Mumbai Mirror is one of the crappiest and most irresponsible papers I’ve ever come across. They run a section called ’’R u in the Pic’’ in their Chai-Time Section, and they promise Rs 500 worth of gift vouchers for whosoever’s picture they print.
I was quite surprised to see my picture printed in that section one morning. I immediately mailed to the address mentioned, waited a couple of days, got no reply so I mailed in again, thinking maybe they didn’t receive my mail. But after repeated attempts of trying to contact the email address provided, phone numbers given etc, I got no response and finally had to give up and accept the fact that I’m never going to be able to claim the prize. After a couple of days.. surprise surprise! they print the same picture, but this time, my friend is the prize winner, she too has sent in the mail.. and as expected hasn’t received a response either. They are out there running a nice con game, yet printing that section, even though they have absolutely no intention of giving out prizes.. So doesn’t go well with the image of the Times of India Group! Left a horrible taste in my mouth.. Makes you realize that even big companies don’t really have a reputation worth trusting! Good for them they come free, coz I for one, am never gonna spend a single penny to buy their crappy paper, and am so gonna ensure none of my friends and family buy it either!