Emotionally Speaking

Delhi Metro replies to feedback

Delhi Metro (DMRC) is good with taking feedbacks into account. Sometime ago I had submitted a feedback on their site and they had replied. See that below   “Dear Madam/Sir, With reference to your email dated 25 Mar 2013, we would like to inform that DMRC has taken the following measures for boarding/de boarding and the same [...]

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Where to buy Quechua trekking shoes in Delhi

This is copied from the quick advice I gave to a friend who was looking for Quechua Forclaz 500 trekking shoes in Delhi. Most of it is valid for online shopping. Useful for anyone looking for Quechua products. Written 27 April 2013 ****************** 1. Quechua Forclaz 500 shoes (women) on parent Decathlon site; size chart [...]

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Safe Express Campus2Home- bad customer service

Some of us wanted to use the Campus2 Home service of Safe Express (send 20 or 30 kg boxes in 390 or 490 Rupees); it is working with campuses all over India to emerge as a campus /university /college courier service. It has a bad customer service; I wrote emails and it all bounced (from [...]

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Getting an Online Term Insurance Plan in India

About a year ago, I got myself an online term insurance from Aviva. I researched it online and bought it online. Term insurance is cheaper when bought online. Aviva had one of the best deals and claim settlement ratio. Here is my step wise check list of how I did it last year (and how [...]

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Where to buy Organic fruits and vegetables in Delhi

Information sourced from Web in late 2012. A friend has used the French Farmer, Altitude Store and Navdanya and recommends them. Feel free to try all. Read more on individual sites of suppliers for more home delivery or buying options for organic fruits and vegetables in Delhi. This is only for information; this site has [...]

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Why you should not run the Delhi Mawana Marathon

Mawana marathon (organised by Mawana Sugars and approved by Athletics Federation of India) would easily be the world’s cheapest marathon both in terms of money (50 Rupees only) and public estimation of it (horrible management). I ran the full marathon in 2013 (17 February) and have been observing it in the past too (without participating). [...]

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