Catching Live Cricket Action was Never so easy!

Commuting from office to home in Delhi in monsoons is no less than a big challenge, due to never ending traffic jam on the roads. But I have a wonderful idea to keep all the traffic off the roads. Just keep an India Pakistan ODI match everyday, and whole of the nation including Delhi will be glued on to TV sets instead of increasing the on-road traffic. Cricket is no less than a religion in the country and Sachin Tendulkar, the living God. I still remember one of my job interviews had to be postponed since the interview was supposed to be held in Chandigarh and the day coincided with Indo-Pak World Cup semifinal clash in Mohali.

While thousands of Delhiites were stuck yesterday in #DelhiMetro technical snag at Lakshmi Nagar, the time coincided with the start of the Ashes test between England and Australia. Ashes rivalry has always been as historic as Indo-Pak matches. One of my friends stuck in the Metro was constantly ringing me up for getting the latest updates on the match. Being in office, I asked him to download any news app to get such updates, but due to large number of concurrent internet connections near his location, the net speed did not allow him to make any new downloads. Searching some other option, I came across a wonderful option of embedded Cricketing action in the browser itself.

Guess what, I told him this wonderful option and he didn’t have to call me again for any further updates. Luckily, UC Browser was already in the smartphone, since it is one of the best mobile browsers which allows faster browsing over the net. It has recently added an embedded option to catch up all the cricket updates within the browser itself. No more missing Yuvi ke sixes or Starc’s bowled victims. Want to see the latest score of the ongoing match, or eager about the schedule of the upcoming matches, UC Cricket is here as a one-stop solution.

It is very easy to connect to cricket in UC Browser. Clicking an icon titled ‘UC Cricket’ on the homescreen and here we are connected to all the cricket updates.  It features live Scores with auto updates, fixtures & result, latest news and videos. Do check out the link here for complete details.  

So, while the technical snag at #DelhiMetro caused inconvenience to many including my friend, it got me known of this wonderful option and yes, bye bye now to all the cricket apps to fasten my phone and this option in UC Browser is all I need now to connect to internet, wherever I am. Watch the video here to get more eager:

#YuvisurfsUC and so do I. When do you plan to start?

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Lucky 6 – Its not all about Being Lucky

www.fatcatgaming.com has come up with an innovative gaming app called Lucky 6. The app has not yet been launched commercially or over Google Play Store. However, I got an exclusive chance to preview the app before it goes live and well, I was pretty much impressed with the concept of the game.

As the name goes, Lucky 6, its about choosing 6 brands for a day. Was it too short? Let's go a bit in detail. The game is basically a simplified version of a virtual stock market game. All a player has to do is choose six brands from a big list of brands. The brands are listed not only from Indian markets but several other markets as well. Hence, one can also invest in US and other international brands. Further, the difference between a virtual stock market game and Lucky 6 is that in this game, the player does not have to perform complicated calculations to construct a portfolio of stocks. The value of stocks/ brands does not matter in this game and only thing that matters is the performance of the brand on that day in real stock markets.

If the bands/ stocks chosen for the day perform the best, the player wins. Prizes also range from cash to luxury holidays which are surely catchy enough to put our mind and brain into choosing our 6 brands. The name 'Lucky 6' might indicate to you that it is just about choosing a random 6 brands and then waiting if they emerge as the winning bets. But the game is surely more about that, you need to calculate and anticipate which stocks will be the best performing on that particular day and then you select the brands.

The app has also impressed me with the ease and convenience of using the app and moving from one option to the other. The registration process is a simple one page form. Once the user is activated through the link, the user can simply move on to select his 6 brands for the next day's game. A timer in the app shows the countdown to the start of the next round. And if you are facing a dilemma of choices between different brands, the app has a solution for that as well. A user can select three different sets of brands as his three entries for the day.

Further, unlike other referral scheme, where the referrer gets a one-time referral bonus, this game has a unique referral reward scheme wherein if my referred player strikes the jackpot, the referrer also gets 25% of it.

As I am writing this blog post, I am already playing my first round of the game. Fingers Crossed for the results. 

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Kya Dilli Kya Lahore!!

Last Saturday, I attended an event by Zee to launch their new channel ‘Zindagi’ and what pushed me to attend the event was the very tagline of the Channel : Zindagi, Jodey Dilon Ko. An attempt aimed at connecting two nations, I was quite excited for the launch event, since even we have grown up watching Pakistani Plays and Pakistani shows on PTV.

While sitting in the hall, I penned down a few lines on the issue and I hope you all would like it.

