to buying a car

I bought Maruti Estilo recently. This is my first car. It was not an easy job to select one from the lot! As a layman to automobiles, things went only difficult. But, at the end I had to make a decision and I made it.

Return of Bofors ghost!

Few days after Sonia Gandhi made a bold statement that her party was ‘prompt’ in acting against the corrupt, Bofors has hit her and Congress very badly. Now, Income Tax Tribunal has claimed that Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi and Win Chaddha were paid kickbacks in the Bofors deal. Ironically, CBI had given clean chit to both of them! No wonder, now people started calling CBI as “Congress Bureau of Investigation”!

If you are still not clear on why or how Gandhi family (not Mahatma Gandhi!) is believed to be involved in the scam, I would suggest you to read an article by renowned journalist S. Gurumurthy titled “Zero tolerance, secret billions”. Author has put the points very clear with source. As he says, Gandhi family has been “silent” on all these accusations. It reminds me a Sanskrit proverb “Mounam Sammati Lakshanam” meaning silence indicates acceptance!

Interestingly, the Karnataka governor Bharadwaj who acts as a lone soldier fighting against corruption, was a Law minister in the central government and he had defroze Quattrocchi account! Not a single word from him now!

Even after so many revelations on Bofors, you wouldn’t find a single discussion on Gandhi family involvement in any main stream media! NDTV’s Bharka Dutt will not discuss this in her “We, the people” program. Neither CNN-IBN’s Sardesai would dare to grill Sonia. Just think what would have been the case, if it were some BJP leaders who were caught in Bofors scam! This is Media for you! And tweeters rightly point out with a tag #mediashame.
 
Update 3-Jan-2011: The 98 Page Appellate Order on bofors commission - traces the entire Money trail - PDF file judgement on 31/12/2010 can be found at http://bit.ly/hoTYzW. Credit: @centerofright.