Movie Review - No Good Deed (2014)

Hi Guys, 

No Good Deed (2014) is an American Thriller movie starring Idris Elba & Taraji P. Henson and is directed by Sam Miller who also directed some episodes of Luther (TV series).

The movie has really all the ingredients of being a thriller with it's story line and music/sound effects. I really loved watching this movie as story unfolds scene by scene. This is one of those movies which you need to go to multiplex to watch it on big screen with surround sound system.

No Good Deed (2014) also stars Leslie Bibb, Kate del Castillo, Henry Simmons and Mark Smith. Idris and Taraji are the main characters as they take your breath away with their acting skills. It was so great to see Taraji after Think Like a Man too (2014) in a different avatar. 

The movie is the story about a criminal as he enters the house of a lady whose husband has went on a trip to his father's house. How their paths meets and what happens aafterward is the main context of this movie. The movie will definitely send chills down your spine. I loved every scene of the movie after The Equalizer (2014). Idris eyes speaks much more than his words and really brings that criminal look that scares the hell out of you. Taraji has acted well with all her charm and really fights her way back to save her kids and family.

The movie is about not losing hope and courage when faced with adversity.It's only during bad times when your character is tested.

 

Movie got released in Ster Kinekor on 21st Nov 2014. More info on twitter and facebook. Check out this movie on big screens before it's taken out.

Cheers!!!

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Movie Review - When the Game Stands Tall (2014)

Hi Guys, 

When the Game Stands Tall (2014) is a sports drama movie based on the actual events. The movie is about the record-setting 151-game between 1992–2003 high school football winning streak by De La Salle High School of Concord, California. The movie is based on the novel of the same name written by Neil Hayes and published by North Atlantic Books. De La Salle head coach Bob Ladouceur retired in January 2013 after winning his last Open Division state championship in December 2012 on which the movie is based. 

The sports movies are always based on getting a team together after the initial friction between various team members across various cultural differences and each one coming from a different social and financial background. This movie is also about dreams coming true for some of the athletes as they continue to strive against all odds to win 151 games in a row. 

The movie is directed by Thomas Carter also known for his Coach Carter (2005) movie. The movie has Jim Caviezel as Bob Ladouceur, Laura Dern as his wife, Michael Chiklis, Alexander Ludwig, Gavin Casalegno and Clancy Brown in main roles. It was great to see Alexander Ludwig in this movie after his Hunger Games movie series is a big hit. Jim Caviezel has played his role very well as a coach.

The movie has it's ups and downs and it's always great to watch Sports action drama. Sony Pictures has really got something for all of us this time with this movie. I liked the movie but was expecting to see some more of the action like Coach Carter and other famous sports movies. 

The movie is nice for a good weekend watch on TV. Do catch it up sometime when it's played on the channels.  

Movie has released in Ster Kinekor on 14th Nov 2014. More info on twitter and facebook.

Cheers!!!

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An Android App a day - 30. TRUECALLER

Hi Guys,

This series of Android Apps was stopped due to the non-availability of wifi internet connection at my home. The life without internet is tough but I did survived well but it impacted my Indirank and it dropped significantly.

Truecaller is an important app during these days where telemarketers really suck your time and money. They call at unwanted times and continue to ask questions even if you are not interested in buying Credit card or hotel membership or personal loan or insurance or ULIP products. They have been doing aggressive marketing now directly making acute personal remarks as I recall one of them selling me an insurance product asked why can’t you take a decision yourself? You have grown up blah blah blah when I asked him that I don’t want any other insurance. I immediately put my number into the STOP DND list.

This app can help us all save from this pain as we can identify who is calling us and whether we want to pick up the phone? Sometimes we are in important meetings and an unknown number call really makes us think, who is calling? Is it important? Etc and by getting to know the name of the person, we can have some idea as to who is who?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.truecaller&hl=en

Truecaller will really help you to know the name and identity of the calling person. It does requires Wifi or data connection to be in ON condition. You can block the calls received from SPAM numbers. Also, it has integrated with twitter so that you can follow your callers using this app only.

Overall it’s a nice app with a rating of 4.5/5. Go for it! It really helps.

http://www.truecaller.com/

Follow them on Facebook and Twitter!

  

Cheers!!!

