It’s election time and new shit has been coming to light more frequently than ever. After the Dhongress spoof that went viral, the kids are back with a bang. And this time Kejriwal and AAP are at the receiving end.

Titled Tragediwal, this spoof is a hilarious take on Kejriwal’s 49 day stint as the CM of Delhi and his regular expose and dharnas. In the run-up to the 2014 elections, we have already seen numerous spoofs, skits and meme wars between the political parties. It’s great to see Indian political parties embracing the social media to their advantage. We may never know who’s behind such creative videos, but they surely deserve a high five for entertaining us.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibxItESVNyU

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Anyone who has ever gone through the pains of finding the ‘perfect’ rented place will surely relate to this artistic interpretation of the ‘chakkar’ between Ghar and Broker. How far are you willing to go for it? Here's the link!

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This Valentine’s Week, we bring you rare little gems that can spread happiness and love around. And look what we’ve found: this cute conversation between a couple. To a woman, nothing looks cuter than the face of a jealous man. 

Here is the link :-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu9d7-zH9v8

Recently, Indian born Satya Nadella was promoted to the post of CEO of Microsoft. While both traditional and social media are abuzz with debates, consequences,factors, pride and puns, we join the bandwagon with a slightly hypothetical route:

What if, instead of Satya Nadella, ‘aam aadmi’ Arvind Kejriwal was made the CEO of Microsoft?

These 15 disasters will strike Windows users worldwide.

1. Office Assistant will wear a mufflerRemember the cute little paper-clip floating around office documents? It can’t stay naked in Dilli ki sardi, muffler zaroori hai.

2. Kejriwal will sit on dharnas to protest against Adobe Reader updates that show up everydayAdobe, if you’re listening, we’re sick of updating Adobe Reader every time we turn on the computer. So we support Kejriwal on this one. “Dharna All Night”

3. There’ll be donate buttons on Internet ExplorerThis is simple: if you want to continue browsing, donate first. Or you can buy tickets to our next dharna.

4. Microsoft Antivirus will stop scanning at 40%, coz Kejriwal is a true Engineer. 40 matlab pass.Every true engineer will appreciate the fact that “40 matlab pass”. Kejriwal is no exception to this universal rule. Even in Delhi elections, he scored a clear 40%(28/70 seats). So there’s no point scanning for viruses after 40%.

5. Microsoft Logo will be changedThis one is fairly logical. The gaps between the 4 blocks of the logo are meant to hold jhadoos (brooms). Utility over Dikhawa (Appearance). Also Kejriwal is against improper allocation of Real Estate.

6. Windows won’t let you install AntivirusCoz Kejriwal doesn’t want security.

7. He’ll hold World Upgrade Darbars to determine whether to upgrade Windows or notThere’ll be Upgrade Darbars in every mahulla in every city in the world. The consensus of people will be taken before deciding on the upgrade decision. Yes, coz it’s so feasible. Power to the people.

8. Somnath Bharti will be appointed the Head of Support Team. He’ll crash into your home without invitation and fix your PC.Somnath Bharti is a workaholic. His only prerogative in life is to make sure your Windows don’t crash and it runs smoothly. He’ll go to any length to protect you. (Psst. He might even intrude your privacy. But it’s for your own good pagle)

9. Almost 99% of Indians will be behind bars.Piracy, bitch!

10. Skype will be renamed as AAP ConnectKejriwal’s feet are on the ground(“Zameen”-Pe), so he can’t tolerate a name like“Sky”- Pe. So it’ll be renamed to AAP Connect.

(p.s. The AAP Connect video has been removed from YouTube for reasons unknown)

-PicStory!!

As the dream of most parents I had acquired a degree in
 Software Engineering and joined a company based in USA, the
 land of braves and opportunity. When I arrived in the USA, it
 was as if a dream had come true.


 Here at last I was in the place where I want to be. I decided I
 would be staying in this country for about Five years in which
 time I would have earned enough money to settle down in India.

 My father was a government employee and after his retirement,
 the only asset he could acquire was a decent one bedroom flat.


 I wanted to do some thing more than him. I started feeling
 homesick and lonely as the time passed. I used to call home and
 speak to my parents every week using cheap international phone
 cards. Two years passed, two years of Burgers at McDonald's and
 pizzas and discos and 2 years watching the foreign exchange
 rate getting happy whenever the Rupee value went down.

