The Banana Corporation, Inc. - Latest Comments

Re: Rs.5 ka Corruption

Abhishek G — Wed, 16 May 2012 05:40:12 -0000

The techie & The Honest Conductor are the first 2 dimensions to the events unfolded. Undoubtedly, the protogonist & the wrongdoer (not in that order).
There is an important 3rd dimension to the events unfolding, which I would like to use the term 'silent majority' a.k.a commuters of the same bus. Kudos to 1 amoung them to blog about it! Giving a voice to the good we want to see Vs just cursing our fates at the state of the Nation
What if the script was different? i.e. the conductor actually accepts the 'adjustment'

Re: My 100th Post! :)

Abhishek G — Wed, 16 May 2012 05:12:29 -0000

Congrats!!I am aware I am little late in saying that! Better late than never! :) The actual reason is, your blogs came-up on my 'blogs Only' diet that I am on today.

Re: My 100th Post! :)

vadakkus — Tue, 15 May 2012 13:47:44 -0000

Thank you man! It is people like you who keep me going! :)

Re: #MalluPlaces in Bangalore!

Ragesh Chakkadath — Thu, 10 May 2012 06:09:50 -0000

Our places are being mis-pronounced too. Do you know how northindians pronounce the word kazhakoottam? (yep the one near technopark) "kaarrakkottam", "kazzaakottam" and a lot more versions. :D

Re: Sachin Tendulkar in Rajya Sabha: Why this Kolaveri?

Rahul — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:03:22 -0000

Sale ne apni aukaat dikha di..He was a corrupt person and he had proved in the past also and now he has confirmed it by supporting corrupt Sonia..Get lost Sachin..No one needs you anymore in India.. (Edited by Moderator)

Re: 22 Female Kottayam – The Truth, No Bullshit!!

Santhoh — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 06:09:21 -0000

Another offbeat Jada. Cannot be compare with Solt and peepr,which was a nice movie. Very commen story tried to serve in a diffrent platform but totaly failed.

Fahads acting is remarkable.

Re: My 100th Post! :)

Obi_Mikel — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:11:37 -0000

Your blog is pretty interesting. I have had you on rss for quite some time now. Congrats on the 100th post.

Re: 22 Female Kottayam – The Truth, No Bullshit!!

ചെലക്കാണ്ട് പോടാ — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 04:57:39 -0000

നല്ലൊരു സിനിമയെ കുറിച്ച് നന്നായി എഴുതിയൊരു റിവ്യൂ.....

പറയാതെ വയ്യാത്തൊരു കാര്യമുണ്ട് ഫഹദിന്റെ പ്രകടനം, കൈയ്യെത്തും ദൂരത്തെ അഭിനയത്തില്‍ നിന്ന് കൈയ്യെത്താ ദൂരത്തിലേക്ക് കടന്നിരിക്കുന്നു രണ്ടാം വരവില്‍

Re: To Get Back at Autorickshaws, Take the Bus!

Abcd — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 01:06:20 -0000

You are 100 percent right. I have asked many people to take the bus to the airport. But most end up taking the taxi. The bus is fast and comfortable. The 335e and 500c are there almost every 5 mins. The volvo bus are awesome. I have a car. But still I prefer to take the volvo because I feel the bus is faster sometimes and even if they could be delayed it winter be more than 5mins compared to travelling the same time in my car. People in Bangalore should least travel by bus on the bus days.

Re: The Norway Kids’ Mess – Egg on our Faces.

abhishek — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:03:11 -0000

What nonsense. Norway is a hypocritical, loser nanny state. If you cannot overcome an inferiority complex towards a sub-minor power like Norway, I pity you.

And what the F is this about Indians who jumped on without solid evidence? Your colonial loser mentality drips from every line. Do you remember that last year, American authorities stopped an Air France plane at JFK and very publicly marched out and arrested the Chief of the IMF Dominique Strauss-Kahn? Where was the evidence in the DSK case? Didnt the case fall apart like a pack of cards? What is with this chip on your shoulder? Yes, Indians are emotional. So is everyone else. What about the civilized, cultivated British? We didnt buy their Typhoon and the entire country threw its toys out of the pram! Like ultimate losers, the British media railed and railed about how India had taken a paltry $0.5 billion in so called aid for them. And then, it surfaced that the British had secretly pleaded with us to accept their aid peanuts. Doesnt that make the British a nation of ill-informed crybabies? If you open your eyes, you will see Indians are no different from anyone else.