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Promotional Goodies - Movie Tickets - Philomena - @Women24

Hi Guys,

@Women24 is a women's magazine and website www.women24.com catering to the women all over South Africa and world to read, learn and entertain.

They keep running some or the other competitions on their website and I was lucky enough to come across their website offering 120 Premier show tickets to Philomena movie for their lucky readers. I immediately applied for the lucky draw and received the great news that I have won the passes to the movie along with free cold drink and pop corns. 

The event was organized at Hyde Park Corner, Nu Metro cinema and show started at exact 8pm. The movie was much awaited as Judi Dench's acting was selected for the Oscars this year. She actually is the real power of the movie, as she takes audience back to the days and brings in a kind of humor and laughter along the way. The story has no happy ending but you always feel hopeful since the start of the movie and engrossed in the characters. The movie brings to the mind the rigidness of the religions sometimes affecting a lot of lives, separating mothers from their kids, brother/sisters from their siblings, kids from their parents due to some act which is against the law of Almighty Lord.

The director has really criticized the rigidness but in a subtle way where you don't actually feel against them also as it explains the view point of both the parties.

Thanks a lot to @Women24 for the tickets and looking forward to win more and blog about the same. 

Cheers!!!

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Indiblogger Travel Smart with Skyscanner to South Africa

Hi Guys,

Holidays comes and we try to plan for a great vacations but there is always an issue of train tickets, or spouse not getting holidays, airplane tickets not cheap, some relative coming to your house, some urgent work to be done at office etc. 

I was trying to give a surprise to my wife because of her constant nagging and cribbing that I have not taken her anywhere in the last six years of our marriage. I tried to find out a destination which offers a lot of scope in terms of sightseeings, cultural heritage, wild life, sea and beach views and a modern as well as great countryside. 

I went through a lot of word of mouth advices from many a friends, websites and travel guides and finally came to choose South Africa as my dream destination. South Africa offers a lot of great holidays with it's cities like Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town & a lot of forest reserves like Kruger national park, Drakenburg Forest reserves. It has been showcased in a lot of hindi movies especially Race and Race 2 which I really loved watching. 

The next step was to find out what will be the cost of tickets, hotels and food expenses so that I don't go overboard and had to eat free food in Langar at Gurudwara or Hare Krishna Temple of ISCKON afterwards. I tried looking for various apps which I searched on my ipad and HTC one. It reminded me of an app that my brother once told me about as made by Google called itasoftware. I instantly downloaded the same and tried to find the cheapest prices of airfares between New Delhi to Johanneburg. I could find some cheaper fares but could not book the tickets due to the limitations of the app. I felt really sad as the app used to show cheap price but when I did desktop search on my laptop, the prices was much more.

It reminded me to do a google search to find out an app which can do both and luckily, i found out SkyScanner and suddenly seeing it's logo it came to my mind that my wife was wearing a tshirt having the same logo, who went in one of the Indiblogger meets in Delhi and got the same. I thought of giving it a try due to my trust on Indiblogger and my wife. 

The app offered me not only the lowest rates but also booked the flights for me at those rates. I could plan the lowest detail for my selected flight. It took me to it's partner website from where I could book the tickets. I kept changing the dates and found the app really fast and responsive. I could book the cheapest tickets which suited my budget from Delhi to Johannesburg via Dubai and then from Johannesburg to Cape Town. This was planned just using the app and my mobile phone.

I was very happy as I got some money saved on my tickets and booked Taj Hotel in CapeTown due to my association with TATA group and in Johannesburg, I could book Town Lodges. I got the car rented for local travel via AVIS and this all really helped me stay on my feet to roam around the country easily. 

As soon as I reached Johannesburg, we went on to see the Lion & Rhino Park where my daughter played with the Cubs and Eddie the leopard. We really had fun at Sandton and Rosebank Malls. We played and won / lost a some of money in Montecasino and Emperor's palace in Johannesburg. We got to see the musical play Zingara at MonteCasino and watched Trevor Noah live in his full on comedy action. We saw Lilysleaf which is a historical place.

We trekked some mountains in Drakenburg forest reserve and saw a lot of wild life in Kruger National Park. My daughter was very happy to see Giraffe, Zebra, Antelopes, Lions, Fox, Wild beast, Ostrich,Snakes etc.

