Why’re you honking, dude?

I dislike loud sounds, except for the time I occasionally spend at a pub. That’s fine because I know what I am getting into…there would be loud music, girls and boys dancing, screaming, middle aged men and women pretending that age never caught up with them etc. I chose to be there where loud music is playing and I can walk out any time I feel like.

Unfortunately we live in a country where we are bombarded with all kinds of sounds always, everywhere. We are a people who don’t consider sound as pollution. Any city or town you go, you find, loudspeaker that blares out unpopular music (according to my taste) from a temple/church during festive seasons, or big speakers at someone’s wedding, political rallies where the person waxes eloquently on how the party is godsend and is going to change the face of this nation.

I hate all of these. I hate from my very guts, guys who honk for no apparent reason while driving. Every city in our country is infested with these senseless idiots! This is one area where the whole nation is united.

I’m sick to death of these people. I absolutely despise them. I cannot come up with a good word for the feeling I have… I curse them; sometimes abuse them, using the foulest cuss words in all the languages I know. BTW, I know cuss words in languages in which I cannot converse! And I am left seething with anger even after that.

Anyway … I am sure a lot of you will share my feelings. But there is precious little we can do to bring a stop to it. I, in my own way, will continue fighting this menace. I would suggest you do that too.

I am yet to find out why people use their horn so much. While the signal turns from red to green, the dude behind you responds with a honk, even before he probably shifts his gear or starts his engine (in case he switched it off). Hello! I am not sleeping! And I am not blind! I know that I have to move.

Well, if everyone else is moving and I don’t, honking away to glory doesn’t help, it simply means there is something wrong with my car, it won’t start. I don’t know what the guy behind me thinks…am I getting some sort of pleasure by not moving?

Every other city in the country observes a ‘no honking’ day (wonder if there is a ‘happy no honking day’ card!). Film stars, musicians, politicians, anybody who is somebody take part in campaign against the menace. But people’s love for their horn hasn’t come down one bit. They love their horn…they are ‘horn’y people!

If you ask me which city is the worst, I really can’t pick one. The competition is so stiff. I moved to Kochi recently. A city which is described a quaint and serene and green, and what not. It takes roughly an hour’s bus ride to office. So on a working day, I spend two hours suffering a high-octane cacophony in different tones, apart from the dust and the heat.

If I had my way I would fit a ring with sharp nails inside it to every driver’s b***s. And each time he presses on his horn, it would give a nice squeeze. How about that?

By 
Sooraj Singh
CreatiVentures Publishing

Uninor Customers watchout - You are being looted every month

Do you know how Uninor loots your money?
How should i call Unior or Chornor (meaning of the hindi word is Thief).
Are you a Uninor prepaid customer? Have you sometime noticed that every month Rs.30 each is automatically deducted from your balance without you subscribing for any additional service?
Well. let me share my personal experience with Uninor.
I have two sim cards of the same scamer company, i mean "Chornor".
I took it because they were one of the first ones to introduce per second billing.
I use one sim and the other is used by my sister.
I always recharge with rs.300. i never cared about how much money is getting deducted.
And when i took both the sims i have not opted for any additional services. Initially for the few months it was a damn cheap deal but ever since the 2G scam burst i think think they began looting the people.
Because, for the past six months my sister have been telling me that every month from her mobile Rs.60 is deducted automatically. In two intervals rs.30 each.
She always charges her phone with rs.100 so it is easy to track the balances. 
First i told her that she must be using it. But when she started complaining to me frequently i began watching my calls and balances.
Then i realized that i am also being looted every month rs.30 each for two of their services since last six months.
So to verify it i went to one of the Chornor (Uninor) outlet and checked with customer care executive.
He checked on the system and found that for the past six month my number has been subscribed for my caller tunes and my cricket India or something like that.
I told him i have not activated these services for myself. Then how come that you have activated it without my consent?
No Sir, you must have subscribed for it.
Ok. I pretend that i accept my ignorance. And asked him to deactivate both the services from my number.
He did it instantly without any hesitation.
Now, i wanted to verify who is playing the game.
So i asked to check my second number and it also had two other services subscribed since last six months.
Now after verifying, i asked him, how come that both these numbers have unsolicited activation of two different services?
Now the executive goes blank and his face become pale. Because, i caught it red handed.
So i asked him to deactivate the services from the second number also. He did it without any hesitation.
And i solved the problem forever i thought...
But the incident is not over...
After two moths my sister tells me that Chornor (Uninor) is deducting rs.30 each again. Because, i didn't want to waste my time and money for a telecom provider who is a chor i mean thief.
Now i ask her to take new sim and thrash the old.
Who activates the services without the consent of the customer?
Why are they doing it?

Of course let me give you a statistics of the Chornor (Uninor).
They operate in  22 telecom circles across India with a customer base of 36 million.
Imagine, if they loot rs.30 from each customer how much is being accumulated every month.
36million x 30 = 1080 million rupees. Don't be surprised the amount when you hear in crores.
They are looting on monthly basis is over 100 crores.

Let us say the loot the 36 million customers with Rs.60 each, it will be a whooping figure of 200 crores.
And i think that is the business strategy they use to compensate the loss or the money they have paid for to Raja and Co or for the 2G spectrum agents.
At the end of the days who is being looted? It is YOU the Customer!
That is the privilege you get as an Indian who lives in India and opt for cheap services.
You are looted by the democracy and the capitalists alike.

Friends, it is my own experience. Please forward it to as many as of your friends to come out of this rut.
If you are a Chornor (Uninor)  customer please check the services you have activated or if your money is deducted without your consent. If so, change the service provider who do not loot you.
Do inform this to all friends of yours who are using Uninor.
Spread the awareness that we will not be victims of such exploitation.
Feel free to forward this link and Join this blog as a member to fight against corruption and exploitation in our sweet democratic mother land.
Jai Ho!
Wishing you all blessings of life
Joji Valli
(Author Publisher)
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