MEDIA MATTERZ!

I often visit rediff.com. May be you can call that the most frequented site nxt only to the ubiquotous Google by yours truly! I love it just for its content and the good coverage that is often pan-indian! yeah... PAN-INDIAN! I mean every bit of the word!

Often, I feel that southern content dont get much of space in other general content websites. Why is it so???

*Politics is by default New Delhi and other northern states (The content might get as dumb as chasing the Gandhi family wherever they are or as hilarious as the activities of Lalu or Mayawati... hey.. we do have some comedians down here!)

*Movies by default mean Bollywood!

*Songs(Most of such sites allow you to hear songs online!) are often is some Himesh reshmaiyya Crap (with due respect for his nasal talent!!)

*Sports fortunately for some reason is covered across the length and breadth of the country... and so seems pretty O.K!

I even felt the same with News channels on TV! NDTV went to the extent of lauching a half-hour show called 'Southern Edition' thus validating the fact that southern states werent given their due! TV 18 went a step ahead - they introduced a show called "UP SOUTH"(felt lik it was a dig at the often used phrase - DOWN SOUTH!)

Recently though that's changing! The reason behind that is the stark fact that more than 50-60% of the viewers of such news channels are from the 4 southern states(TN, KER, AP & KAR)! So these media houses are forced to provide southern content!

The fact remains that India is a pluralist nation and so you need to give a wide range of content that can please everyone (may sound utopian....but strive for it!)

Tail Piece :
Because of its pan-indian content rediff user comments section often has heated argument over issues discussed often with a regional bias! Though it sometimes is thought provoking.. it ends up nasty most of the time!

Vodafone ZOO-ZOO'S: FACTS N FIGURES!

Tail Piece : ZOO-ZOO Factzz

They aren't Animations! They are human beings wearing body suits!

Body Part : stuffed with foam in some places
Head : To make it look bigger than a human head, a harder material called Perspex was used, which in turn was stuffed with foam (with scope for ventilation)
*Cast: includes children, women(leaner hands & legs required it that way)!
*Fan page at Facebook: 5600 members already!

VIDEO OF THE VEEK! - WHISTLE PODU- CSK FAN VIDEO!

IPL2009 is hotting up!

Deccan has booked their berth in the finals while Bangalore is to take on Chennai in the second semi-final today!

Look the beauty of the tournament... and how things have panned out..!!
If Banglore is thro to the finals,, then we have the two bottom most teams of the first edition of the tournament facing each other in the finals of the second edition!!! I would love that as a sport enthusiast! I am always behind dark horses you see...

But the ardent Chennai fan in me... refuses to budge down!!! It's the turn of Super Kings to lay their fingerprints on the not-so-good looking (Studded with diamond and gold thou!) IPL Trophy this time!

TAKE A LOOK AT THE PROMO FAN VIDEO OF CSK : WHISTLE PODU!!!



Cheers!

Tailpeace: Whatever happens... its gonna be an All-south Indian IPL Final!!!lol!
Could turn out to be Hyd Biryani Vs Chennai Saambaar Idlis!!!

THE BIKE'Y DILEMMA?!!

It's time to buy myself a bike! I remember telling one of my dad's friend on how I would like my first vehicle to be...a car rather than a bike! Ofcourse, immature statements...Unaware of the real fun that's associated with biking! It should be okay as i was jus 10 then!

Years have rolled by... and now I am here looking out for a bike that would become my first vehicle. It's so important u knw! I mean... it's the first time in your life... you are gonna choose somethin on which you wil be riding a lot! Ofcourse it drives you crazy as well! (Double-entendre un-intended!)

Let me cut it short! This i how I have planned my bike to be...

• 125 or 135ccShould weigh ok...(I shd be able to handle it with ease!)


• Comfort!(can't take back pain plzzzz!)


• Mileage(ideal - 70???)

Well these are the parameters and specifications i m lookin out for!
Initial research which includes word-of-mouth suggestions from friends and forum discussions in websites have led me to the folllowing models:
Honda Shine & Bajaj Discover 135!

Though both of it don fit my crieteria perfectly... they seem to be the closest ones!
Heard that Honda shine gives a around 55-60kmpl in city limits! I have driven it twice or thrice... It was pretty comfortable! To top it all... its HONDA ENGINE u knw! Point taken!

Coming to Bajaj's Discover... well... my family..somehow has been Bajaj loyalists! Bajaj kawasakis & bajaj calibers... and bajaj XYZ...BAjaj @##%.. it has always been a BAJAJ! I have rode Discover a lot many times... courtesy : my room mate! However I might break out from the Bajaj loyality club! lol!

Let's c! Wil keep you posted on which one I end up buyin! Watever it may be... It's gonna be really special to me!

SUDDENLY SOMETHING - ATMs!!!

Hi ppl!

I was browsing through Businessline and suddenly this news item struck me! Hope you all are aware of the regulation(that came into effect frm Apr1) by RBI to connect all ATMs(irrespective of the banks) and thus ensure seamless transactions that can be carried out in any of the ATMs by all customers regardless of whichever bank they hold accounts in. Prior to this regulation, a customer was often charged for using an another bank's ATM!

Hey but do you know that banks still have to pay each other, the cost of its customers using the other bank's ATM. Thus, it is as simple as this....
For eg....If you happen to be SBI's customer and you happen to swipe your ATM card in a Canara Bank ATM, then SBI pays a transaction charge to Canara just because you happened to use it! Now what can be expected because of this?
Very logical! Banks will be forced to ramp up their ATM infrastructure (More ATM's... Lesser is the probability of you using an another bank's ATM and thus with it lesser is the need to pay other banks for ATM use!)

Now to the interesting part of this post!
Have you ever wondered what does it cost your bank if you carry out a transaction in an ATM!??According to a study by Indian Bank, a transaction made in an ATM costs the bank Rs.16!And if the same transaction was carried out through the bank's counter, the cost of the transaction almost doubles to Rs.35!

And the reason behind banks pushing for online banking is this fun-da! It costs the bank only a mere Rs.6 for every transaction made online! So, the next time you do some fund transfer online..feel happy that you are actually helping your bank cut the cost of the transaction by almost 85%!

Cheers!

Tailpiece: Interesting facts abt ATMs!!! (Thank you WIKI!)

Worlds First ATM: Barclays bank @ Enfield in 1967!
Major ATM Manufacturers : Diebold, IBM and NCR
World's most northerly installed ATM: Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway
The world's most southerly installed ATM: McMurdo Station, Antarctica
ATMs are common in cruise ships n US navy ships!