 Finally I decided to get married. Told my parents that I have
 only 10 days of holidays and everything must be done within
 these 10 days. I got my ticket booked in the cheapest flight.
 Was jubilant and was actually enjoying hopping for gifts for
 all my friends back home. If I miss anyone then there will be
 talks. After reaching home I spent home one week going through
 all the photographs of girls and as the time was getting
 shorter I was forced to select one candidate.


 In-laws told me, to my surprise, that I would have to get
 married in 2-3 days, as I will not get anymore holidays. After
 the marriage, it was time to return to USA, after giving some
 money to my parents and telling the neighbors to look after
 them, we returned to USA.


 My wife enjoyed this country for about two months and then she
 started feeling lonely. The frequency of calling India
 increased to twice in a week sometimes 3 times a week. Our
 savings started diminishing.

 After two more years we started to
 have kids. Two lovely kids, a boy and a girl, were gifted to us
 by the almighty. Every time I spoke to my parents, they asked
 me to come to India so that they can see their grand-children.


 Every year I decide to go to India… But part work part
 monetary conditions prevented it. Years went by and visiting
 India was a distant dream. Then suddenly one day I got a
 message that my parents were seriously sick. I tried but I
 couldn't get any holidays and thus could not go to India ... The
 next message I got was my parents had passed away and as there
 was no one to do the last rights the society members had done
 whatever they could. I was depressed. My parents had passed
 away without seeing their grand children.


 After couple more years passed away, much to my children's
 dislike and my wife's joy we returned to India to settle down.
 I started to look for a suitable property, but to my dismay my
 savings were short and the property prices had gone up during
 all these years. I had to return to the USA...


 My wife refused to come back with me and my children refused to
 stay in India... My 2 children and I returned to USA after
 promising my wife I would be back for good after two years.

 Time passed by, my daughter decided to get married to an
 American and my son was happy living in USA... I decided that
 had enough and wound-up every thing and returned to India... I
 had just enough money to buy a decent 02 bedroom flat in a
 well-developed locality.


 Now I am 60 years old and the only time I go out of the flat is
 for the routine visit to the nearby temple. My faithful wife
 has also left me and gone to the holy abode.

 Sometimes

 I wondered was it worth all this?

 My father, even after staying in India,

 Had a house to his name and I too have
 the same nothing more.

 I lost my parents and children for just ONE EXTRA BEDROOM.

 Looking out from the window I see a lot of children dancing.
 This damned cable TV has spoiled our new generation and these
 children are losing their values and culture because of it. I
 get occasional cards from my children asking I am alright. Well
 at least they remember me.


 Now perhaps after I die it will be the neighbors again who will
 be performing my last rights, God Bless them.

 But the question
 still
 remains 'was all this worth it?'

 I am still searching for an answer.................!!!

 START THINKING

 IS IT JUST FOR ONE EXTRA BEDROOM???

So you have a boyfriend/girlfriend/fiancée/spouse in a startup. Either they run the startup or they work in a startup, no real difference! I know what you are going through! I know the number of times you have controlled the urge to burn his/her laptop down or throw his/her phone into the latrine! No, I really do! My husband runs his startup too!

There is something I want to clarify to you! If you think your boyfriend/girlfriend/fiancée/spouse who is working in or has a startup has totally no respect for you or that they don’t love you anymore, you can’t be farther than the truth! When you are at war, all you can see are the bullets racing towards you, the bombs being thrown at you and all the bloodshed that’s happening around you. All you care about is survival and then may be winning. But then, we survive so we can get back home! Home to our loved ones!

Being in a startup is like being at war. Instead of bullets and bombs, here there are targets you set for yourself and questions from all those who expect to see you perform!

Being a startupper’s life partner is as difficult as being a soldier’s. But there are a few things I think you should understand that could make this journey so much more easier on you!

1. Your startup boyfriend/girlfriend/fiancée/spouse DOES LOVE YOU!

Trust me! Startuppers simply don’t have the time or bandwidth to be lying to people about things they don’t mean. If they are even trying to keep the relationship going, it is ONLY because they actually do love you.

They don’t call like before probably because they are fighting server outages, sleep, fatigue and some huge list of bugs and tasks. If you are going to measure their love by the amount of time they spend with you, honey, you are going down the wrong road!

