India may become Zimbabwe at 2028!

Zimbabwe is experiencing ridiculous inflation, widespread famine, social instability and an uncompetitive economy.

In 1980, one Zimbabwean dollar (ZWD) equaled US $1.47. Now one ZWD equals US $0.06. Does that seem bad? It gets worse – this six-cent valuation of the ZWD is after the government redemoninated it by a factor of ten billion: 10,000,000,000 old ZWDs now equals one new ZWD. In other words, it’s worthless.

Year Inflation Rate of Zimbabwe:
1980 7%
1981 14%
1982 15%
1983 19%
1984 10%
1985 10%
1986 15%
1987 10%
1988 8%
1989 14%
1990 17%
1991 48%
1992 40%
1993 20%
1994 25%
1995 28%
1996 16%
1997 20%
1998 48%
1999 56.9%
2000 55.22%
2001 112.1%
2002 198.93%
2003 598.75%
2004 132.75%
2005 585.84%
2006 1,281.11%
2007 66,212.3%
2008 9,030,000%


India's inflation rate today is nearly 12%. If you see above figures then India's inflation may reach as high as Zimbabwe's inflation rate in just another 25 to 28 years!

Year India's inflation rate:

1995 10.2%
1996 9.2%
1997 7.2%
1998 13.2%
1999 4.7%
2000 4.0%
2001 3.9%
2002 4.9%
2003: 3.8%
2004 3.8%
2005 4.3%
2006 5.8%
2007 5.3%
2008 12%

Kareena Kapoor to launch her own website

Joining the league of international stars like Victoria Beckham, Madonna and Jennifer Lopez, Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor is all set to launch her own website.

The site would inform netizens about the actress' latest fashion trends.

"Kareena's official website is going to be on an absolutely tech savvy format. It's going to be on the lines of the sites of international stars like Victoria Beckham, Madonna and Jennifer," a source close to the actress revealed Tuesday.

The source added: "Her website is going to be more fashion oriented. The site will have updates not only of Kareena's fashion trends but also other trends that take place all over the globe".

The actress has been known for her fashion presence even in the fashion fraternity and looks forward to sharing her trend sense with her fans through the site.

"She has sound knowledge about the fashion industry and the web site will give her a chance to share her fashion knowledge with her fans. There have been a number of occasions when Kareena has even actively participated in designing her own costumes for films," said the source.

Kareena is also the brand ambassador of a global fashion retail chain Globus. 

Source: SiliconIndia.com

Bajaj XCD is Exceeding my Patience limit!

Bajaj XCD is Exceeding my Patience limit! I purchased Bajaj XCD on 12th December 2007 by thinking it will atleast rescue me from these crowdy BMTC buses. This bike has given lot of trouble to me. By now I have submitted 3 complaints to Bajaj customer care. Everytime I submit a complaint they will arrange service people to attend my problem. In this regard Bajaj is very good as they atleast listen to our trouble. But the service people are worst! they have such a unskilled people, to solve one problem they would introduce few more new troubles for you. I do not want to explain what problems I have with my bike( please visit my 'Honest review' on Bajaj XCD at MouthShut for the details). 15 days back I was going home from my office on Old Madras road. It was another long day of Ramadan fasting. I wanted to reach home early so that I can get ready for prayer and to end fasting. On old madras road near big bazaar my bike stopped suddenly. I tried lot to start it but unfortunately nothing worked. I started pushing it to find any service station on the way. My luck hit such a bad stroke that there was not a single Bajaj service station on Old Madras road. People would see me and show mercy on me. Few good guys stopped and offered me help. One guy asked me if I need petrol. This shows that we still have few human beings in Bangalore! At last one guy came pushed my bike till we found one local mechanic in ulsoor. My bike was a new object for the mechanic and he started experimenting with it. He dismantled the gearbox and found that the Dynamo has came out and connector wires are cut so no current is generating and hence bike is not starting up! Okay.....I just wanted my bike to start so that I can take it to my home and dump it. Somehow it got ready by 8pm. After 15 days, my bike has went into Coma stage again. This time I complained to Bajaj again. As usual they listened to my problem and they took my bike to their service station. Now I am waiting for to see what they will see. Today they will deliver it and I am not sure if the problem is solved perfectly as the bke itself is not perfect. The bike is made up of such a low quality material or technology I dont know but for me it just sucks! Guys...please do not buy Bajaj XCD and stop people buying it.

