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Fiat Linea Review

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Fiat India has introduced its new model Linea in three variants - Active, Dynamic and Emotion. All these variants come in 1.3 ltr diesel and 1.4 ltr petrol engines. I test drove this car almost a week back and couldn't manage to write a review. After my initial reviews on Tata Indica vista, Maruti A-Star and Hyundai i20, here is my much delayed review on Fiat Linea. Looks: I went to Bangalore Concorde Motors show room on Hosur road near dairy circle. This show room was the authorized showroom … Read more… about Fiat Linea Review

An ad promoting national anthem

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Came across this video recently on youtube. This video made me recall an incident that happened at Fame Lido Cinemas last week. Having the goldclass tickets in hand we were just about to settle in our seats for watching 'Luck by Chance' and as soon as we entered, a Bharatbala production video on Indian National anthem was screened. That day was surely not any national celebrations day. We just halted and stood upright to respect our anthem and similarly all those who were already seated in … Read more… about An ad promoting national anthem

Indian Politics and FreakOnomics

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General elections for Indian parliament is just round the corner. All major political parties are struggling hard to come up with an election strategy to get the blessings of the voter. Every party focuses on wooing the common man. I have a number of points in my mind at this point of time, may be an effect due to the book 'Freakonomics' which I am reading currently. Let me write about all those points one by one, I don't think I will be able to cover all of them in one post. Don't be surprised … Read more… about Indian Politics and FreakOnomics

Latest bollywood movie reviews

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I am resuming to write movie reviews again. Over the past week, I have seen three movies - Raaz(the mystery continues...), Luck by chance and Slumdog Millionaire. Here is my quick thought on each movie. Raaz - The mystery continues: The original Raaz was an awesome movie with all the required elements of a typical bollywood cinema including suspense, thriller, horror, music, romance etc., However, this sequel of Raaz has lost its glitter. I  fail to understand this movie, which claimed to be … Read more… about Latest bollywood movie reviews

ICICI Return Guarantee Fund

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ICICI prudential Life introduced Return Guarantee  Fund (RGF) recently and I got a call from its tele-caller today. This is yet another option if you like to invest in ULIP plans. I was told by the representative that this plan was launched to public on 22nd Dec'08. I would like to list out the information provided by him about this plan in this post. After LIC's Jeevan Aastha and IDBI's Bondsurance - a fixed return products, ICICI Prudential has launched a fund called RGF(Return Guarantee … Read more… about ICICI Return Guarantee Fund