2. The startup job is not a 10-6 one!

Tell me something! Would you skip work to spend time with your lover? No right? The same goes with your startup boyfriend/girlfriend. The only difference is that, in a startup, people work far longer and at haphazard hours. Also, if it is the founder you are dating, realise that they are building a business and there are people counting on them for their salaries. Missing a dinner doesn’t cost them hundreds or thousands of rupees but missing a major push might!

When they come home late or call you late, understand they have had a bad and stressful day, and don’t start fighting about how they don’t spend time with you! You are ending up wasting some precious minutes that you could spend with them, doing that!

3. There is no such thing as a weekend!

This is probably an extension to point no.2 but guys, Sundays and Mondays are no different once someone is in a startup. In fact, Sundays sometimes get more hectic than working days! It is perfectly normal for a startupper to get up early on a Sunday, open his/her laptop and start coding in his/her boxers!  It does not mean they take you for granted! It just means something important came up!

4. They are broke! But believe that it is not for long!

Most startup entrepreneurs take home a bare minimum salary that can help them survive. And this is ONLY if they are funded. If they are not, they are living on their last bit of savings. There is absolutely no budget for gifts or treats. Be nice and understand that this is a phase. Believe in your partner and understand how much passion he/she should be having, giving up their high paying jobs to do this! It won’t be long before things turn around. But hold on tight till then!

5. They don’t discuss their startup with you because they want a break!

It is not because they think you wouldn’t understand or because they are hiding things from you. Entrepreneurs try to keep business and pleasure as away from each other as much as possible, purely because once they let it mix, their whole life becomes a blur!

6. Get used to going to bed alone!

I am sure you have figured this out by now! Waiting for your entrepreneur husband/wife to come to bed with you will only decrease your sleeping hours and get you late to work tomorrow! In all likeliness they will be done with work and crawl into bed at 2-3 AM! So get used to it and don’t waste time waiting.

7. Be proud of your partner!

Entrepreneurs are a different clan! The good ones are very few and hard to find! It takes a lot of guts for someone to give up every comfort in life to start something of their own! The least you can do is to be proud of what they are doing, even if you don’t really understand everything about it.

Last bit from me, Stay with your partner through the ups and downs! Understand that they are in pressure cooker situations for most of the days and that the only way you could help is by being supportive. I am not going to say this will be easy! It will be extremely challenging and pretty difficult. It will be a hard roller coaster ride. But I am only going to say this will be worth it!

PS: All you startuppers out there, In most likeliness you might have to pass this link to your boyfriend/girlfriend/fiancée/spouse. I do hope it helps even if in a little way!

Source - Yourstory.com

There was this one customer complaint that goes something like this - 

"Bought a *** mobile from Flipkart for Rs. 6000 - my first buy ever, online. It worked properly for about 60 days but suddenly on 2nd Jan I got a battery issue and the service center guy just kept it with himself, saying I will get the fone after 20 days. When I went to the service center after 20 days, they said they couldn't rectify the issue. The mobile was even in a broken condition (unlike what I had given them). When I said it was under warranty, and you should replace it, they simply ignored and said if you want your mobile back then take it as it is or else leave it here. I'm helpless now, as I don't want to undergo the hassle of going to the police or the court for this goon-ism. I'm not sure if I can even ask your help in this regard, as it is not your responsibility. It is currently out of stock on your website. I would just like to ask you sir if you can make it in-stock so that I will order it again, as it was a gift for my wife."

He wrote this mail to Sachin Bansal. After 3 days, we get another mail from him - 

"Thanks a lot Flipkart. Never expected this to happen - such a quick turn-around! Not only did the service center guy call me up, he came home to replace my phone he also apologized for his behavior. Bravo Flipkart. A truly wonderful experience"

Apparently acting on his mail, Sachin had asked the business teams to escalate the issue to the CEO of the brand on priority, who then got back at the employee at the service center. All this within a short span of 3 days. 

When the CEO of a company goes on to escalate an issue to the CEO of another company based on a simple customer complaint, we can safely assume the company is driven by "Customer Obsession". This is something that everyone keeps in mind while working at Flipkart - Customer Satisfaction. The most essential part of any business. You cannot hope to grow if you do not care about your end users.

"Don't count your customers, before they smile"

- Yash Bhargava