Pathetic after sales service

I had purchased an LG microwave oven in the last quarter of 2010, and it was pretty good and worked well for nearly 18 months, when it suddenly conked out on th...read more

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An expensive mistake

I had just had a pair of Reebok sneakers stolen in April 2010, and was looking for a suitable replacement, when I came across a "Shoe of the Day" offer from www...read more

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Bag-you-today!

The India Today Book Club has been in existence for a few years, and I was one of their first customers, purchasing books from them. The site was good, and deli...read more

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What on earth is Customer Support?

I had been using Bazee.com since 2001, and used to bid on items once in a while. To date, I have purchased 16 items online and had never had any significant pro...read more

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Protect your computer against a terrorist strike!

How well is your computer protected against "terror attacks"? "Very well", you say. But unless you are an expert on Windows or a geek who runs Linux, the chance...read more

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A Paragon of Restauranteur Virtue

Most visitors to Kozhikode (Calicut) are interested in one thing-to check out the culinary specialty of the region, the famed Malabar Biriyani! While a number o...read more

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The King is Back (Corolla Altis)

Toyota Corolla Altis I had read a lot about the new version of the Toyota Corolla, and decided to give it a whirl when the opportunity presented itself so as to...read more

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A flickering flame

Brisingr is the third book of the Inheritance series by Christopher Paolini and was preceded by Eragon and Eldest. The fourth and as yet unnamed book is expecte...read more

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Manna from Heaven

For a long time, especially when I was a student, I was reduced to using trial versions of a number of software because I could not afford to buy them. Whenever...read more

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VFM

I had been searching for a good phone which crammed all the available features (except PDA functionality, which I do not need) into a nifty package. I had zoome...read more

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Tears in Heaven

First of all, let me begin with the fact that I am a Keralite, and that my knowledge of Tamil is not perfect. What Tamil I know was picked up during a six year ...read more

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Searching for the pot of gold

Pacha kuthira literally means "grasshopper" in Malayalam. A grasshopper was a sign of prosperity in rural Kerala; seeing one meant that you were likely to come ...read more

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Jack or Ace?

Mammootty begins life as Kunjumon, the son of a dhaba-owner (Innocent), and the lucky charm of a local businessman played by Devan. When Devan starts a five-sta...read more

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They win, you lose!

Kotak Securities in Kochi recently approached me with an offer to do portfolio management for a small sum of money (usually, managers need at least Rs 5 lakhs, ...read more

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New Lancer Cedia

I know that this is technically cheating, but I am left with no options as Mouthshut seems unable to do anything properly these days. First, I asked for product...read more

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New Lancer Cedia

I am posting this in a wrong subsection, as Mouthshut did not provide a new one for the Lancer Cedia despite repeated requests. Perhaps they did not realize tha...read more

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Short and sweet

Isaac Asimov is best known as the doyen of science fiction writers, and some of his works like I, Robot and The Bicentennial Man have been made into films. But ...read more

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The shorter, the better

This is a collection of short stories from Jeffrey Archer, following on the footsteps of A twist in the tale and A quiver full of arrows. Considering the class ...read more

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The ABC of resuscitation

Imagine the scenario You are walking along the road, happily ogling at all the girls(or guys) on view, when a car turns suddenly to avoid a head on collision an...read more

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Ford gets it right (finally)!

Impressions When you first see the car, you notice that it has a very muscular look from the front, with flaring wheel arches. Unfortunately, these arches make ...read more

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