We ventured to see the village life in South Africa and enjoyed driving on the Garden Route. We did bungee jumping and a lot of other adventure sports in Durban and Cape Town including Shark cage diving, Sky jump from the airplane. We saw table mountain and Robben island, the place where Nelson Mandela spent

his 27 years in jail. 

Overall it was a great time spent visiting a country which was so rich in it's wild life and cultural heritage. We bought a lot of gifts for our friends and relatives. We got Ostrich eggs with a lot of designs and other memorabilias and it was all made possible because of the tickets that we got using Skyscanner app. 

You too try it out and make a lot of memories to cherish forever...

Thanks

More info can be found at - http://www.skyscanner.co.in

Product Review - BROTHER - MFC-9140CDN

Hi Guys, 

Printer is an old adage as Multi-Function Centres are here to take over them in a big & grand way. No matter what we want to do, having a MFC at home/office is an added advantage. With increased competition in this segment of electronic devices, Brother Inc has also launched a new model MFC-9140CDN with some amazing and never seen before features. Brother India is picking up a lot of customers using its innovative marketing and better products providing value to its users. 

The first thing that comes into mind of a buyer is about the functionality a normal multi-functional printer offers. We all want the same to do scan, fax, Photostat along with the basic functionality of printing. 

Second thing is about the rate of recharges that needs to be done on printer cartridges and that increases in case you have coloured one. 

Thirdly, these days with everything coming into hands using the smartphones so the MFC should have Wi-Fi connectivity and the print command can be fired using the smartphone too. Who got the time to check for the various ports to attach printer to like age old computers but still some people do love their old stuff so finding a middle road to connect with all kinds of machines.

Printer makes your life really easy as it gives you thousands of options to do your art and craft along with office work or making some report or presentation or just going through some article on the go taking printouts. The technology has advanced so much that now I have seen some programs on Discovery Channel / NGC about 3D printing devices creating life like tools and everything using them. 

Brother is one brand that really has an edge over others in this market with it’s right pricing and products. People have suffered a lot in the past and still suffering with the toner/ cartridge costs after buying a cheap printer from other brands trying to capture market. It’s the ink that costs much more than anything else and using cheaper ones wastes a lot of paper via the leakages of the ink/cartridge. 

I got to review this MFC-9140CDN from Brother’s brand and it comes with some amazing features that I fell in love with. The first thing I always wanted to do was to scan all the ages old snaps since my childhood and make a digital copy of the same. It was a very tiring exercise but this device really made it simple. I was able to convert all of my childhood snaps as well as my mom dad’s marriage snaps into the digital versions. 

The next stuff that came to my mind was to give my child a lot of Chhota Bheem and Doramon printouts to colour. The printer made this thing almost easy as she can now do some daily activity with her favourite cartoon characters from Pogo TV. I am really happy that she enjoys doing this now and I am also not worried about taking care of her colouring books after her work is done. 

My wife got some of the stuff she really wanted to try in terms of food recipes and I gave her the same in printouts and we are now having much more fun over the dinner and weekends. 

For me, it was the best as I travel a lot and sometimes misses on some of the books or articles that I always wanted to read. This helps me to gain knowledge and keep in touch with all my stuff. I can now do a lot more with a printer just a smartphone away. 

I will be writing once about what all I could do once I explore the device more and more. But as the device has to be returned back and I had to travel, I could not explore it further so no more posts for this one. Looking forward to review another home printer of Brother India which I can keep for longer period of time. 

Thanks a lot to Brother India for letting me review the device. 

Cheers!!!

More info at - http://welcome.brother.com/in-en.html

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Product Review - LG HBS-700 Wireless Bluetooth Stereo Headset

Hi Guys, 

A lot and lot of bluetooth headsets are continuously coming in the market with better designs and features that really makes us go buy them. LG Electronics has also launched HBS-700 in two colors - Black and White for listening to music and calls on the go. The design of the device makes it really unique and can be easily kept hanging around the neck. It's really lightweight with many unique features like magnetic earbuds which attaches themselves with the device easily.

The headsets are rechargeable and gives you more than 8 hours of uninterrupted music and calling. The music and call controls are on both ends of the headsets and are really easy to operate. 

