Tata's 'CAR'nama

India's population which was blamed for its backwardness till last few years is now honoured as its biggest asset and world's biggest market. 100 crore people! what a size of a market!! Any damn good company can earn in billions if they enter in India with a perfect strategy. Since last 5 years global Biggies sneaked in. Fron FMCG to luxury cars everything is avialable in India and these companies are earning more than expectations.
While 70% population lives in rural India, many of these Indian and MNCs changed their strategies to lure this rural market. India's middle class is the core strength of the market. Everyone is attracting them. Since last year from Rai bareli to Aurangabad, Delhi to Chennai everywhere Indian people are shopping.
Car is a dream of every Indian. In the late seventies Sanjay Gandhi tapped that Indian dream to roll on four wheels. He brought the real Indian car brand Maruti on the bumpy roads. Today Maruti is the king of the roads, and GM, Mercedes Benz, Fiat, M&M, Ford and many others are trying to grab their share on Indian roads. But still most of the India is moving on two wheelers. At present 70 to 80 millin two wheelers moves on the Indian roads. And they are to dreaming of a car, thanks to the easy avaialabilty of finances and increasing income. For these dreamers Tata opened a magic box on 10th January 2008....
.....
Destination: Auto Expo, New Delhi.
Time: 10.30 a.m.
Audiance: thousands of automobile journos, media persons around the world, top brass from automobile industry i.e. Indian and global.
Event: A small sexy looking car rolled in. On the driving seat was none other than Ratan Tata. He came in style with India's Dream car. Everyone was watching the scene with aww. The reason was the dream became reality. Car for Rs. 1 Lakh, i.e. 2500$!!!
.....
Keeping in view of the India's performance in infrastructure sector no one was optimistic about this 1 Lakh car, except Ratan Tata! Look what people said before the launch of this car.

Rajendra Pachauri( Nobel Laureatte, environmentalist): Its a nightmare...considering Indian economy, environmental issues....

Sunita Narayanan( NGO worker): This is hazardous for India.....

......
The car is here now. Every Indian house is discussing about that small car. They can purchase it easily. May be their coming Diwali will be with the Nano!! One news channel tapped these sentiments on the very same day and titled its news package as AB KOI NAHI RAHEGA BECAR. Its true. Coming years will be crucial for the automobile companies throughout the world. Everyone will have to think about fighting Tatas in this market. They will have to chalk out new strategies for this lucrative Indian market. Till the day come, may be India will not walk...It will drive itself in the dream car...
......
Let us have look about this car and other small and cheapest car in the world. Then we can say that this is Ratan Tata's CARnama.
..................
Tata Nano: A four-door car, Nano has a 624cc engine and a mileage of 23 km per litre. It is available in 3 different versions, including one with air-conditioning. Tata Nano is the cheapest car in the world. The Nano will also be available in two deluxe models and a standard model. It will be rolled out from Tata Motor’s plant at Singur in West Bengal and likely to hit the market in the latter half of 2008.
.............
Chery QQ3: Chery Automobile, the Chinese car manufacturer, is a name to reckon with in the Chinese passenger car industry. Its Chery QQ3 is a city car that hit the market in 2003. In China, it is sold for 29,000-50,000 Remnibi, while internationally it is priced at $5,000. A five-door hatchback, Chery QQ3 is spacious and a sleek-looking car with ample storage area.

Maruti 800:The most popular entry in the small car segment in India since 1983, Maruti 800 has wooed Indians for over two decades. Manufactured by Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, Maruti 800 came as a breath of fresh air after Ambassador and Fiat. This four-seater has an 800cc engine, great fuel efficiency and low maintenance cost. Tagged at $5,200, it is available in both AC and non-AC versions. Maruti 800 has great fuel efficiency and very low maintenance cost. It is also exported to a number of countries in South East Asia and South America.

Merrie Star :Made by China-based Geely Automobile, Merrie Star is a four-door sedan. Priced at $5,500, it was launched in 2005 and is popular amongst the middle-income families and first time buyers in China. It is produced in Geely’s Ningbo, Zhejiang factory, China.

