There has been a long history of candidates contesting elections in India from 'Multiple Constituencies'. This has happened in the past and this time it is no different. It is up to you to either blame or praise the Indian constitution for providing such a provision for candidates to contest elections from multiple constituencies. In my view, it is huge dent to government treasury if a candidate is elected from multiple constituencies to either of *parliament* or *assembly* for a given period. … Read more… about Redefining the Electoral Rules
IPL 2009 and beyond
Now it is confirmed that Indian Premier League (IPL) will be held outside India for this season. The schedule has been announced as well for the season 2009. Even I am disappointed due to change in venues from India to South Africa. Is this move an obvious one? Were there any open options available with IPL committe to conduct this six weeks event India? What does that mean to India and rest of the world? While thinking about the whole story, a number of thoughts floated over my mind regarding … Read more… about IPL 2009 and beyond
Aircel enters Karnataka
Aircel has entered Karnataka mobile circle recently. Aircel a subsidiary of Malaysian telecom major Maxis and already has strong foothold in east and north eastern Indian states. This company is known for cut-throat competition in providing various attactive features and bill plans. If you are still not able to associate this company, they are the main sponsorors of 'Chennai Super Kings' cricket team of Indian Premier League(IPL). They have already proved that they are the leaders in mobile … Read more… about Aircel enters Karnataka
BSLI Platinum Plus – review & analysis
Birla Sun Life Insurance Platinum Plus is an unit linked Insurance plan which was introduced long back. Here is a review and analysis of this plan. It may be noted that this is the first of its kind in the Indian insurance industry when Birla Sun Life introduced this in june 2008. Taking the cues from there on many companies introduced multiple products. LIC introduced Jeevan Aastha and Jeevan Varsha, ICICI introduced return guarantee fund and IDBI floated Bondsurance... and the list goes … Read more… about BSLI Platinum Plus – review & analysis
Tata Nano – Unknown facts
Tata Nano bookings to start officially in less than a week from now. People are curious to know about the booking details and pricing. News reports suggest that the bookings can be made online as well through a wide network of State Bank of India (SBI). Various banks are charging around 12% interest for new car loans in India, not sure what would be rate on Tata Nano as it belongs to low cost category. It would be interesting to see how much SBI would levy on this car as their profit margin … Read more… about Tata Nano – Unknown facts