The sound quality via earbuds is great with it's noise isolation. At full volumes also the earphones sound doesn't distort. This is really a must buy for those who wants to take music on their jogging or gym. I really loved the device a lot and with a lot of features in such a small price it's true value for money device to go for. Bluetooth pairing is easy and can be done almost instantly.

The device can be bought from Amazon  for around US$ 50. It can be recharges using the same mini usb cable you get for your android devices.

Though there is no mute button on the device for calling but that's not there in any bluetooth device as such. I tried the device by borrowing it from my brother who has been using it since an year or so. LG made the headsets easy to carry around the neck the whole day forgetting that you are actually having one.

Cheers!!!

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Product Review - Harman Kardon CL Headphones

Hi Guys, 

Headphones is one thing that I love a lot and always in search to try a lot of them till the time I find my perfect partner. I am not a loyal to any one company in terms of headphones but I do have Sennheiser, Bose, Sony, HP, Philips and many more. I will keep looking for the best one till I get one for my personal use and not just to review :-)

Harman Kardon CLassic is a niche brand of headphones and comes in a big box with metallic body and a cable with built in audio controls and voice. This cable can be used with iPhones for voice calling too. It also comes with extra large sized metallic headband so that the user can use the headphones as per your head size. 

These headphones are priced at around Rs 9000 in India on flipkart ( amazon) and produces a rich and awesome sound. They ear cushions are soft and the headphones are heavy with it's metallic console and headband. They fit nicely over the ears and gives you a kind of noise isolation too.

But due to their metallic design and heavy weight you may feel tired to listen to these ones for longer period of time. It happens in day to day use that you want something light to carry around the ears. 

These Harman Kardon headphones comes with a nice leather cover to pack your heaphones and they fit into the pouch horizontally due to the amazing flat design. They really look great and fits into that price bracket perfectly well. 

These headphones came to me only for review and I had to return the model within a day as I ordered them on behalf of my friend who was looking for some nice deal on headphones and I told him to buy these and got it for 50% discount on Cyber Monday deal from DionWired (@DionWired). At that price these are the best he can get. Happy Listening! 

Cheers!!!

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Product Review - Blogadda - ITC Ultramintz - Awesome Product

Hi Guys,

I was a chosen one for the Blogadda & ITC Ultramintz program to be among the 50 bloggers who is going to review the product before it's launched in the market.

I was so happy to receive the news last week. Incidentally, this was the first news I came across after my birthday on 22nd July. As my blog is getting some popularity and I am winning some good contests, I felt great to receive the product.

The packing was suberb and I really felt great to receive the product this way. I was wondering how the product will be sent as it's a small metallic container, but this packing simply blew my mind.

 

This is the little container which took my breathe away....lol...this gonna take care of my breathe in the coming week as I review the product. Thanks ITC for venturing into a new segment. This definitely is a cool product idea and will really be a hit in the market.

ITC Launches mint-O Ultra Mintz to bring in Sugar Free extra strong mints in Peppermint flavour. This comes in a nice small package of Rs. 50/- with approx 60 tablets to go on for several days. The small mintz is very powerful and brings in a lot of freshness even if you had strong smelling drink or food or smoke. Really loved the way this small pallets takes away my bad breathes. The package is small and easy to carry always and easy on the pocket too. They will not be spilled out of the case they are in. These are secured inside this metallic case which is great in it's looks and keeps it dry even when it's raining.

 As soon as I started carrying it, it brought me a lot of new friends when we used to take a stroll after the lunch time in my office. The taste and the non-availability of the product in the market really makes me exclusive at the moment but then people will remember and look out for the product once it's everywhere in the market. It's a great effort from ITC mint-O to bring in these amazing pellets to the market which gonna really reduce the bad breathes we face. When we are talking to people who smoke and we are in a meeting where we can't even avoid them, we can politely ask them to have this one or we can carry it ourselves to share with everyone.

I tried and tested it after having raw Onion in my afternoon meals but it really did take away the smell onion brings. Kudos to the ULTRAMINTZ. 

I tested it with having a strong cup of coffee from the Vending machine and it really saved the day for me.

I ate strong garlic chilly chutney that my mom makes at home to be consumed with our dinner meals. I tried to challenge the ultramintz and thought this gonna definitely fail the same but it came out with flying colors. Hats off to the small yet powerful and beautiful pack of ULTRAMINTZ. I will recommend this one to each and every individual who wants something to keep them fresh throughout the day.  