S-RV Mini SUV:
Launched in 1998, the HQ or Haoqing S-RV belongs to the HQ series by Geely Automobile, China. This five-door, five-seater is very roomy, which makes it a great travel companion.
It is equipped with adjustable pitch seats, luxury dashboard and state-of-the-art security system. The basic model is priced at $5,780.

nothing

There is nothing to write here today...except this....

The Fear Factor

It was November 2006. The winter was in chilling mood. Everything was going calm, quite and THANDA. The last week of that November came with a feary heat. It was anarchy all over. The reason was Kanpur incident. Some evil forces designed the plot and a spiral wave of anger and violence swept across India. The raw face of voilence found in Maharastra those days. It was a classic example of how media play and exploit the common man's feelings. As soon as electronic media started beaming the images of Kanpur, the anger start mounting. It was a hammering impact of those images. The volcano of sentiments exploded with ablast that left Maharashtra paralysed for nearly a month. From Mumbai to Nagpur, everywhere people came on the streets and start protesting against that Kanput incident.
Aurangabad was also burnt in that voilence. Some part of the city was totally out of reach for the police force those days. People from these areas attacked police officials and jawans. After that police force came in to action and at first shot the stopped beaming news channels in the city. After that police started their operation and slowly got controll over the situation. But it cost heavily to the city. Industries got a massive jolt, schools were closed, markets were closed, everything was at standstill. Aurangabad city faced this for a complete week. In financial terms Aurangabad lost at least Rs. 100 crore's turnover in those days. The fear was so much that after a month also few pwople dared to go outside with family in the evening .
.......
Its January 2008. Same fear looms over the city again. Rumours starts as the sun rises and fear increases multiple way. This time the ground zero is Mumbai. Death of a Budhdhist Priest caused the fury this time. The news of his death flashed on the channels in the afternoon yesterday. Police smelled what can happen after this in the city. They quickly banned news channels and started patrolling. This time the intensity was a low affair. Barring few incidents city is calm and quite. But rumours still ruling the city...
The Fear Factor is still there...

Make Sunday a Funday....!!

Hi its Sunday...so lets have a little fun and make it a Funday.
.........
There are something's you may not know......
1. Coca-Cola was originally green.
2. The most common name in the world is Mohammed
3. The name of all the continents ends with the same letter that they start with.
4. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue
5. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
6. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
7. Women blink nearly twice as much as men!
8. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath
9. It is impossible to lick your elbow.
10. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you Sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond.
11. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
12. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language
13. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to Suppress a sneeze; you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die
14. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents great king from History. "Spades" - King David; "Clubs" - Alexander the Great; " Hearts" - Charlemagne; "Diamonds" - Julius Caesar.
15. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,
16. If a statue of a worrier on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has a all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
17 What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common? Ans. - All invented by women
18. Honey - This is the only food that doesn't spoil.
19. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out
20. A snail can sleep for three years.
21. All polar bears are left handed
22. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class
23. Butterflies taste with their feet.
24. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
25. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated
26. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death
27. Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'.
28. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand
29. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
30. The electric chair was invented by a dentist
31. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.
32. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants.
33. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in
your ear by 700 times.

sometime it happens....

Sometime it happens. When a lot of thoughts start pouring in your mind you cant do what you want. This situation is with me today, so I just cant think about a subject to write here. Its like a freezed Lake. Ice on the top and water flows beneath it. It happens... I am hopeful about tomorrow to write something new on this blog. And yes, one interesting thing is that blogging gives me a sort of kick. May be I am hooked to it.

Every Dog has his BITE

EVERY DOG HAS HIS DAY , this famous saying is true in case of Aurangabadians these days. Since last 3 weeks Aurangabadi dogs are on the rampage. They are just polishing their teeth after taking a nice bite of Aurngabadi people. Poor chaps are the citizens. The main thing behind this biting spree is Municiple Corporation. Aurangabad, having population of 15 lakh plus with no guarantee of their safety from the administration. Only 10-15 people taking care of stray dogs. And one more interesting thing is that Dogs are very much familiar with these people and their van. So whenever they go on their mission they foung not a single puppy in their net! They said this on record!!
This is 2nd January 2008. Latest news is that a single dog bite 54 people in a single day!!!!! All these injured people are admitted to hospital and Municiple Corporation people are running through the slums hunting for the dogs! Its of course a hopless exercise as usual.
When I was looking for the interesting data about this dog menace, I got this stuff. Just have a look and think..

