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I am Raja Basu, currently working as a Protocol Officer with the Office of the Resident Commissioner, Govt. of West Bengal, New Delhi. Though now settled in New Delhi, my hometown is Calcutta or Kolkata in eastern India. I stayed there till 2001, when I shifted to New Delhi. Apart from holding a B.A. in Political Science, I also have a PG Diploma in Public Relations, and have also earned an elementary certificate in French from Alliance Francaise, Kolkata. I speak English, French, Hindi (Indiaâ??s national language) and Bengali (my mother language). Though officially a Hindu, I have equal respect for all religions of the world. I even respect the feelings of the Atheists. I am a non-smoker and teetotaler, but certainly do not have any disliking for those who have the habit of smoking and drinking. . Reading (I have a wide interest area spanning both non-fiction and fiction), music, current affairs, wildlife (have a special interest in elephants), travelling, meeting people (from various ethnical/cultural/religious, etc. backgrounds), toponymy, numismatics, Internet surfing, blogging (http://rajabasu.blogspot.com/), writing poems (http://www.poemhunter.com/raja-basu/). Please visit the following link to access my Webpage containing a compilation of free reading sites offering free access to famous literary works by various authors - http://www.freewebs.com/free-ebooks-information/index.htm
About Me
Education: P.G. Diploma in PR
Food and Drinks: a.) Chinese b.) Momo (Tibet) c.) Masala Dosa (South India).Books: Most favorite book - ''How to Win Friends and Influence People'' by Dale CarnegieMovies: Far to list.Music: Most favorite band - Boney M
Food and Drinks: a.) Chinese b.) Momo (Tibet) c.) Masala Dosa (South India).
Books: Most favorite book - ''How to Win Friends and Influence People'' by Dale Carnegie
Movies: Far to list.
Music: Most favorite band - Boney M
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Other day Flipkart did a fabulous thing to me. I had placed an online order for a Scrabble Board, and also made the payment through my credit card.(At the time of placing the order I noticed that Flipkart had in its stock two pieces of the type of scrabble board that I ordered). After acknowledgin Read more...
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@rusho840 Dear Sister Masum, please take note of it that I did not mean any disrespect for your beautiful country Bangladesh by referring to it as a ''tiny country''. It was just a figure of speech without any specific implication. And as an educated person I am very much aware of t Read More...
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Sir, On 20th March 2018 I transferred Rs 600 from my aishwaryasingh23tm account into my Delhi Metro Smart Card(Card No 66718992). And I received a message confirming a successful transaction, with the Operator Reference No being 15158473, and the aishwaryasingh23tm Order No being 4823216408. But l Read more...
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What I cannot understand is that while now every second person has a Smartphone with WhatsApp facility offering Voice Message Option, then why we still depend on the "archaic" text message(Short Messaging Service or SMS) for communicating with one another when we are not resorting to direct calls. I Read more...
I humbly request Twitter to enhance the number of characters(140) that it allows at present to an user for making a posting. While a number of Twitter users across the world - including notable personalities - are very much comfortable with the limit of 140 characters, it is nevertheless true that s Read more...
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I am really hurt by the behaviour of PageTraffic (www.pagetraffic.com), the Noida-based web solutions and digital marketing/public relations firm. I had worked for them for 3 months(August to October) in 2011, and though it was for a very brief period, the company was kind and gracious enough to is Read more...
Calcutta – my dear hometown, and a city of art, culture and grace Calcutta – the city that is famous for its gorgeous palaces. Calcutta – the city of poets, litterateurs, painters, cinema giants and other cultural luminaries Calcutta – where people of diverse ethnicities and religions stay togeth Read more...
Diplomacy is such a spectacular art. It is not dependent on any state-of-the-art device or tool of science and technology, nor does it use any other tool. It only uses human skills like the power of communication/negotiation, empathy, rationality and common sense. And yet it manages to generate, ret Read more...
Today I went to the office of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security at Mahipalpur, New Delhi for some official work(to collect my renewed Airport Entry Pass). I went to meet one Mr Parashar at the "Airport Entry Pass" section in the 1st floor. As Mr Parashar was not there, I asked the gentleman sitting Read more...
Today (3rd July 2013) I am back to my normal office duty after being a part of the " Banga Bhawan Control Room" from 19th June to 2nd July. This control room was set up at the "Banga Bhawan", West Bengal Govt’s state guest house, to monitor the search and rescue operation of the tourists from W Read more...
If you are a frequent flyer, then www.flightstats.com is a great and effective way (if not the best way) for you to keep a track of the flight schedules, i.e. the Scheduled Time of Arrival/Departure and Expected Time of Arrival/Departure. www.flightstats.com keeps making a real time tracking of ever Read more...
India’s Sumit Dagar has made his country proud by inventing world‘s first smartphone for the blind people. The pioneering smartphone invented by this National Institute of Design (Ahmedabad) alumnus converts every SMS and email sent to it into blind-friendly Braille. And naturally a visually ch Read more...
Congrats to Ms Mehvish Mushtaq for becoming the first Kashmiri lady to develop an Android application, named "Dial Kashmir". Well, she deserves to be congratulated not merely for becoming the first Kashmiri girl to make this achievement, but also for the utility of the application developed by her. Read more...
Every political doctrine or ideology has a certain political idiom, which tends to play a central character in how the followers of that ideology carry out their political activities. With due respect for the believers in Communism, I feel Violence is the perennial political idiom of Communism. It Read more...
The opportunity to be a part of the West Bengal govt’s initiative "3rd Bishnupur Festival" at Dilli Haat (New Delhi) exposed me to some of the ultra-precious gems of the rich folk culture of Eastern India. This was probably the first time I could witness in my own eyes the superb Chau Dance, a Read more...
Hey, it is just to inform that my Samsung handset with the no. 08826008995 got stolen last night (19th October 2012) in the delhi metro. Can anybody help me track my stolen handset if I share the IMEI no with him or her? I lost the handset on 19th october. If there is anybody, then he or she is req Read more...
SOS Message to all with good knowledge of cell phone technology - I had given my Samsung handset to an authorized service centre at Patel Nagar, New Delhi, as I was having some problem with the key pad (or touch pad). While the service centre people have rectified the problem, as they had to change Read more...
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Congrats to the Central Govt for showing the courage to hike the diesel price and curb the subsidy on LPG. These are two crucial decisions that were long overdue. It is very stupid to expect that the Govt will indefinitely put on hold a hike in diesel price when the international price of the commo Read more...
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