क्या दिल्ली, क्या लाहौर!!

हम आज भी उमर शरीफ देख हॅसते हैं,

दिलों में उनके भी शाहरुख बस्ते हैं.

हुआ करती थी मंज़िल एक कभी यह,

आज अलग अलग हुए ह्‌मारे रास्ते हैं.

हम एक थे इतिहास के किस्सों में,

क्यूँ बाँट दिया हमें दो हिस्‍सों में,

क्या कोई मुझे यह समझायेगा,

क्या फर्क है इन दो हिस्सों में.

ज़मीन को अलग कर दिया हो चाहे,

पर खुश्बू मिट्टी की ना जुदा हो पाये.

नहीं है फ़ासला लाहौर अमृतसर में,

तो दिलों में फ़ासले कैसे हो पाये.

यह हवायों की मासूमियत के भी क्या कहने,

जब चलती हैं यह अमृतसर में शोर से,

ना यह देखे ना जाने कोई सरहद,

चुनरी उड़ती जाये लाहौर में.

मुझे भी हवा का झोंका बना दो यार,

मैं भी देख लूँ उधर का प्यार,

उस ज़मीन की मिट्टी को लगाना है माथे,

मुझको भी दिखा दो कोई लाहौर एक बार.

कभी कभी सोचे यह मन मेरा,

सियासत के खेल में देश लुट गया मेरा,

मेरे मन की यह कुछ ख्वाहिशें है,

इस बारें में बता, क्या ख्याल है तेरा.

क्यूँ ना इन दो भाइयों को फिर से मिलायें,

क्यूँ ना हम इक नया जहाँ बनायें,

बीती हुई कड़वी यादों को भूल,

हम अमन की आशा चारो और फैलायें.

आओ प्यार के दिये जला दें चारो और,

बांटें इतना प्यार, जिसका ना हो कोई छोर.

अब दो देशों की दूरियाँ मिट जाने दो,

क्या हो दिल्ली, क्या लाहौर.

अब दिलों की दूरियाँ मिट जाने दो,

क्या हो दिल्ली, क्या लाहौर.

While I sincerely hope that this new channel will be a step forward, let us vow too for a cordial Indo-Pak relationship. 

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Ab ki Baar, Kiski Sarkar??

It's Election Season in India these days. While all the news channels are busy giving their bit of breaking news related to Elections, there is something even we, the Voters, need to do to make this whole exercise a success. The whole last week and the running week, office talks have been centred around what all will be done on the 'Official Holiday' on the Voting Day in Delhi NCR, April 10. All the talks have different agenda, but the main agenda, voting, lacks a mention out there. I tried penning down a few lines to urge Voters to vote:

अब की बार, किसकी सरकार??

दुनिया का सबसे बड़ा लोकतंत्र,

हर किसी की अलग अलग राय है.

कहीं युवराज का भाषन यहाँ,

तो कहीं नमो की चाय है.

झाड़ू बजना शुरू हुआ अब,

लालटेन भी यहाँ जलती है.

हाथी ऊपर बहुत हुई सवारी,

साइकल भी खूब अब चलती है.

बदले की राजनीति हैं सब करते,

इन सबमें इनको महारत है.

बिगड़ा कुछ नहीं इन नेताओं का,

बर्बाद हुआ यह भारत है.

जब तक ना हो यहाँ मतदान,

करलो तब तक दर्शन इनके भरपूर.

पाँच साल फिर दिखेंगे ना यह,

रहेंगे अपने चुनाव क्षेत्र से दूर.

जीवन की यह विडंबना देखो,

कुर्ता सफेद पर दिल काले हैं.

लेकर जाओ अपने दर्द पास इनके,

तो इन लोगों के दिलों पे ताले हैं.

हर नेता पे करके भरोसा,

कितने धोखे हैं हमने खाये.

तिजोरियाँ इनकी भर्ती रहें बस,

जनता रहे रोती चाहे चिल्लाये.

होती हर वोट की है अहमियत पूरी,

अब वोट करने के लिये भागो रे.

मतदान दिवस की छुट्टी मना ली बहुत,

भारत के युवा, अब तो जागो रे.

बहुत सह लिये है घाव भारत ने,

हो हमारा नारा यही इस बार,

उठो, जागो और वोट करो सब,

लेकर है आनी लोकतंत्र की सरकार.

वोट करना है जिम्मेदारी हमारी ,

वोट करेंगे हम ज़रूर इस बार.

है नये भारत की आवाज़ नयी,

अब की बार, लोकतंत्र की सरकार.

I will vote. Will you? 

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