Bajaj XCD 125 Review

Hello friends,
I purchased Bajaj XCD 125 on 12th Dec 2007. Before going for this I did lot of research and finally settled down to this bike for1. Mileage 2. Looks and ofcourse the 3. Price.  I will 
list my views about this bike as follows:

Good for:
1. The ride quality is excellent. You will feel proud while riding. Engine runs very smooth.
2. Looks good. The bike looks somewhat sporty and stylish.
3. Light weighted.

Now.....
hummmm...here I tell you my honest views about this bike.
Guys,
dont listen to anyone about mileage..some say it gives 80 and some say 75 like that. Belive me it gives how you ride. I you ride it smoothly(below 40 then it gives you good mileage and if you ride it with high speed then you may not get mileage.). Before my first servicing I got just 45 kms p.l after 1st serviceing I am getting around 55 dont know if this goes well in futre!

There are some serius problems I came across this bike.
1. The bike has IDLING problem. My bike will stop in first gear I mean I cant hold it for more than 2-3 mins in First gear!  Engine will stop in first gear sometimes it will stop even in neutral.
I told this to SERVICE people but they told this idling problem and they adjusted it and it ran okay for some time(not even for one day). Again I am facing the same trouble. Even I complained this to Bajaj Customer Care(Pune) but I dont know if the Rep raised my complaint to conerned dept or Bajaj may not know the solution!

2. The digital fuel gauge seems cool. But dont think that its accurate as it is DIGITAL....Guys its faulty! some times it will show empty and suddenly it may show 2-3 bars above.
Hummm...for this I got explaination as this happens due to the fuel level measuring ball in the tank . This might be right but I think they could have done something to stabilise it as this is common sense that when you ride bike will vibrate and hence the ball inside the tank.

3. Some times I notice that I struggle to put 4th gear. It  strucks and gives abnormal sound. I feel like I am putting 2 gears but its one that is 4th but dont know how it happened.

DO NOT Except quality service from the Service people..they will do thier routine job work. They will write your problems in JOB SHEET nad they will do as they do commonly. Instead you go inside and ask them to check for everything you have problems.

Anyways...I still feel proud to won this bike. I really forget all these problem once I start riding my bike. This bike has become my second GF9my gf says that).

BTW Bajaj should listen to my problem and try to solve them.

All the best and happy riding!

--Malik Choudhari
Bangalore.

You have an idea? Google makes it reality!

Google! the worlds number one search engine company is celebrating its 10th birthday. As always google is known for innovation and this time they are coming up with the new innovative idea called Project 10¹⁰⁰ to honour your ideas and make them reality. 

 On google's Project 10^{100 website:} 

"Never in history have so many people had so much information, so many tools at their disposal, so many ways of making good ideas come to life. Yet at the same time, so many people, of all walks of life, could use so much help, in both little ways and big.

In the midst of this, new studies are reinforcing the simple wisdom that beyond a certain very basic level of material wealth, the only thing that increases individual happiness over time is helping other people.

In other words, helping helps everybody, helper and helped alike.

The question is: what would help? And help most?

At Google, we don't believe we have the answers, but we do believe the answers are out there. Maybe in a lab, or a company, or a university -- but maybe not.

Maybe the answer that helps somebody is in your head, in something you've observed, some notion that you've been fiddling with, some small connection you've noticed, some old thing you have seen with new eyes.

If you have an idea that you believe would help somebody, we want to hear about it. We're looking for ideas that help as many people as possible, in any way, and we're committing the funding to launch them. You can submit your ideas and help vote on ideas from others. Final idea selections will be made by an advisory board.

Good luck, and may those who help the most win."

Followinf are the categories to submit your idea.

Categories:

• Community: How can we help connect people, build communities and protect unique cultures?
• Opportunity: How can we help people better provide for themselves and their families?
• Energy: How can we help move the world toward safe, clean, inexpensive energy?
• Environment: How can we help promote a cleaner and more sustainable global ecosystem?
• Health: How can we help individuals lead longer, healthier lives?
• Education: How can we help more people get more access to better education?
• Shelter: How can we help ensure that everyone has a safe place to live?
• Everything else: Sometimes the best ideas don't fit into any category at all.

So what are you thinking? If you have an idea then just go ahead and submit it now.