Ritesh Sapra Digitalized

With the evolution of the ‘Internet’, information seems to be just a click away.

If you want to check the latest movie running at your nearest cinema house, or you want to read reviews about a new restaurant - its all available on the Internet.

Infact, buying any new product is a breeze, since you can read first hand reviews online, and then make a decision if you really wish to go for the product.

All this sounds good and while you can find most of the information online, there still are things which dont exist online.

Recently, I wanted to travel from Vashi to Bandra, and I had coupons with me, which meant I didnt have to stand in the queue, and I could just punch in the coupons and travel. But WAIT! How do I know what is the fare for a first class single ticket to travel from Vashi to Bandra - the line was so huge that I didnt wish to waste my time standing in the line. Anyhow, I finally managed to get hold of the right amount, but thats a whole story on its own.

Later when I got home, I tried to find this information online, and to be surprise there is no single website that mentions the fares to travel from one station to another in a Mumbai local train.

Surprising eh?

Get creative with social issues and win Rs 1 lakh

Outdoor Advertising Magazine (OAM) and the Indian Outdoor Advertising Association (IOAA) have launched a social awareness campaign competition. The competition aims to creatively highlight social issues that need to be addressed. The format of the competition is open to all OOH formats, such as billboards, street furniture, etc.

All creative personnel are eligible to enter the contest, either individually or in groups. The topics are:

• Stop abusing the girl child – From inception to bride torturing
• Proud to be an Indian – Stop abusing laws and stop being corrupt

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Lately, the topic of discussion has been focussed on the NOT needed ‘fuel’ price hike in India. There were rumors that price of ‘petrol’ was to be hiked by INR 20/litre, which would make the fuel costs INR 70/litre in Mumbai, India.

However, the Government has dismissed all rumors of such a steep hike. The likely price hike would be around INR 5/litre.

A quick comparison of fuel prices with other countries shows some stunning results. The figures are shown in USD / litre for ease of comparison.

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Much has been spoken about Deepika Padukone expressing her love for Ranbir Kapoor, by moving to Cozihom Housing Society, very close to Ranbir’s pad.

Quite a few people have got the facts wrong, all thanks to our fantastic media. According to Indiatimes, Deepika moved to Cozihom (which is correct). But they go on to add that Cozihom is located bang opposite Ranbir’s bungalow (which is incorrect). Cozihom & Krishna Raj (Ranbir’s bungalow) are atleast about 300m apart on the same stretch i.e. Pali Hill.

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Anything remotely close to the word ‘bombay’ is slowly changing to ‘mumbai’. The bombay University has been renamed to Mumbai University. Bombay Central changes to Mumbai central, but why would you want companies, restaurants, schools to change??

At the rate things are going, this is what we’ll see soon :

• Bombay Scottish (school) = Mumbai Scottish
• Bombay Blues (restaurant) = Mumbai Blues
• Bombay Times (Newspaper) = Mumbai Times
• Bombay Dyeing (company) = Mumbai Dyeing
• Bombay Brassiere (restaurant) = Mumbai Brassiere
• Bombay Stock Exchange = Mumbai Stock Exchange
• Bombay Sapphire = Mumbai Sapphire

Anything else that comes to your mind, that we’ll soon see?

After loosing their first 4 matches in the IPL, everyone had given hope on the Mumbai Indians team, lead by Sachin Tendulkar. (Oops, is he really leading?, hasnt yet played a single match).

Wondering if he still gets to keep the USD$1,121,250 signup price, even without playing?

Looks like the Mumbai Indians are atleast keeping the hope alive. They recorded their third win yesterday at the D Y Patil stadium, against the Rajasthan Royals.

They are up against Chennai Super Kings next on the 14th of May.

Which team do you think will take the IPL cup away?

Wooo Hooooo !!!

According to a new law passed, hotels are now allowed to serve liquor even
on dry days, but the catch is only 3*, 4* and 5* hotels can serve them.
Reason you might ask…. Simply because they pay an extra 7% Luxury tax to
the government.

I’m super happy … but at the same time, I’m wondering if its fair for only
Luxury hotels to serve liquor??