Published by Vinaya HS April 28th, 2008
in Business & Management.
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This presentation on how to manage your career is a must see and a must implement for each one of us. It’s brilliant — albeit a bit quirky. How many of these lessons do you actually follow today?
Original article at Presentation Zen.
Published by Vinaya HS April 21st, 2008
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A well researched presentation on the state of the Mobile Value Add Services (VAS) industry in India. Being in this industry, I can say that the authors have correctly identified the problems afflicting the VAS industry.
Published by Vinaya HS April 20th, 2008
in Business & Management and Finance.
From an ICICI Bank flyer,
FlexiCash is a special overdraft facility offered to salaried individuals. Simply put, it gives you the benefit of having a pre-approved and pre-sanctioned cash limit in your bank account.
With FlexiCash, you enjoy the double benefit of ready cash for what you need, whenever you need. From filling those shortfalls to the […]
Published by Vinaya HS April 15th, 2008
in Travel.
It really wasn’t an easy task to get these beauties to pose for a picture!
Shot with my Canon PowerShot SD800IS half-way up the Shravanabelagola hillock.
Published by Vinaya HS April 14th, 2008
in General Stuff.
Just downloaded Twitter Tools 1.2b1. Hope this plug-in works well. Last time around, it didn’t work as I wanted it to. Happy tweeting! #
Finding out that it’s not a terrific idea to jog down the 600-odd steps at Shravanabelagola and then attend aerobics class in the morning. #
Published by Vinaya HS April 14th, 2008
in Travel.
Mouth watering!
Shot with my Canon PowerShot SD800IS @ the foothills of Shravanabelagola.
Published by Vinaya HS April 11th, 2008
in General Stuff.
Playing the catch up game with WordPress. Upgrading to WordPress v2.5. This blog might be cranky for some time.
Published by Vinaya HS April 9th, 2008
in Finance.
The following is a true account of a close friend’s experience after losing a credit card:
How the credit card was lost?
My purse was stolen on 20th January 2008 at an IKEA store in Elizabeth, NJ. I lost my Driver’s License, an HSBC credit card, and all my Debit Cards. I contacted the police, filed a […]
Published by Vinaya HS April 3rd, 2008
in General Stuff.
A slight dip in March since this blog’s web-host suffered a freak power outage for two consecutive days.
I’m sure that the stats will rebound in April. Wish me luck!
Source: Google Analytics.
Published by Vinaya HS April 3rd, 2008
in Finance.
Reliance Mutual Fund has announced changes in the features of Reliance Index Fund (Nifty Plan and Sensex Plan) w.e.f. April 18, 2008. As per the proposed changes, the existing Reliance Index Fund’s name will be changed to Reliance Quant Plus Fund.
Source: Moneycontrol.
A classic “WTF mate?” situation. But this was to be expected sooner or later […]
Published by Vinaya HS April 3rd, 2008
in Business & Management.
On my way home from work yesterday, I had the opportunity to tail a Maruti Swift DZiRE for close to four kilometers. Having looked at the car from all angles, I have just one thing to say:
Just because you know how to weld things together does not mean that you should weld together everything that […]
Published by Vinaya HS April 2nd, 2008
in Finance.
To get the up-to-date Indian Financial System Codes (IFSC) for Indian Banks operating under the Reserve Bank of India’s National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) guidelines, go to http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/neft.aspx and click on “List of NEFT enabled bank branches.” It’s an 8 MB Microsoft Excel file.
Tip: There are about 43,000 rows in this file! Luckily, there’s […]
Published by Vinaya HS April 1st, 2008
in Finance.
Logged into my ICICI Bank account today morning in order to execute an urgent intra-bank transfer. Was greeted with the message:
On account of our financial year end, this service will not be available till 15:00 hours (IST).
Why should customers be inconvenienced just because a financial year ended? Can’t you close your books in any other […]
Published by Vinaya HS April 1st, 2008
in Finance.
A full-page Page 3 advertisement in today’s Economic Times (Bangalore edition) introduces the Wealthsurance Foundation Plan from IDBI Fortis Life Insurance Co Ltd. Obviously, with such an honestly lame name (seriously, Wealthsurance!), it has to be a Unit Linked Life Insurance Product (ULIP) in disguise — and it is!
After a hair scratching/tearing analogy with pomegranates […]