Deccan 360 is a new logistic company in India founded by captain Gopinath (Air Deccan) with a vision to revalorize the logistic services in India.

Deccan 360 has three types of services which is known as Priority, Premium and Economy. You can find more information on the services provided here.

Having good logistic services are very important for business, so this service should be helpful to connect the cities in India.

Mobile phones, wow, one of the beautiful possessions of anybody now-a-days and it is very difficult to find someone who is not having a mobile. More than a luxury, mobile phone has become a necessity to the common man.

The entry of private service providers with CDMA, GSM and of course, 3G technologies changed the Communication sector in India beyond imagination. Mobiles have now become a necessity rather than a life style product.  Day by day new competitors are entering the mobile market by reducing the STD rates and Local call rates. It is really leaving the mobile users to switch over to other service providers.

The mobile users in India has been increased tremendously in last 7-8 years. The most potential and targeted mobile market is the youth market. Mobiles have become a necessity to the youth and to the surprise the service providers could well penetrate into the hearts of the youth in India. Moreover, they well established in the rural areas in India. 

Very recently, TATA DOCOMO has been introduced by offering 1 paisa/second for the STD and Local call. You get a connection for Rupees 100 for which SIM is free. This became a challenge to the rest of the service providers. Immediately MTS offered 1 paisa/2 seconds which means per second cost is 1/2 paisa. Now Vodafone is offering 1 paisa/second. What you have to do is get a new Vodafone connection by paying Rupees 66 for which SIM is free or recharge the existing connection, which provides local and STD at 1 paisa/second for one year. It goes on like this Airtel, Reliance, etc., 

Some of the benefits of having a mobile:

• You can be available round the clock with a mobile phone in hand.
• You can get the up to date information on anything.
• Now a days you can carry internet in your mobile phones
• Lot of business transactions are done through mobile phones
• Short messages or pictures can be sent
• Traders can get the price details of any products without even bringing the products to the market
• Now you can carry your bank in your mobile by doing mobile banking
• Many are carrying their office in their mobile phones

Some of demerits of having a mobile phone:

• Now a days mobile phones are used to detonate bombs
• Mobile phone cameras are used for taking unnecessary photographs
• Constant use of mobile phone creates lot of health problems
• Increased risk of accidents on road
• An addictive relationship which formed between the mobile phone and its user creates lot of problems
• Unless it is used carefully, you will never know that your pocket is getting drained.

I have been a mobile user since 2000, and those days i have been charged for the incoming as well as outgoing calls by the mobile service providers. Then, the size of my Nokia phone had the size of a walkie-talkie.  Now the scenario is changed and you can carry your internet in your phone which is very handy and  you have to pay only for the seconds what you are using and nothing more than that. Anyway thanks to the service providers for bringing down the rates to an unimaginable level. 

http://www.youtube.com/v/dIPxXoF7DCg&hl=en&fs=1Dance premier League is an interesting program – A great Reality show, one of my favorite, don’t miss it today (Friday)

Hello Address is a real estate service owned by the Malayala Manorama Group. This is an attempt to help to buy and sell properties in Kerala. You can register at this site for free and post your requirements. You will also find details of the properties to be sold categorized district wise. You can also search for properties for sale using the search feature, where you can mention your interested location.

You will find lots of information on this portal like Featured Builders, New Properties, Rental Properties, etc.

Check out this service if you are looking for any property or want to sell your property.

Things are now changing in India, Pay per seconds for voice calls and now pay per character for SMS and its from TATA DOCOMO. TATA DOCOMO has launched services in eight telecom Circles in just two months, and the countrywide rollout of its GSM services is expected to be completed by this year.

Diet-sms service is for message upto 15 characters. Competition is always better for consumers. I am sure, other operators will come up with similar packages soon, so don’t worry, continue with your existing operator.
Find out more on Diet SMS

Backwater Media and Entertainment, a media company, makers of Kerala Cafe’ is coming up with a new project, which will have 10 short stories, directed by 10 different directors. The idea is not new, I have seen one in Hindi, which was something I enjoyed and its a good try from well know Malayalam film director Renjith who will not be directing any of these 10 stories, but will be co-ordinating this project.

The Malayalam film industry is not doing well currently and such kind of projects could help in bringing it back to a healthy position. We need to wait and see how this project goes as its still under production. The 10 directors has been been signed and most of the top stars are expected to be casted in this. Twenty Twenty a movie with a difference had done very well in the Box office and I feel something with some difference could do better than the regular ones.

This picture was taken by me from a hotel in Kerala (Alleppey) (Arrack Shop). This is tapioca, with live flies

Idiot Box, the pet name given once to our television. What we see today is most of us are seductively parading before the screen for one or the other reason. Agree it or not, you just cannot ignore the influence of television in our daily life either in the form of News hours, soap serials, movies, reality shows..