• A puppy is born without teeth. When the pup is three to four weeks old,28 teeth will break through the gums so the puppy will be able to eat solid food.
• Dogs were first domesticated about 12,000 years ago.
• Dogs were the first animals domesticated by people.
• Did you know that dogs have three eyelids? They have an upper and lower eyelid and a third one inside of the other two. It helpsprotect the eye from dirt and dust. It is also called a "haw".

Native Indian Breeds:
A lot of good work has been done by many Indians, some of whom have spent their entire lifetime on the documentation of the Indian breeds. But unfortunately for us all the standard for many Indian breeds has not found common consensus. Only the more popular or rather the breeds that have more number of dogs have been studied, measured, and standards written for them. It is not the aim of this website to go into the details of the differing opinions or research the details of these standards. Though the site is called dogsindia.com because it is meant to be a database of info on all dogs and dog owners, breeders, vets and all members who provide dog related services in India, it is not just a site on Indian dogs alone. So we shall provide a summary of the info available with us on the individual native Indian dog breeds. If we are wrong please do write to us with your valuable suggestions. If you have detailed info or can help us find that info about some lesser known breeds such as the Kanni, the Manjil, and so on, please do help us by writing to us by e-mail or by regular mail. We shall be very thankful for your help.
Indian Breed List
Caravan Hound
Combai
Chippiparai
Rajapalayam
Rampur Hound
Kanni
Mudhol Hound
The Alangu: This is a breed from South India from the Thanjavur and Tiruchi districts. This is a tall breed with a noble carriage and short coat. The dogs may be red, fawn and black with white markings on their chest. The muzzle is black. The brisket is deep, and the limbs are well muscled. The back is long with the tail tapering to a fine point. The ears are set high on the skull and pricked. It has a long and graceful stride.
The Kuchi is also a native of Thanjavur, but it is a small dog with a long coat. It is about 25cms in ht. and weighs about 7kgs. It is very thinly built. The tail is heavily feathered and curled up to look like a ball of hair over the short back.It is a good hunter of vermin.
The Kaikadi is named after a nomadic tribe in Maharashtra. It may be white, tan, and black. The dogs are small (about 40 cms or less) with thin long legs, but powerful thighs and hocks. They make excellent watch dogs. They can hunt hare and vermin. The tail is long and tapering. The head is long and thin with prominent eyes and long ears that stand erect when alert.

...........................

Above all read this what Banglorians say about this biting problem

...................

Resolving the issue of stray dogs in Bangalore has become highly contentious after the tragic attack that resulted in the death of a four-year-old and the subsequent culling of stray dogs which some have called inhumane.
Below is a three-step plan of action for discussion:
1. All stray dogs to be collected by the municipality and the small proportion of rabid dogs culled.2. All healthy stray dogs to be put up for adoption by the municipality. The public – individual or community - is invited to adopt these dogs. Animal activist groups partner with the municipality to effectively spread an appeal for adoption. These dogs must have a license, a collar and be taken off the streets.3. Animal activist groups should take responsibility for those dogs that are not adopted within a specified period of time – say three months.
This entire time-bound program is conducted in a transparent manner by a Steering Group comprising of both government and respected community leaders / subject matter experts.
In our opinion, we need to take the “STRAY” out of stray dogs. Dogs out on the street without any ownership should not be an option.

संकल्पच संकल्प

नविन वर्ष आले कि संकल्पाचे वारे वाहू लागतात। हे करायचे आणि ते करायचे... नुसत्या गप्पा॥
प्रत्येक वर्षी हेच होते अणि असेच होत राहणार।
या वर्षी मीही संकल्प केला आहे, या जागेवर रोज काही तरी लिहिण्याचा। आता बघू किती दिवस चालते असे ते.
...
संकल्पावरून आठवले, लहानपणी लिहिलेल्या डायरी मधील काही पाने पाहताना आता हसू येते। कदाचित काही वर्षानी हे वाचतानाही तसेच होईल। तरी पण मी लिहिणार। वाचाल का?