Vodafone Essar India: Happy to Cheat, Steal and cover up?

 A caveat emptor notice on Vodafone Essar in India. If you are a mobile phone user and use a prepaid , you are advised to read this.

Vodafone Essar -Happy to Cheat?

PS: This story had a happy ending. Vodafone took cognizance of my complaint and ensured that the error was rectified.. so I am now a happy consumer who is happy to have been helped :)

Gene Sharp: The strategic inspiration behind the current polical upheavals?

One name has been cropping up often, when any analysis of events that resulted in the upheavals in the Middle East and North Africa takes place. The name is "Gene Sharp".
Given below are a few links that take you to the man, introduce you to his works and the impact he has had on the political landscape of our times. He is to me a strategic thinker par excellence!
Who is Gene Sharp?


The BBC on Gene Sharp and world politics

MKGandhi and Gene Sharp

Another take on the North African political upheavals


Gene Sharp's political jujitsu and North Africa

The Grammy Awards 2011

A nice link on the current set of Grammy nominees.
Grammy2011

Education Watch: Higher Studies in the United States.

Unless you are a masochist, or are into S&M games, like wearing dog collars around your neck or ankles, or generally like being treated without dignity and self respect, you are strongly advised to read this article. More so, if you or your wards are planning to travel to the United States for higher education.
Lessons from the Tristar University scam

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Are Indian Students at Trivalley University guilty?
Visa Relief for the TriValley University Students
 Indian Students trapped in the United States

Some useful links on education 

Politics in the Middle East: An Update

An update on the jasmine revolution and the Middle East upheavals. A nice article and an interesting  title.
A slap that started a revolution

Internet Protocol Addresses:An Update

An update on IP addresses.IP-addresses to vanish?

Indian Census 2011 and an advertising campaign in support

An update on the Census exercise. This would be of immense use to strategic planners since the mapping of data is integrated and comprehensive. This will also lead to the issue of an identity card that is integrated and as envisaged in Project Aadhar?

Indian Census 2011 Phase II

Sense and Census 2011 by ET

Census 2011 in Mumbai

Second-phase-of-Census-2011-starts-today

Censusarticlesho-2011-will-cover-illegal-immigrants

NGOs-to-be-involved-in-Indias-2011-census

Govt-buckles-agrees-to-caste-in-2011-census

Mental-illness-to-be-mapped-in-census-2011

Census-2011-crucial-for-people-with-disabilities

Transgenders-a-separate-category-in-census-2011

Advertising Campaign-for-census-2011

Project Aadhar of the Unique Identity Authority of India

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Unique Identification Authority of India