Overall, it's something that has been missing from the market and now when it will be in the market this product is really going to pick up fast. ITC strong delivery network will make this a successful product. I wish all the very best to ITC and ultramintz to rule the market. 

Definitely, cool things and a Calm mind will always takes on the world. 

Finally, the best part of Blogadda, is this letter personally signed by the CEO. It has of great value than the product itself as the final product can be bought from the market, but this letter can't be generated ever after.

  

Thanks once again to Nirav, Blogadda team and the sponsors ITC for choosing me and my blog to review the product. I hope our association will build further... Cheers!!!

 I am reviewing mint-o Ultramintz as a part of the Product Reviews Program at BlogAdda

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Book Review – Dongri to Dubai – S. Hussain Zaidi

This is one of those books which you can't put it down until you complete the same & leaves you craving for more when you had finished reading it. It's the whole journey of Mumbai Mafia over the span of 60 years. The book is mainly the rise of one man who rose to Stardom from the streets of Dongri to become a multimillionaire & into the Forbes most powerful people's list. He can easily influence governments to his side, policemen, intelligence agencies, companies & his own army of people. The book is very well researched and a lot of movies have been made by Bollywood on this theme. Shootout at Lokhandwala and Shootout at Wadala is one of the latest ones. Dayavan is also one of those featuring one of the Dons.

Mumbai has always been the center of action for the police and smugglers. Due to Indian government policies of trade, there has been a lot of opportunities for people to find loopholes and smuggle a lot of Gold, Silver, Watches and other valuable items. The funds and income created made these people more powerful. A lot of people came and became pawns to one or the other so-called DON of a particular locality trying to rule the Mumbai, but as it happens in Chess, pawns are the easiest ones to sacrifice for the King. The Mumbai police could never reach for King and as the Kings hold the astute brains to save itself from CheckMate. The best police could ever reach was always till Rook or discarded Bishops of this never-ending Chess game. Pawns were created and sacrificed daily to save Bishops, rooks and even Knights.

The context of what started it all was the loss of job of his Head Constable father due to some police audit case due laid out on several policemen while catching some illegal gang activity. His father was the most respected man in his circle and police. Even big Dons would listen to his advice and he was the man who never fell for any easy money. He tried his level hard to make his son listen to his advice but once on the path of Underworld there is no return route. Dawood has been the most shrewd guy and easily became a leader of youths and created his own gang. He fought the mighty Pathans and due to some misunderstanding was vengeful to one of the Pathan Dons because he insulted his father and brother. Because of his highly intelligent brain and courage he slowly reached ranks of being the King of Underworld. There have been many events that molded him the way, he is today. Anyone passing through all these kind of trails would not have even survived. With the whole world looking out for the D Company, mere survival is difficult and in that pressure, you are ruling the Mumbai and Dubai and world mafia is really for the man who knows his strengths and has worked on his weaknesses to become his strengths. Mafia is ever-changing and there have been many powers rising and falling with time but still, the King has not been replaced till today. 

The book is well written, keeps you engaged, leaves you wanting more, introduces multiple characters & follows their journey to their ends. I would rate this one as a great read with 4.5/5. If you really want to know more about what happened in Mumbai Mafia, their encounters with Mumbai Police and it's connections to Bollywood, this is definitely an awesome read. The author has created the whole narration to keep you engaged until the end. The book is published by ROLI Books and priced at Rs. 350/-. I got the book on KINDLE APP for Free using the newly launched AMAZON.IN website – a free book drives each day from 14th June to 26th June 2013. You too can enjoy the scheme and read on some of the amazing books written by Indian writers.

Cheers!!!

Book Review - From the Rat Race to Financial Freedom by Manoj Arora

Hi Friends,

Rat race to Financial freedom is not a book, it's a journey. It is my dream to attain financial freedom one day and this book brought me so much closer to my goal in terms of mentoring & guiding me to become one, the rest depends on my intent and efforts I put in to do the same. This book is definitely different from all the books I have read on this topic by various international writers but I have never felt that connected with the author ever. The experience of reading this book written by Shri Manoj Arora is amazing as the book is his journey to achieve financial freedom and sharing the same with all of us. In a nutshell, it's combination of all the knowledge collected from various sources and reproduced in a way so that a common man like me feels motivated to achieve my dream of attaining financial freedom. I am really thankful to JAICO Publishing House for printing the book and pricing the same at Rs. 299/- only. This is a must have book if you ever want to come out of rat race of jobs, stress, shortage of time etc.

