Nokia, the global leader in the mobile handset industry, on Monday announced the launch of the world’s first money transfer platform
through mobiles in India as it enjoys the market leader’s hip and a wide distribution network in the world’s one of the fasting growing handset market.
Niklas Savander, executive vice-president, services at Nokia, told a press conference that the pilot project has been launched in Pune last week in partnership with Yes Bank and Obopay, which runs mobile payments platform. He, however, did not divulge the time of the commercial launch of the project.
Nearly 30 handset makers are battling it out in India’s telecom handset market. Brands like Nokia, Samsung, LG, Sony Ericson and Blackberry dominate 85-90% of the Rs 20,000-crore market. Nokia is the leader by far with a 57% share while Samsung is the distant second with an 8% share. LG is ranked third with a 5% share.
Christened as Mobile Money, the service will enable a customer to transfer money to other individuals, pay utility bills as well as recharge pre-paid SIM cards by using their mobile devices. The service will also be available on non-Nokia handsets.
Consumers will also be able to pay merchants for goods and services through their mobile devices. This is a first-of-its-kind service providing customers the ability to initiate mobile payments through multiple channels such as SMS, IVR, WAP, JAVA and FIRE.
D Shivakumar, VP and managing director, Nokia India, told ET the service will “create a financial ecosystem which is inclusive, sustainable and scalable”. The service will compete with cash and not with plastic money, he said, adding that it will grow the size of e-transfer of money in India.
He said the potential of the service is “enormous” as mobile phone users outnumber the bank account holders. India has nearly 500 million mobile phone users and 200 million bank account holders. There are nearly 80,000 branches of banks across the country.
Suresh Sethi, group president of transaction banking group, Yes Bank, said the service will enable educational and government payments to create an ecosystem for financial inclusion. “This service eliminates the dependence on the physical presence of a branch or availability of internet banking services and will successfully ride on the deeper penetration of mobile services in India.”
Feb 16, 2010
Feb 7, 2010
'Striker' Movie Review
Director: Chandan Arora
Star Cast: Siddharath, Aditya Pancholi, Anupam Kher, Seema Biswas, Ankur Vikal, Nicollete Bird
Striker’ is another Bollywood tale of an innocent man being driven into the puddle of money-making. The movie is the story of Surya (Siddharth) who happens to be extremely talented carom player. But owing to the circumstances, Siddharth had to give up the passion and move on the conventional path to be the bread-earner for the family. The movie oscillates between the past and present and one gets to see Surya’s childhood and youth simultaneously.
Surya reaches Mumbai after his out of town trip and finds himself in an environment of communal riot. Surya is stopped by the police official, Faroukh (Anupam Kher). He gets trapped in the course of movie and eventually loses all the money that he had collected to go to Dubai. It is at this stage that he is re-introduced to carom but this time it is not just a game. He plays carom for gambling and stands face to face with the dreadful gangster, Jaleel (Aditya Pancholi) whom he hates since his childhood. He had always tried to keep away from Jaleel and his wickedness but ultimately finds himself standing in front of him.
The movie is made with the best of intentions and with a sensible theme. Dialogues are crisp and powerful. Like any other Bollywood movie, ‘Striker’ too has a love plot which never finds scope to grow fully. Noorie (Nicolette Bird), the love life of Surya gives a fresh impact to the audience. Friendship shared between Surya and Zaid (Ankur Vikal) is commendable and forms one of the main veins of the story.
Producer-director Chandan Arora makes a fruitful attempt in story telling technique and manages to keep the audience watching. However, at times the plot weakens and tends to confuse the audience with the introduction of sub-plots. Songs are pleasant to ear and contributes to the progress of the movie.
Coming to the actors, Siddharth poses a natural acting and shows his capability to shoulder a Bollywood movie on his shoulder. His work is highly appreciable and succeeds in maintaining the ‘Rang De Basanti’ magic. Nicolette Bird is pretty but finds no chance to show her acting skill. Anupam Kher and Aditya Pancholi show themselves to be experienced actors. Ankur Vikal, Anup Soni, Seema Biswas and Padmapriya suit their role perfectly.
