Till trouble comes ACT is good

I have been using ACT Broadband for quite a long time now. I have in fact paid for their annual subscription package.

Till recently everything worked fine. Internet access speed is fast, I referred two of my friends to ACT.

Now let me start out my trouble box. It all started a year back. My laptop did not work all of a sudden. I took to service shop and they told me the motherboard was shorted. I could not find a reason for that then.

A week later, it came to my notice that water is coming through ACT cable. I really got suspicious, by this time I have switched to a router for wifi access. (My laptop was dead for quite a long time).

Whenever there is rain, water is coming through (inside of) cable. This is where I was enlightened that the water took my laptop away. With a series of phone calls to ACT and emails, they said they would reimburse me the repair costs of laptop. I repaired it, but after that ACT kept quite. I forgot that story.

The incident of water coming through the cable continued and is still continuing as of today. I have shot a video for proof. Mute the audio if you don't like it.



Help me fight against their bad customer service. Whenever I refer somebody I get a call immediately from their customer service. But when there is a problem, I had to wait for 10-15 minutes in a call to tell the problem. And the worst part, it never gets addressed.

If you are using Airtel internet, stick to it. Their customer service is the greatest on Bangalore.

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Its a new record

25th June, I will be completing another milestone in my current organization. Now named Ellucian, I joined them when they were called Sungard. The journey has been definitely a long one.

To sum up the experiences in one word, its just great. I am not interested in recapping the old 7 years, but would want to spread my wings more towards the future. Don't know how long though.

This organization has been a different in terms of other IT organizations which I have worked so far. There is lot of personal space, lot of weekends (which does not require you to work), lot of friendly colleagues, handful of them friends, an understanding boss, what more do you want.

I am starting to dream big, which should help me in an alternate career. I said it, enough about the IT business. But what do I know other than this? A Big zero. This would be my next aim, to re-learn what I would like to become. If the exit from IT happens that would be because of health hazards and nothing other than that.

Let this day be a good start towards the goal. Listening for any other ideas from whoever listening to me. Comment out please.

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Why you should not buy Moto E

I hope that you have read tons of reviews of Moto E by the time you are reading this blog. I am not going to bore you by putting specifications of the product or by technical details of this.

My short and sweet recommendation will be to stay away from the product, and the only reason: No secondary camera.

Mostly the use of a smart phone will be to enable video chatting, and if the secondary camera is not available what is the purpose of a smart phone. You are not getting the product for free. Instead I will recommend to buy Moto G (16GB) version only because of its great specifications.

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Screwing up BESCOM way

Till some months back I had peace of mind paying BESCOM (Electricity Bills) because I had added BESCOM as a biller in my bank account. However when BESCOM upgraded its billing system, (provided by Infosys) it took time for me to realize that the basic ingredient of a bill is missing.

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Religious faith for rescue

Religion is not what you are born in. It is what you experience. Religious texts only help you in attaining this experience. Religion is always personal, like it was followed centuries before in India.

Only with the advent of foreign nationals who had their own faith, which they used as a socially binding factor this idea has changed in India.

In an age when religious preaching has become a norm, a rethinking is necessary. Just one question is enough for this rethinking.

Am I following this religion for boasting in public, or to know myself?

If you answer this question with utmost truth, I am certain that the differences between various faiths will cease to exist. After all religion is a tool of carrying faith, and not hatred.

Hindus are common to this knowledge and that is the only reason why Muslims, Christians and other religions were welcomed to stay here. In Hinduism Atman is the personal deity which needs to be known first. Unlike other religions which do not tolerate others faiths, India was always different. It not only welcomed the other faiths, but also fostered and environment where they could grow even better freely.

Until recent times this was the case. But In India also the ideas of religion has seemed to change maybe due to the everyday interface between other faiths. This has led to people of one faith killing other, and making them an enemy for life.

Maybe this is good time for people in every faith to remain silent and think, what is faith and religion. If and only if it leads to a personal affair, humanity can be saved. Otherwise we will be loitering like we are today. It is a time of regeneration for us, and we should not miss this opportunity.

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Bhagavad Gita and Action

I have heard from lot of people that through Bhagavad Gita God endorses "Fight" and some others mention "Inactivity". Let me try to understand why people say like this.

In Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna calls upon Arjuna for fighting his relatives. As a normal human being we are like Arjuna. We cannot fight our relatives (near and dear ones). After all why should one fight to kill such people whom you love. Our thoughts revolve around this "sentiments" because our point-of-view is very limited. We are wearing biased glasses. Whatever we see we are biased. Consider an example if Arjuna was fighting some unknown enemies, he would not have hesitated.

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Discovering our true identity

Who am I?

The most famous question which made Swami Vivekananda start searching his guru, the phrase recommended by Sri Ramana Maharshi as the only mantra which will lead to self-realisation is the most powerful one can ask himself.

What is our identity? Its not definitely our body, says those who have experienced this great powerful self. If we are not to be identified as this body, then what else?

It is our self. It resides in our heart (not the physical heart) but the more powerful one on the right side of our chest. It could be anything in the body, but it shape or size does not matter to those who are searching for it.

After all it helps in permanent peace. It is the only God or love the Sanyasis or seers have in this world. This is also referred to as krishna bakthi in Bhagavatham and other scriptures.

Our Upanishads and Vedas does not prescribe any method for self-realisation to women. This is because traditionally women are considered to be love pots. Only they can love their families without expecting anything in return. This is difficult for men to understand and digest. Krishna bhakti is nothing more than what our women do everyday. It is thus very easy for them to be enlightened. But it is also a factor that prevents them from attaining this enlightenment.

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