WHY TERRORIST ATTACK IS SO COMMON IN INDIA?

Ok, this is not geeky, this is not related to internet at all. But this is something really serious. This is related to the country I live in. Yes, this is about India.

What India is all about……

1) Cricket (On Play ground)

2) Sex (On internet)

3) Unemployment (Market crash'08)

4) Politics & Politicians (Jai Shivaji!! Jai Maharashtra!!!)

5) Bollywood

6) Terrorist Attack!!! ( Anywhere, Any Place, Any time)

The financial capital of India was again taken into terror by Islamic militants. Although it’s a common occurrence for India now, but this time it was different. The terrorists attacked the top 7 star Hotels of India including Hotel Taj Mahal, Hotel Oberoi Sherton and Nariman House. There was also a fearless attack on Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus Railway station Mumbai, the busiest railway station in the world. Apart from killing common man (which is common in itself) this time the killings include the ACP of Mumbai, The Anti terrorists Squad(ATS) chief, and A Super Cop & encounter specialist. Also a few Americans (remember FEW in India is VERY HUGE in America) and Britishers were also killed. So, this time it was really different!!

I was wondering why terrorist attack is so common in India. Countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh, who are already standing on the verge of bankruptcy are regularly attacking the biggest democracy of the world, turn by turn. So what is the reason? India is the reason in itself. Yes it’s “The Democracy”. May be it’s the time for a change, may be it’s the time when India really needs a HITler.

Two people meet in a beer bar

One : Where are you from?

Second: I am from NY.

One: Oh…..You too an American? Common man let’s have a beer together.

Another set of two people meet at the same chair fifteen minutes later.

One: Where you from?

Second: I am from India….

One: Where in India?

Second: I am from Bihar……

One: Eeew You are gross!!!!! I am a Marathi Fuck You!!!!

Democracy has given innumerable number of political parties to India. These parties have divided common man into different groups like Hindus and muslims, Muslims and other religions, North Indians and Marathis, Hindi speaking and non hindi speaking and so on and so forth. So for any externalites it’s very easy to break through the castle. Where were Indian security guards, when terrorist were fearlessly crossing the water boundaries of India. Probably they were giving security to Mr. Raj Thackrey who was facing severe threats from North Indian Terrorists. I wonder what Mr. Thackrey is doing right now to upkeep the good cause and safety of matahis of Mumbai. I am sure the bullet wouldn’t have asked the state of a person before hitting him. So where are the sainiks of MNS? Why the “NATIONAL” security guards are risking their lives? Probably because NSG never thinks in terms of Marathis and Biharis. They work for a NATION not for a Vote bank. I would sincerely request Mr. Thackrey to learn something from the spirit of NSG.

One morning in Mumbai a frustrated common man came down on the roads with a pistol and hijacked a bus. He wanted to kill a politician. He was shot in the Head. I was thinking why these terrorists never hit politicians in India. Why would they hit someone who is working hard for their cause only.

Overall in India, educated beaurocrats have no say at all. It is the elected politicians who decides everything for us including our safety. And probably their first priority is there security, second priority is how can they earn more and more votes and lastly if resources permits our security will be thought of. So why should we expect to remain secure?

What should we do then?

1) Start voting consciously. Think in terms of the leader’s qualification rather than religion and region.

2) This is our country. Together we can make it secure. It just needs a bit of solidarity.

3) DON’T EXPECT ANYTHING from government. Charity begins at home. Don’t be a part of terrorism anyways. Start thinking about shunning terrorism on individual part. Let the Government think themselves what action they should take for our security.

4) Be cautious when you are out. Report the police immediately if you see or hear any thing suspectible. Don’t be afraid of legal consequences. Remember it’s either legal pains OR your life.

At last Geekonnet Team Salutes the NATIONAL SECURITY GUARDS for making us safe.

Jai Hind!

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Pakistani Hackers hacked ONGC website

Pakistani hackers hacked ONGC website today. The message left by hackers is:

Pakistan Cyber Army

"This is a message from PCA for HMG(script_kiddies) in return to the ogra defacement.

Backoff , go read some course books else you will loose both , your name and this game.

We will literally SMOKE YOUR DOORS OFF like other groups did before.

This is just a warning to Indian authorities either
to launch inquiry against HMG or get ready for more action.

We were sleeping but not Dead.

Now Face the consequences  

HAroon + HAmza + ABunasar

Naveed + Hassan

Pakistan ZindaBad"

See the screenshot :

 HMG is a group of indian hackers, who called themselves "Guards of Hindustan". This group HMG is very active on Orkut and they have hacked a number of Pakistani communities and after taking ownership, turned those communities into anti-Pakistan ones. HMG recently  hacked the official site of OGRA (Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority of Pakistan) on 18th of this month. In response of this Pakistani hackers hacked ONGC (Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd).