Re: The Mystery of the Missing Previews/ Thumbnails of Links Shared on Facebook

random user — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:35:07 -0000

It's also worth noting that this error can also be related to the way the data is served out to facebook, aka how its encoded. Some forms of chunked encoding can cause the open graph tags to not be read correctly by facebook.

Re: Of Insurance Companies and Customer Harassment – A True Story

vadakkus — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 08:58:31 -0000

I recently even cancelled an LIC ULIP. This "market dependency" cannot be trusted anymore. But are you sure you will not be penalized for not paying premiums? Make doubly sure, because in my case they had, that is why I decided to close the thing, even if it meant losses. Some losses better than lots of losses, no?

Re: Of Insurance Companies and Customer Harassment – A True Story

neethu — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 03:29:54 -0000

I had negative experience with Birla Sunlife recently. I have been investing 15 k for the past 3 years.. and you wont believe that the current fund value is less than 40K. Thankfully the mandatory investment was just 3 years and this year i decided not to pay and left the money in the account in the hope that one day the NAV will be atleast more than what i invested.
Anyway, when I missed my premium this year, they started calling me with their friendly reminders. I told them straightaway that I am not paying this years premium. Even then they kept on calling me, saying that I will get good returns only if I keep paying(yea as if I blindly believe them), until I told them I have no intention to pay anything more for this and 'requested' them not to call me anymore..

Now I have decided the best investment is bank FDs and I am not falling a prey for these kind of money eating ULIPs anymore..

Re: Of Insurance Companies and Customer Harassment – A True Story

vadakkus — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:25:48 -0000

IRDA knows about all this. But even they wont take them on. And who has time and resources to go after them? They know that too.

Re: 20 Things that India Will Have as a Developed Country

vadakkus — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:16:19 -0000

Thank you 5FQ :) Took me a month to gather all those pictures

Re: The Norway Kids’ Mess – Egg on our Faces.

vadakkus — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 08:47:35 -0000

Distant? As distant as the moon... But you know what they say about wishing on the moon... Hopefully one day...

Re: The Norway Kids’ Mess – Egg on our Faces.

bindu menon — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 05:12:35 -0000

Your post is certainly an eye opener . In the beginning I used to feel very sad for the parents and both the kids..the younger one being as little as just a year old..Somehow I felt while watching Mrs Bhattacharya on various News Channels that something about her was missing..her body language never showed any signs of mental strife on being away from her kiddos..

How I wish We too..in India had similar laws and as you say no such cases of baby Falak would ever happen..A Country where there is no Infanticide..Foeticide..kidnapping .. trafficking of kids etc..
Every baby to lead a healthy childhood free of worries..grow up with ample care of loving parents and a Strict Law which will protect them irrespective of their status of belonging to the rich or poor class

A distant dream in India ! Isnt it ?

Re: Trains from Bangalore to Kerala in an Alternate Universe

vadakkus — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 23:33:39 -0000

I have been living there for quite some time now :)

Re: 20 Things that India Will Have as a Developed Country

Shafeeque Mohammed Bin Kassim — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:42:48 -0000

Nice one Vadakkus bai. I liked the Btech part, ranking and pictures that you used for illustration.

Re: 20 Things that India Will Have as a Developed Country

vadakkus — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:35:55 -0000

Thank you! :)

Re: Trains from Bangalore to Kerala in an Alternate Universe

Govinda — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 02:24:20 -0000

Vattenu paaryum ithinu :P

Re: 20 Things that India Will Have as a Developed Country

Siccnoida — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:47:22 -0000

:) NICE articles

Re: To Get Back at Autorickshaws, Take the Bus!

vadakkus — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 10:18:54 -0000

Good to know that you liked my posts :) Yes, I have heard foreigners say the same! :) But you might want to wait at least till Reach 1 of the Metro is complete :)

Re: Trains from Bangalore to Kerala in an Alternate Universe

Tomzaqputhuchira, EKM — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 10:13:41 -0000

If we dont see these lets our grand children may be luckier

Re: To Get Back at Autorickshaws, Take the Bus!

Anupam Manur — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 08:45:16 -0000

You really said it mate. I really think that Bangalore is lucky to have such brilliant bus service. The volvo buses are much better than the ones here in Lancaster, UK. And reading your other post about Namma Metro just makes me want to come back to that beautifully fast growing city!!!