Welcome to the world of reality shows.. It is the place where the reality meets fiction. Reality shows made a big entry into the lives of the ordinary people since it helps them to get rid off the clutches of the monotonous soap serials. Reality shows are either in the form of talent hunts (like singing, dancing, acting etc..), game shows, celebrity shows, makeover shows, confessions (Sach ka Saamna), etc.. These shows are helping, to a certain extend, to bring the hidden talents. Reality shows give a good platform or an opening to the talented ones.

How much these reality shows have the “real” factor?

Reality shows seems to be a huge success on the television in India since it allows the audience to be a part of the show. The audiences are allowed to choose the winner through a voting (sms) system even though its credibility is questioned many times and still to be decided. Most of the time this voting right is used to select a wrong person rather than the talented. Reality shows are taking an ordinary person to the stardom in a matter of hours. These shows are helping the contestants to groom a lot. They are always getting a chance to see and mingle with their dream stars since most of the time these celebrities are part and parcel of the show either as a judge or as a guest. It is a golden opportunity to correct and learn from the experienced hands. Contestants are free to express their feelings in the elimination round.

Reality shows seems to bear a lot of criticisms and analysis frequently based on many factors. Reality shows are criticized basically that these shows are trading on human emotions for money. It is forcing the contestant to do certain stage performance where they are not good at. How far the selection and elimination process is credible? It is still to be found out.

The judges comments needed to be standardized. They are giving a lot of discouraging comments and the channel is not asking the judges to be kept quite. It would be welcoming if they give their comments in a very pleasant manner to avoid the emotional scenes of the participants.

Idea Star Singer Season 4:

One of the reality shows in the Asianet and it is a sequel to Idea Star Singer 2007 and 2008. My favorite musical reality show even though i don’t believe in sending sms to any of the contestants. The show is aired from 8.30 pm to 10.00 pm from Monday to Friday. The judges are K.S. Chithra (renowned playback singer), Sarath (My favorite music director) and M.G. Sreekumar (playback singer) and the show is anchored by Ranjini Haridas (a person who is an expert in speaking Manglish, confused? It is mixture of Malayalam and English). The show is helping its contestants to grow (not physically) a lot. The judges are really helping the participants to correct their mistakes but what is unbearable is their gimmicks. They are trying to rip off the participants (except K.S. Chithra, who is very polite and encouraging to the participants) by cheap comedy. This is really embarrassing to the contestants as well as the viewers. Very few participants openly expressed their embarrassment on stage. These kind of attitude should be changed.

Everything is business and the reality show industry has a huge potential market since it is traded on the emotions of the audience. The whole aspect of every reality show is about money and they survive as long as they are able to convert the human emotions into currency.

Vembanad House is an excellent location for stay with a homely feeling at the backwaters of Alleppey in Kerala. This place is located at a place called Muhamma near Alleppey.

Built in an expansive area of 10.5 acres, the Vembanad House has an amazing waterfront of over 800 meters and the view from each of the four bed rooms is simply breathtaking.

This place is run by a couple, with least hired work force. You need to do the booking in advance and inform them about your tastes, etc.

The atmosphere is excellent and charges are nominal.

A 4 bed room well maintained house with a/c rooms

The lake view area, ideal for relaxing and having a drink

Unni appam served along with tea

Amazing Natural Beauty

Shravan Fishing

Towards the end

Towards Sunset Time

Night Shot – Using my Nikon D80

Sunrise – Early Morning Picture

Boat Houses which can be rented

The Boats Captain

Duck Curry, Kakka, chippy

Hmmm – Guess What

Recent popular Television show, Sach Ka Saamna is a reality show where you get paid for telling the truth. You are subject to polygraph tests which detects your answers to be true or false.

There are many truth on our life which we have not shared with anyone in this world. These truths could change the status of our life, so we prefer to keep these truth within ourselves. Confessing these truths to people who could either be involved or effected by the incidents related to the truth is something very difficult if we have once decided to keep it as a secret. Every such truth could be connected to someone very close to us, so revealing such truth could be fatal. A recent episode where Zahra Rahmani was the contestant who had to accept truths which could spoil her relation with her life partner. She knows what are the questions asked and she has to answer them in presence of individuals who are related to that truth. I salute people like Zahra who decided to let others know about the hidden truth. You need lot of courage to come out with the truth and should be ready to face the outcome of these truth.

I am sure very less people in this world could go for a confession in public with a show like Sach Ka Saamna

Some thoughts of Sach Ka Saama

1. You are subject  to polygraph test before the episode goes live with 50 questions
2. How does the organizers know about some incidents which even the contestant gets surprised  (could be something which had happened years back).
3. You are allowed to change your answers from the answers that you had given during your polygraph tests, but you are restricted to 3. Suppose a contestant has told more than 3 lies during the initial polygraph test, will there be a chance for that contestant to win the full level. My calculations says “NO”

This reality shows seems to be very interesting person to person. Some question are related to work, could even lose your job. We have seen some celebrities like Vinod Kambli, Bobby Darling and some courageous people like Zahra.