It’s for sure that Indian hackers (HMG) will retaliate now. Let’s see how much high profile that victim website will be. :P 

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New Gmail Themes

Ok, this is the latest buzz from Google. Now you can dress up your gmail with different themes. Thank god Google is doing something for gmail, which is still in its beta version. Actually I was pissed off by gmail's geeky theme and I think you too were. So don't worry now, Google has launched 30 different themes for gmail today.

 

How to change gmail theme? Its very easy to change theme. Just go to "Settings" and look for "Theme" tab. Click on "Theme" tab, choose your favourite theme and you are done. :) If you are not able to see "Theme" tab than just wait for while. Google team has announced that they are rolling out theme to everyone over the next couple of days, if you don't see theme yet, check back soon. Or you can do one more thing just clean your cache and reload the gmail. You may be able to see the theme.

      Dynamic theme: Similar to the themes for iGoogle, some of these new themes also change according to the local weather and time of day. My favorite theme is the "Tree" theme which changes scenery with time, depending on the season and the location you chose, so that the theme resembles the landscape you see looking out of your window. I live in Mumbai (India). The sky is clear and it's warm out here.So i can see a clear sky and a dusty tree instead of a green one.I did an experiment, I saved my location on Gmail as Reykjavík, Iceland and as I can see bulk of clouds and flakes of snow on my theme, I guess it's cold and snowing out there:). So you guys can also change your location and know how the whether is on the other side of the world. Thanks to gmail. It dosent tracks our IP to find our location :P.

     To dress up a site with your favorite theme is not a unique feature. People were waiting for it from long time. This feature is already available on all social networking sites (including Orkut) where you can change the theme of your home. What I am thinking now is that, what will be the next complaint from the user side. I think they will demand for more flexibility in this feature. The most obvious demand would be that, the user will want to upload self designed themes on gmail. This facility is already available on MySpace, friendster etc..

     Gmail already created a revolution for it's simplicity and speed when it was launched. But still gmail has less no. of users (around 50 Million) in comparison to MSN and yahoo mail. I think this move by google will attract  more users now. So what theme you guys are using?
 

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Geekonnet in Top 10 Blogs of India

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With a debt of gratitude which can't be adequately expressed in words, Geekonnet thanks all it's readers for their Godly influence upon our life, and for inspiring us to stand straight in all dark moments of blogging. So, what is the occasion? Geekonnet has been selected in Top 10 blogs of India in a survey conducted by Orkutheroes.com. Here is an excerpt from the post.

Ranjeet Kr. Vimal, is the initiator of the blog GeekOnNet which basically includes reviews, information on latest technologies and blogging tips. You can refer to it as a very revealing blog. It’s an assortment of informative and interesting articles, disclosing amazing facts about world technology along with current updating. It also features the position of India in the world’s race to become a budding power by providing the ideas and opportunity areas for our country. One can also thank him for bestowing astonishing thoughts and ways to earn online and make more and more money. The information provided in the blog is enriching and is worth spending time. The popularity and efficacy of the blog can be witnessed by the overwhelming response of readers because of which the Geekonnet is now headed by a team of two people. Praise worthy effort of authors towards providing their readers a knowledge-packed blog.

About Orkutheroes: OrkutHeroes.com is dedicated to some extra ordinary people for their extra ordinary talents and activities on the popular social networking site Orkut.com. The aim is to give honour to those users of orkut who played a major role in bringing people together by creating communities, providing information and education and those who have some extra ordinary talents either professionally, academically or socially.

People Behind Orkutheroes.com:
Zazo: Founder/Author of orkutheroes.com zazo is 27 year old web and online media entrepreneur. Zazo’s real name is Zaheer Abbas.
Sahiba: Editor of OrkutHeroes.com .She is a 21year old girl from New Delhi, India and is an active member of Orkut.com.
Tara: is a 22 year old music passionate and a writer. She has a bachelor’s degree in Business Management, and her role on orkutheroes.com is Research and Development.

Geekonnet Team expresses warm regards and delivers a word of thanks to all the Team members of Orkutheroes.com for this honour. Thanks Zazo:)
Well, a warm "hi" to all the readers of Geekonnet from Deepak Mishra, the new team member of Geekonnet:)

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Think QUALITY T-shirts, think Inkfruit!

Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once. So the geekonnet team is back to keep one of my promises.You must be wondering why i used geekonnet team. Yes, you are right I got a new partner to help me cope with the overwhelming response you guys have given me. Thanks a lot again.

Coming back to the point, I promised earlier to make a new elaborate column about Indian startups. I am delighted to inform that here is the first successful endeavor of the geekonnet team.

 Think QUALITY T-shirts, think Inkfruit!

Inkfruit is a place for people to submit, discover and buy amazing custom t-shirt designs created by artists from around the world. So if you feel any hidden designing talent within you, log onto www.inkfruit.com., know the current theme, start designing a t-shirt right now and submit your design. If you win, inkfruit will print your design on a T-shirt and you get 5 T-shirts free, to gift to your friends and family. In parallel your designed T-shirt will be launched in the market for online sale. The best and the most exciting part is that all the T-shirts will carry the name of the designer.