In my opinion, I have never agreed more with any writer on the way, book has been progressed. This might be possible that I myself was looking for ways to be financially free or it's his style of writing. The author's style of writing is very simple so that his words reaches masses. The way he has explained financial and technical terms is really great. The whole story behind the book and the journey thereafter is written in a hopeful & motivating style. You never feel that you can't achieve the same yourself while reading the book, which I have never experienced with all the other books I have read.

Let's me review the book as per the Index and also what I have learned and where I need more help from the writer via his website – http://www.ratrace2freedom.com There is no fees to access this website, even if you have not purchased the book and can directly seek his advice & guidance on your way to achieve financial freedom. Also all the excel templates created by him in his financial freedom journey are also available to download for free. Due to this half the battle is won as we kept postponing things based on the amount of hardwork it requires to create several headings & sections of an excel and never satisfied with the way our excel looks or works. This is surely a sure shot path laid out by the author and I really appreciate all of his efforts.

The book is broadly divided into 8 sections.

Introduction and Overview – This section covers the idea to be financially free as and when it came in the mind of the writer and what factors motivated him to go for the same? It's his journey and the way he visualized it.

1. Wealth Myths – This is the section where writer breaks our age old myths about money and investments. The best thing he said is we don't require any fancy degrees to achieve Financial freedom but just the dream and passion to achieve the same.

2. Technical concepts in Financial Independence – This sections deals with some of the basic financial formulas and terminologies required to understand financial freedom. This section deals with calculating the returns based on your investments as per different scenarios and some investment rules like Dollar Cost Averaging and Rule of 72.

3. Financial Investment Tools –This section covers all the types of Investment opportunities available in India. He also explains the pros and cons of investing in those investment tools e.g. PF, PPF, VPF, Gold, Stocks, Mutual Funds, Real Estate etc. This section really is an eye opener to many of us as we continue to put all our money in one basket which will be taxed heavily later. He explains all of these tools with relevant examples from his own life and how to create a perfect bouquet of benefits out of all of these investment tools.

4. Principles of Wealth Accumulation – This section covers some of the knowledge which he has acquired through wide reading and from working in different environments across the Globe. He has summed up the knowledge which he has gained in all these years of his existence for us. I loved this section because it really made me jump out of my bed to make a plan for myself. I really felt resonated with all the learning as I was able to reflect it with my life. I did my engineering in 2001 but I am nowhere near financial freedom as lost some years due to learning decisions of my life and started working in 2007. 6 years is what I want to cover with the help of this book & adding on the time till 2013 which is again 6 years – I have a lot to make up for.
 

Reproducing some part of the Index for reader's benefit -

1. Have a strong reason
2. Decide to become Wealthy
3. Start Early
4. Unleash the power of Compounding
5. Get rid of credit cards
6. Sharpen your financial saw
7. Stop Procrastinating, get started
8. Invest regularly
9. Keep your partner informed
10. Win in the margins

These are some of the learning and all of them are explained in a unique style and you will learn them very quickly as author comes up with his life examples.

5. Financial Freedom Planning and Tracking – This section is the main part where you need to actually get down to work. This section is more about doing and execution. This is the main part of the book if you want to achieve the financial freedom. If you just want to read through and no action taken will leave you with nothing in the end. The author has divided the process in 8 simple steps but this journey takes lifelong for many of us. I had to read through this section without actually getting down to work but as soon as I post my review of the book, I am gonna spend coming weekend downloading all the excels from author's website http://www.ratrace2freedom.com and charting out a path for my own Financial Independence. These 70 pages section is the summary of author's many years of hard work and learning put in front of you so that you achieve your dreams. At this juncture of my review, I remember words of Swami Vivekananda, “Arise, Awake and Stop not till the Goal is reached”.

6. Saving on Taxes – This section tells you about safeguarding your income & cash flows from the teeth of tax. He tells you various ways to save some tax through different Sections of Income Tax. As Income Tax is a very big field so he has covered some of the relevant topics only.