Though the acting and plot of the movie is good, it fails to leave an unforgettable impact. Probably this is due to the lack of a well-written script. Again, the movie will be acceptable only to limited audience, leave alone the weak hearts. One may feel the smoky atmosphere of the movie repulsive.
To his credit, the Rang De Basanti [ Images ] star channelises his spontaneous presence to slip nimbly under the skin of a carrom genius, shifting his body language from a concentrating player to a smooth-talking, snarky lad entangled in a web of crime with restraint and conviction.
An interesting film with a lot on its mind, Striker isn't comfort cinema but I will recommend it anyway.
Star Cast: Siddharath, Aditya Pancholi, Anupam Kher, Seema Biswas, Ankur Vikal, Nicollete Bird
Striker’ is another Bollywood tale of an innocent man being driven into the puddle of money-making. The movie is the story of Surya (Siddharth) who happens to be extremely talented carom player. But owing to the circumstances, Siddharth had to give up the passion and move on the conventional path to be the bread-earner for the family. The movie oscillates between the past and present and one gets to see Surya’s childhood and youth simultaneously.
Surya reaches Mumbai after his out of town trip and finds himself in an environment of communal riot. Surya is stopped by the police official, Faroukh (Anupam Kher). He gets trapped in the course of movie and eventually loses all the money that he had collected to go to Dubai. It is at this stage that he is re-introduced to carom but this time it is not just a game. He plays carom for gambling and stands face to face with the dreadful gangster, Jaleel (Aditya Pancholi) whom he hates since his childhood. He had always tried to keep away from Jaleel and his wickedness but ultimately finds himself standing in front of him.
The movie is made with the best of intentions and with a sensible theme. Dialogues are crisp and powerful. Like any other Bollywood movie, ‘Striker’ too has a love plot which never finds scope to grow fully. Noorie (Nicolette Bird), the love life of Surya gives a fresh impact to the audience. Friendship shared between Surya and Zaid (Ankur Vikal) is commendable and forms one of the main veins of the story.
Producer-director Chandan Arora makes a fruitful attempt in story telling technique and manages to keep the audience watching. However, at times the plot weakens and tends to confuse the audience with the introduction of sub-plots. Songs are pleasant to ear and contributes to the progress of the movie.
Coming to the actors, Siddharth poses a natural acting and shows his capability to shoulder a Bollywood movie on his shoulder. His work is highly appreciable and succeeds in maintaining the ‘Rang De Basanti’ magic. Nicolette Bird is pretty but finds no chance to show her acting skill. Anupam Kher and Aditya Pancholi show themselves to be experienced actors. Ankur Vikal, Anup Soni, Seema Biswas and Padmapriya suit their role perfectly.
Though the acting and plot of the movie is good, it fails to leave an unforgettable impact. Probably this is due to the lack of a well-written script. Again, the movie will be acceptable only to limited audience, leave alone the weak hearts. One may feel the smoky atmosphere of the movie repulsive.
To his credit, the Rang De Basanti [ Images ] star channelises his spontaneous presence to slip nimbly under the skin of a carrom genius, shifting his body language from a concentrating player to a smooth-talking, snarky lad entangled in a web of crime with restraint and conviction.
An interesting film with a lot on its mind, Striker isn't comfort cinema but I will recommend it anyway.
Jan 10, 2010
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This is How business is Done
Father: I want you to marry a girl of my choice
Son: "I will choose my own bride!"
Father: "But the girl is Bill Gates's daughter."
Son: "Well, in that case...ok"
Next Father approaches Bill Gates.
Father: "I have a husband for your daughter."
Bill Gates: "But my daughter is too young to marry!"
Father: "But this young man is a vice-president of the World Bank."
