Weight Loss is one of the most searched topic on internet. Obesity is the root cause of majority of lifestyle related diseases & other serious medical conditions. 6 months back, i hit a century (106*) not in cricket but in body weight. It was an alarm bell as i started facing other Health Issues due to obesity. I was a big time foodie contributing to the high profits of Soft Drink, Pizza, Burger & FMCG companies. In my opinion if you eat food like a Medicine at young age than you need not to eat Medicines like Food at old age (Food for thought). At the same time, I strongly recommend ... Read More
Withdrawal of Pre-2005 Notes : Master Stroke by RBI
Recently RBI said that all the Pre-2005 Notes will be withdrawn from circulation. Though RBI said that the objective of this exercise is to crackdown on counterfeit notes in circulation. RBI will replace Pre-2005 notes with New Currency Notes (With Enhanced Security Features). In my opinion, Crackdown on counterfeit currency in only one of the reason for this move. There is larger motive behind this Master Stroke. Lets understand how In India, till date no study is being done to find out the average life of Paper Currency Note. In response to RTI queries regarding average life of Paper ... Read More
RTI Act Language Barrier in Information Transfer
In 1956, There was a major change in the boundaries of Indian States along linguistic lines. It was a result of State Reorganization Act, 1956. After independence there was a strong political demand to create states based on linguistic criterion. In 2014, World is a global village and there are no linguistic boundaries. If i have to take my example, i have changed 4 cities in last 8 years. Thankfully, English is "unofficially" accepted as official language everywhere. As per RTI Act, we can seek information in English, Hindi or Local Language i.e. In Maharashtra, i can seek information ... Read More
What is Right to Information Act
In my personal opinion, Right to Information Act is the biggest achievement of last decade. I was planning to start a section on Right to Information Act on my blog from quite sometime. As the famous proverb goes "It's Better Late than Never". Now you must be wondering what prompted me to become RTI activist. Answer is, when my father retired from Govt Department he was denied his retirement benefits due to frivolous reasons. Thanks to RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, he received all his retirement benefits after 5 years. RTI section on my blog is dedicated to untiring efforts put by my Father for 5 ... Read More
Plagiarism – Author’s Nightmare
According to Wikipedia, Plagiarism is the "wrongful appropriation" and "purloining and publication" of another author's "language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions," and the representation of them as one's own original work. It's a nightmare for any author who spend considerable time to write original content. Web is like an Ocean where any Tom, Dick or Harry can come, take a dive and steal. I have faced this horror many times in past but would like to share recent experience on how i fought Plagiarism successfully. It was fine Thursday Morning (Sep 26, 2013). I was enjoying cup of tea in ... Read More
Aadhaar Card – Do i really need it?
Recently Govt clarified that Aadhaar Card or UID is just a number and not an identity card. Gotcha....then why do i need Aadhaar Card ? Answer is (a) To capture bio-metric details of all citizens and (b) To transfer cash subsidies. Again Stumped :) I will explain why Recently after purchasing a flat, i completely over hauled my Govt Identities so got 1st hand experience on how to get all valid Govt Id proofs like Ration Card, Passport, Driving License, Voter Id Card etc. In this entire process my complete bio-metric details were captured 3 times i.e. in Ration Card, Passport and Driving ... Read More
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