7. Before Calling it a Day – This section helps you decide on when to say bye to your job as you are fully confident that you have achieved your goal of Financial Freedom.

8. Go For It – These section deals with the feeling and confidence it gives you once you are Financially free. Author shares his experiences and wants the same for us too.

Glossary – All the financial terms are explained as a part of this section.

I would definitely give 5/5 stars for this book as author has shared all of his knowledge & experience so that we too can achieve what we set out for! This book is definitely better than reading some International Authors which explains things as per USA or UK economies. This book is for all Indians dreaming to achieve FINANCIAL FREEDOM!!!
 

Cheers!!!

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Inferno - Dan Brown - Book Review

Hi Guys,

Inferno by Dan Brown is a book in hardbound cover and with mystery and thrill set in about 460 pages. The book is able to keep it's readers glued to the run Robert Langdon is running though this time in Florence, Italy. The book has all the elements that makes Dan Brown's writing famous. But if you have read the earlier ones, you will definitely make out many of the things or may be solve the whole mystery before it is revealed to the readers. The city of Florence is explained in detail; all the paintings and architecture is explored. The book is a definite read for all the fans of Dan Brown and I really loved the flow with which novel unravels itself chapter by chapter. I don't think this one will be turned into movie as it is but it remains a great thriller novel. Don't want to reveal the mystery so ending with giving it 4.5/5 for this Robert Langdon new run in Florence, Italy.

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Books to read in 2013

Hi Guys,

These are some of the fiction & non-fiction to be read during these summers...

Injustice - Sanjiv Bhatia

Chocolate Guitar Momos - Kenny Deori Basumatary

Yoga For You - Prahlada & Shameem
Westlandbooks














Focus, Sam

The CRISIL Story - Westland Books
















I am one of the biggest fans of Westland Books. I have got a lot of books published by them. Last year also, I read a lot of books published by them. Let's hope that I get more before completing these ones...

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The Croods - Special Screening @ Delhi

FoxStarMovies organized The Croods contest on twitter & the motivating prize was the tickets to the Premier show of the movie a week before it was going to be released in India. It was a great motivational factor as I always wanted to attend one. I started tweeting Why I want to see The Croods and kept answering till the end of contest for the day. The other day when the results were announced I won and received the details of the cinema – DT Vasant Kunj, Delhi at 840pm on 12^th Apr 2013. I asked my wife to come early from office that day so that we can leave home by 700pm & we reached the destination and became the first one to demand tickets from the person in Fox Star Studio tshirt.

Finally as we entered the Audi 5 with 3D spects in our hands we sat on the extra comfortable seats of DT Cinema. The surprise element Fox Star was talking about was the few trailers of the upcoming movies – The Heat, The Interneship, Turbo. The Internship was specially interesting to me as it was shot at Google office in California. Turbo has some upbeat feel about it and really made us laugh – looking forward to the same asap.

Finally we were displayed a screenshot to tweet with #IloveTheCroods and win some amazing prizes after the show. I really grabbed the opportunity at a lightening speed.

The movie started with a great chase sequence for the food hunt and the characters were introduced during the run. The run really replaced the memories I had of Casino Royale – James bond chase. The graphics of the movie was breathtaking spectacular and amazing. With every movie the graphics are getting better and better. This movie showed everything from fireworks, dry sea, avatar style jungle, rock climbing, Life of Pi style starry nights, fire, volcanic eruptions, sea, amazing animals.

The variety that was covered in a single journey to follow ones dream and survival really kept us glued to our seats and entertained. Some of the moments were so awesome that my 3.5 years old daughter was laughing out loud and she was seeing the movie without the glasses. I don't want to reveal the whole story and scenes in my blog.

This is one movie that you have been waiting for to take your kids on an adventure together and learn some moral lessons on family - staying together even when everything else is falling apart and Never ever be afraid. Go and enjoy as the movie is releasing 19^th Apr 2013 and you will receive your money's worth.

