Category - Business

Bad first experience with Autowale, Pune

Ever since I moved to Bombay some months ago, I usually book the 6am or 6.15 am Shivneri bus to return from Pune over a weekend, which gets me to Bandra by around 9.45 am – 10.15 am on Monday mornings. To commute...

RIckshawale autorickshaw

Rickshawale – Autorickshaw on call in Mumbai

The war for providing the most affordable and reliable commute just got hotter. For long, radio cabs and regular taxis have ruled the roost in Mumbai. Rickshaws have always been there too, but they either refuse to ply...

AyAuto – Pune’s Dial-An-Auto Service

Close on the heels of radio cabs, it is the turn of the humble auto rickshaw to turn hi-tech now. Here is AyAuto, a Dial-an-Auto service in Pune that hopes to capitalise on people’s desire to have a mode of...

HDFC Bank

HDFC Bank is a khadoos bank

Surprising I know… for a bank which used to focus on customer delight. I’ve been a happy customer for over a decade now. However, events over the past few months have left me feeling not so happy with HDFC...

LK Advani Google Adwords

An overdose of LK Advani

Am thoroughly fed up of seeing ads with name / face of LK Advani on almost every third or fourth site I seem to visit, especially Indian sites running Google ads… some promoting peace, some his website and others...

Deutsche Bank

HR Manager defrauds Deutsche Bank

Saw an article in the DNA today about an Assistant HR manager of Deutsche Bank, Gautam Deepak Baan, who was arrested by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai crime branch for allegedly defrauding the bank of Rs...

TCS Fake Resume

TCS chucks out 20 employees with fake resumes

The Business Standard reports that Tata Consultancy Service (TCS) has terminated services of almost 20 employees at its Kolkata centre after a background check revealed these employees had faked their resumes.  This...