Bill Gates: "Ah, in that case...ok"
Finally Father goes to see the president of the World Bank.
Father: "I have a young man to be recommended as a vice-president."
President: "But I already have more vice- presidents than I need!"
Father: "But this young man is Bill Gates's son-in-law."
President: "Ah, in that case...ok"
Son: "I will choose my own bride!"
Father: "But the girl is Bill Gates's daughter."
Son: "Well, in that case...ok"
Next Father approaches Bill Gates.
Father: "I have a husband for your daughter."
Bill Gates: "But my daughter is too young to marry!"
Father: "But this young man is a vice-president of the World Bank."
Bill Gates: "Ah, in that case...ok"
Finally Father goes to see the president of the World Bank.
Father: "I have a young man to be recommended as a vice-president."
President: "But I already have more vice- presidents than I need!"
Father: "But this young man is Bill Gates's son-in-law."
President: "Ah, in that case...ok"
Top 10 Heights
1. What is height of Fashion?
Dhoti with a zip
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2. What is height of Secrecy?
Offering blank visiting cards.
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3. What is height of Activelaziness?
Asking for a lift to house while on a morning walk.
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4. What is height of Laziness?
Adopting a child.
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5. What is height of Craziness?
Getting a blank paper Xeroxed.
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6. What is height of Forgetfulness?
Seeing the mirror and trying to recollect when you saw him / her last.
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7. What is height of Stupidity?
A man looking through a keyhole of a glass door.
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8. What is height of Honesty?
A pregnant woman taking one and a half ticket.
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9. What is height of Suicide?
A dwarf jumping from the footpath on the road.
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10. What is height of De-hydration?
A cow giving milk powder.
Dhoti with a zip
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2. What is height of Secrecy?
Offering blank visiting cards.
*************************************************************
3. What is height of Activelaziness?
Asking for a lift to house while on a morning walk.
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4. What is height of Laziness?
Adopting a child.
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5. What is height of Craziness?
Getting a blank paper Xeroxed.
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6. What is height of Forgetfulness?
Seeing the mirror and trying to recollect when you saw him / her last.
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7. What is height of Stupidity?
A man looking through a keyhole of a glass door.
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8. What is height of Honesty?
A pregnant woman taking one and a half ticket.
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9. What is height of Suicide?
A dwarf jumping from the footpath on the road.
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10. What is height of De-hydration?
A cow giving milk powder.
Irony of life but facts
Men:
1. All men are extremely busy.
2. Although they are so busy, they still have time for women.
3. Although they have time for women, they don't really care for them.
4. Although they don't really care for them, they always have onearound.
5. Although they always have one around them, they always try their luck with others.
6. Although they try their luck with others, they get really pissed off if the woman leaves them.
7. Although the woman leaves them they still don't learn from their mistakes and still try their luck with others.
Women:
1. The most important thing for a woman is financial security.
2. Although this is so important, they still go out and buy expensive clothes and stuff.
3. Although they always buy expensive clothes, they never have something to wear.
4. Although they never have something to wear, they always dress beautifully.
5. Although they always dress beautifully, their clothes are always just "an old rag".
6. Although their clothes are always "just an old rag", they still expect you to compliment them.
7. Although they expect you to compliment them, when you do, they don't believe you.
1. All men are extremely busy.
2. Although they are so busy, they still have time for women.
3. Although they have time for women, they don't really care for them.
4. Although they don't really care for them, they always have onearound.
5. Although they always have one around them, they always try their luck with others.
6. Although they try their luck with others, they get really pissed off if the woman leaves them.
7. Although the woman leaves them they still don't learn from their mistakes and still try their luck with others.
Women:
1. The most important thing for a woman is financial security.
2. Although this is so important, they still go out and buy expensive clothes and stuff.
3. Although they always buy expensive clothes, they never have something to wear.
4. Although they never have something to wear, they always dress beautifully.
5. Although they always dress beautifully, their clothes are always just "an old rag".
6. Although their clothes are always "just an old rag", they still expect you to compliment them.
7. Although they expect you to compliment them, when you do, they don't believe you.
Some Interesting Facts
1. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
2. The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
3. Our eyes remain the same size from birth onward, but our noses and
ears never stop growing.
4. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching TV.
5. A person will die from total lack of sleep sooner than from
starvation.
6. Death will occur about 10 days without sleep, while starvation takes
a few weeks.
7. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
8. The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows.
9. When the moon is directly overhead, you weigh slightly less.
10. Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never
telephoned his wife or mother because they were both deaf.
11. A psychology student in New York rented out her spare room to a
carpenter in order to nag him constantly and study his reactions. After
weeks of needling, he snapped and beat her repeatedly with an axe
leaving her mentally retarded.
12. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
13. Colgate faced big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking
countries because Colgate translates into the command "go hang
yourself."
14. The smallest unit of time is the yoctosecond.
15. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
16. "Bookkeeper" is the only word in
English language with three
consecutive double letters.
17. Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left
handed people do.
18. The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses
every letter in the English language.
19. If the population of China walked past you in single line, the line
would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
20. China has more English speakers than the United States.
21. Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell.
22. Each square inch of human skin consists of twenty feet of blood
vessels.
23. An average person uses the bathroom 6 times per day.
24. Babies are born with 300 bones, but by adulthood we have only 206 in
our bodies.
25. Beards are the fastest growing hairs on the human body. If the
average man never trimmed his beard, it would grow to nearly 30 feet
long in his lifetime.
26. According to Genesis 1:20-22, the chicken came before the egg.
27. If you leave Tokyo by plane at 7:00am, you will arrive in Honolulu
at approximately 4:30pm the previous day.
28. The average four year-old child asks over four hundred questions a
day.
29. The average person presses the snooze button on their alarm clock
three times each morning.
30. The three wealthiest families in the world have more assets than the
combined wealth of the forty-eight poorest nations.
31. The first owner of the Marlboro cigarette Company died of lung
cancer.
2. The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
3. Our eyes remain the same size from birth onward, but our noses and
ears never stop growing.
4. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching TV.
5. A person will die from total lack of sleep sooner than from
starvation.
6. Death will occur about 10 days without sleep, while starvation takes
a few weeks.
7. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
8. The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows.
9. When the moon is directly overhead, you weigh slightly less.
10. Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never
telephoned his wife or mother because they were both deaf.
11. A psychology student in New York rented out her spare room to a
carpenter in order to nag him constantly and study his reactions. After
weeks of needling, he snapped and beat her repeatedly with an axe
leaving her mentally retarded.
12. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
13. Colgate faced big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking
countries because Colgate translates into the command "go hang
yourself."
14. The smallest unit of time is the yoctosecond.
15. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.
16. "Bookkeeper" is the only word in
English language with three
consecutive double letters.
17. Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left
handed people do.
18. The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses
every letter in the English language.
19. If the population of China walked past you in single line, the line
would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
20. China has more English speakers than the United States.
21. Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell.
22. Each square inch of human skin consists of twenty feet of blood
vessels.
23. An average person uses the bathroom 6 times per day.
24. Babies are born with 300 bones, but by adulthood we have only 206 in
our bodies.
25. Beards are the fastest growing hairs on the human body. If the
average man never trimmed his beard, it would grow to nearly 30 feet
long in his lifetime.
26. According to Genesis 1:20-22, the chicken came before the egg.
27. If you leave Tokyo by plane at 7:00am, you will arrive in Honolulu
at approximately 4:30pm the previous day.
28. The average four year-old child asks over four hundred questions a
day.
29. The average person presses the snooze button on their alarm clock
three times each morning.
30. The three wealthiest families in the world have more assets than the
combined wealth of the forty-eight poorest nations.
31. The first owner of the Marlboro cigarette Company died of lung
cancer.
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