SPIRIT OF MUMBAI

Once upon a time in Mumbai, while travelling in a office hour-rushed local, we had an ironic epiphany. An epiphany was that , we had the Celebrity among us , who had possessed The Credit card. An irony was that , we discovered her Celebrity status only after she declared that she had lost that Credit Card. Rather confusing, is not it ?.  Let's take it bit by bit, cause that's how Electronics = E-Payments works in bits of 0 and 1. In those days of manual banking, Internet was LUXURY, which could be afforded by a chosen few.  Naturally E-banking, online transactions were rare like crystal clear Air. Very few elites possessed Debit , Credit , ATM cards and it was sort of status symbol to flaunt. Now in the era of Demonetization , transparency and E-currency CARDS are necessary and easily available. But the Million Dollar question is , how and which card to select ? The answer is Simple and Sure fire. India is the largest & thriving democracy in the world. Our democra...

Once upon a time in Mumbai, while travelling in a office hour-rushed local, we had an ironic epiphany. An epiphany was that , we had the Celebrity among us , who had possessed The Credit card. An irony was that , we discovered her Celebrity status only after she declared that she had lost that Credit Card. Rather confusing, is not it ?.  Let's take it bit by bit, cause that's how Electronics = E-Payments works in bits of 0 and 1. In those days of manual banking, Internet was LUXURY, which could be afforded by a chosen few.  Naturally E-banking, online transactions were rare like crystal clear Air. Very few elites possessed Debit , Credit , ATM cards and it was sort of status symbol to flaunt. Now in the era of Demonetization , transparency and E-currency CARDS are necessary and easily available. But the Million Dollar question is , how and which card to select ? The answer is Simple and Sure fire. India is the largest & thriving democracy in the world. Our de...

                                                                          ' IRA  ke saath selfie milega kya ?' my cab-driver requested while on the way to HDFC 's Interactive Humanoid launch. IRA ? Selfie ? HDFC ? Humanoid ? What's the connection ?. All of you, my dear friends must be wondering.  Hold on to your curiosity , and have a look at this selfie with #IRA  ( Does not she resemble Kira from 'We The People' ? ) Being a no-nonsense ( nosy according to my sister ) true blue journalist , I always chat with the cab-driver , instead of pouting for #OnTheWay selfie.  Why ?  cause, these are the people, who matter, to whom we cater our news.  Yesterday was no different. I asked him many questions regarding his job and told him that I was going for...