Yes, I am also as excited as you guys are and I too wanted to know more about the people behind inkfruit. So I grabbed the opportunity to write about the company as soon as I got a call from them. Here is an excerpt from the three hour conversation we had with one of the founders of inkfruit. I ask you all to hold your nerve and read through long post. You will definitely get benefited if you are thinking to have a venture of your own.

THE PERSON

Kashyap Dalal, Age 27

Civil Engineering, B.Tech.  I.I.T. Bombay, 2002

Master in Business administration I.I.M. Lucknow, 2004

Worked for Hindustan Lever Limited (2004-2006) 

Q&A

We (The Geeks): How did you get the idea to start inkfruit?
Kashyap (The Fruit): We (I and Navneet) went off to watch a movie. I was wearing a Tantra T-shirt. So was the person sitting next to me .. This kind of started off one of our bitchin sessions about not getting any exclusive t-shirts in India. Thats how we started thinking about doing something in this space. How we came up on the exact model is quite a long story .. 

The Geeks: How long have you been in business?
The Fruit: We left our jobs around Dec 2007. Since then we've been working on Inkfruit. 

The Geeks: What is your niche market?

The Fruit: We offer t-shirts with outstanding graphics created by the best designers across the world. This is through an online design competition where we have regular participation from the best in the design world. Owing to the diversity of the design contributors, our collection offers something for everyone! There is a very high probability that everyone will like something at Inkfruit. Buying a Great T-shirt is not an accident anymore. 

The Geeks: Who are your competitors?
The Fruit: In the Offline space, players like Pepe, Lee, Tantra etc. Internationally, players like threadless, designbyhumans, splittheatoms, etc. Within India we have sites like Myntra and Pringoo who deal in customized t-shirts. There is some overlap with them as well. 

The Geeks: How do you differentiate your products from that of others?

The Fruit: Our key differentiator is our model of involving customers in the design process. We have people from all over the world designing for us and thousands of people vote on the submissions. This ensures that the t-shirts launched under Inkfruit are the best designs ever! We are dedicated to promoting the artists behind these great designs as well by recognizing them on the t-shirt.

The Geeks: How do you advertise your product?
The Fruit: We mainly do this through helping our users spread the word about their designs. So if you have your design selling on Inkfruit, you can send across mails to others about your T-shirt available for sale. We also do relevant offline activities like being present at relevant college fests etc.

The Geeks: What obstacles have you overcome?
The Fruit: Starting a company is quite an interesting experience. Small things like registering the company are quite tricky in India - we were stuck with the wrong guy doing it for us and stretched on for like 3 months! Its actually been a series of minor obstacles that we have overcome over the last year and a half. Can't think of any that would be fun to talk about. :)

The Geeks: What are the rewards of owing own business over a nine to five job?
The Fruit: The two scenarios are not even comparable! The amount of involvement you have with your own business is Complete in every sense. The line between professional and personal life kind of thins away. And the thrill you experience on overcoming obstacles and celebrating good news is much more intense!

The Geeks: What background skills, knowledge and experiences help you in your business?
The Fruit: Having worked in Levers, the nuts and bolts of sales and marketing were already known to me. This surely helped. Apart from that Navneet had experience in operations which helped a lot as well. But apart from these, starting a new company is a lot about applying common sense and just taking things as they come.

The Geeks: Are there ways you could use technology to improve your business?
The Fruit: Definitely. We are completely focused on improving the user experience on the website by doing innovative things. One thing we are working on is to give our customers sms alerts about their order on our website to track the shipment. We are also working on social media applications to help our users stay more connected.

The Geeks: How many retail outlets do you have and where are they?
The Fruit: We have already started 3 retail outlets in Bandra, Churchgate and Colaba in Mumbai.

The Geeks: Considering that a similar e-Commerce website called billoreilly.com was hacked recently how much security for credit card information etc. are you providing for your customer?
The Fruit: Our online transactions are managed by ccavenue which is presently the most secure transaction gateway. Inkfruit does not store your credit card or online bank account information . So hacking doesn’t seem a problem for us.

The Geeks: Where do you want to see yourself 5 years down the line?
The Fruit: Well, that is tough one to answer. 5 years down the line we want to see a range of products (tshirts, posters, bags) under Inkfruit. If things go well we hope to launch exclusive inkfruit stores at select locations.

The Geeks: Any suggestions for future entrepreneur?

The Fruit: I'm sure you have heard this before - but succeeding in starting a company is all about great execution and quick execution. We have learnt it the hard way that quality and speed of execution are most important. You can't compromise either one! Apart from this, holding your nerve at the right times is important too. Every startup goes through a phase where things will took mighty tough - you just have to walk through it and do your best.

If you have any suggestions for inkfruit feel free to pour in your valuables. Write as comment both positive and negative views about Inkfruit. I will forward your comments and suggestions to the owner of the website. And yes If you think that I am missing something if you wanted to know about the venture mail me/comment your questions.  My email ID is ranjeet@geekonnet.com. I will try to include those questions in the forth coming interviews.

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