Sunsilk Perfect Straight - Gentleman's Experience

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Sunsilk Perfect Straight

The very first time I received the package meant for ladies and thought to give it a try myself even before my mom or wife used the shampoo and conditioner. I have always been lazy to use two packages i.e. Shampoo and then Conditioner. Too lazy to open a bottle and a tube while bathing but let me tell you that I really liked when I opened both of them. The shampoo gives a great wash but what I really liked the silky Conditioner which gave less foam but the hairs after the wash was so soft and silky shining that I did really fall in love with my hairs. It took effort to wash the silky feel conditioner but it was worth it guys! I did tried the shampoo without using the conditioner but the effect was not that great when you use it with the conditioner. I am totally in love with opening the tube and the bottle now during bathing.

 

Thought there is no demarcation in terms of Shampoo's that this is being made for gents and that for ladies leaving some niche targeted segment ones which I am unaware off totally. Coming back to the Sunsilk Purple bottles really was finished in a couple of days as I loved to shampoo it daily or whenever I bathed considering it was winters..so leaving aside a day or two in between baths doesn't hurt :-) I loved touching my hairs once it is dry and it feels so soft to touch and feels silky bliss on your head. I don't know but I am begging to please send more bottles down my address else I will be spending a lot of money on them in my years to live!

Overall these Sunsilk Perfect Shampoo and Conditioner bottles are awesomely great and really brings out the silky hairs which you love on screen and in real life. It really reminds me of my trip to Singapore where I really loved the hairs of all the young guys which were flowing freely in the air and now the same has been brought to India for Indians to shine! I really used to wonder seeing all the Chinese/Singaporean guys/gals how they get their silky hairs and I am really grateful to Sunsilk Expert - Yuko Yamashita for giving us all an opportunity to have our hairs like them too! Now I have their secrets too in my hands thought it's an empty bottle now! In my next grocery shopping Sunsilk Perfect shampoo bottle tops my list.

I would really like to thank Indiblogger for giving us all a chance to see the true value of straight & silky hair & some of the great bloggers will be getting the devices of their likings in their competition to write the best review of the product. I have really become a fan of Indiblogger as they give all a great & equal chance to all the bloggers to test and use the product along with the contest to get more out of the products! Looking forward to contribute further in their these ventures with great sponsors! Thanks a lot!

RIP by Mukul Deva #BookReview #TheLifesWay

Hi Friends, 

The novel starts with the last 2-3 years scenario that has developed in India. The events are still fresh inside the minds of all the people of India. The names of the people involved have been changed in the novel but the fiction and reality never change as I kept comparing the characters with the real-life individuals. The novel is fast-paced and keeps the momentum building up till the last 50-60 pages where it is on full-throttle. I was not able to put it down once I reached Chapter 12.

At the start of the novel, I felt the story is being copied from Rang De Basanti as one of the character's relatives died due to an air force plane crashed due to faulty parts deals by the politicians. So the revenge factor was all set in the story. As the story grow more and more characters were introduced and the main buildup of characters was done sooner in the novel.

The story revolved around four main characters and their hunt to be at the right place at the right time. It's a cop and chase story but in the Indian political background, it really resonates with what the common man feels and wants. The writer has been good to understand the viewpoint of the country and added something extra from his own end. the novel is a great time pass but not in that league where we find the Meluhan thrills and Chanakya chanting the mantras. It is a nice read but I don't think anyone wants the story to be remembered as we have seen many English and Hindi movies on this theme. Overall the novel has all the masala of Bollywood and Hollywood movies built into its central characters and storyline. The aftermaths of the attack also resonate with what the common man wants the future of this country. The writer has given words to the common man's mind and feelings. The triangular love story between the main characters develops. Plane hijacking has also been added to the story for a strong reason to go RIP. The whole personalities of Paramilitary forces are very well defined and makes you want for more action. An angle of extra-marital affairs is also introduced as one of the characters has the right kind of charm and money. The anger and rage he has inside of him is also depicted very well. The ideas to execute some of the politicians are also not new as we have seen the same in the JFK assassination but the style is definitely new. The novel is definitely a mix of all the terror attacks that happened in India just like the movie Pankaj Kapoor's Mausam which also showed many. The overall solution seems to be the best part of the story as when there is fear of death in everyone, very few people will deviate themselves from being right and righteous.

As this is my first book review at blog adda I am kind of houch pouch in terms of running around the story but I don't want to reveal the excitement as I want all readers to personally go through the book. I will be awaiting comments from the more experienced readers and bloggers.

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