Saturday, July 27, 2013

The secret deal between Amitabh and Rajnikanth (and TOI)

You promote my daughter-in-law and I will promote your son-in-law.

 Aishwarya can't act opposite the 3 leading khans of Bollywood (Salman - we know, Shahrukh - because he sided with Salman during the fight, Aamir - because of his height) and she has exhausted Akshay and Hrithik totally now - having worked with them multiple times. So Rajni gives Aish a fat paycheque for Robot.

Now Amitabh's turn. He tweets about Kolaveri and Times of India publishes it on the front page which sends Dhanush's stock soaring high and lands him a Bollywood contract.

When that first Hindi movie of Dhanush releases, Amitabh blogs again about the Energy of its young actors (which is a white lie BTW) and TOI publishes this news again on the front page.

So, the deal is clear.

Now, coming to the Energy  of the actors of Ranjhanaa - the movie Amitabh blogged about.
To be fair to Dhanush - it's his first Hindi movie - so we can't expect much from him. His dialogue delivery in Hindi was mostly flat - with no modulation to be heard at all most of the times.

Talking about Sonam Kapoor - she is headed the Esha Deol way - just biding her time until she gets married to a rich businessman. Not to mention her mouth full of saliva when she speaks.

Abhay Deol has been totally wasted in a useless role. Only actors worth speaking about in this movie are Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub and Swara Bhaskar.

And here is my prediction. Now whatever Dhanush does in the coming year - whether he sings a song or acts in a movie - Amitabh will tweet about it and TOI will publish it again on its front page.


Comparing Shell Super Fuel with HP Normal Fuel for my Honda Activa

Recently I conducted some emission tests on my Honda Activa(109 cc, DOP-April, 2011) for 2 different fuel types.

1. Shell Super (Address : No.145/2, Benniganahalli, Old Madras Road, Bangalore - 560038)
2. HP Regular (Address : Op To Lrde, Drdo Township, C V Raman Nagar, Bangalore - 560093) (It's a company operated pump - so the fuel quality is supposed to be good.)

Emission tests done at Shankar & Sons Petrol pump, next To Jeevan Bima Ngr Police Station, Jeevan Bima Ngr Main Rd, Jeevan Bima Nagar, Bangalore - 560075

Results :

DateCOHCCO2O2Fuel Type
14/3/20130.3412339.327.48HP Regular
6/4/20130.2421504.413.6HP Regular
26/4/20130.3731345.0213.36HP Regular
30/4/20130.278916.5210.37Shell Super
13/5/20130.129201.1919Shell Super
6/6/201315246.8710.21Shell Super


Notes :

1. I am not sure about the quality and accuracy of the emission testing equipment. I am just typing out the results given to me.

2. The third and the sixth tests were done on an almost empty tank while the others were done on an almost full tank. I guess there is a correlation between an empty tank and higher emission values.

3. It might be same as comparing the apples and oranges since I am comparing a premium fuel from Shell to a regular fuel from HP. No doubts about that.

4. Before I started the tests -  I was using Shell Super. So first test on HP is after the switch. Similarly the first test on Shell Super is after the switch.

5. In general my gut feeling is that Shell Super gives better pick up than HP Regular.

6. Some people said that it's harmful to use Shell Super on Honda Activa - but I asked the Honda Customer care and they said there is no such problem. Here is the conversation :

Hi, 
I use Shell Super Petrol for my Honda Activa(109 cc). 
But recently I was asked to use the regular petrol by my service mechanic. 

I would like to know if there is any disadvantage of using Shell Super Petrol for my Activa? 

Thanks, 

Response :
Dear Mr. , 

We thank you for visiting our website & sharing your concerns. 

You can use any fuel above octane number 91 (RON). Vehicle performance is not likely to be effected by changing the brand or changing between normal to premium petrol. 

Thanking you and assuring our best attention always.

Shyam Singh
Customer Relations
Ph: +91-124-2290911-19, 2290011 Ext. 368-372
Email :- customercare@honda2wheelersindia.com

Wednesday, July 03, 2013

File an RTI Online

Filing an RTI is easier now.

Government of India has launched a website for doing it online.

http://www.rtionline.gov.in

There are some other websites also which do the same :

http://youradhikar.com/ (free)

http://onlinerti.com/ (Rs. 75/-)

http://rtination.com (Rs. 150/-)