SMS Poll: Vote for greatest Indian leader

India Today magazine is conducting a SMS poll to select greatest India. It picked 10 great Indian leaders for the poll. Ambedkar is not in the list.

How to vote:

1. SMS “Your choice” to 52424.

2. Email your choice to poll@indiatoday.com

3. You can vote on http://www.indiatoday.com/.

Select your favourite leader:

1. Mahatma Gandhi: text message code “POLL MG” to 52424.

2. Jawaharlal Nehru: SMS code “POLL JN”

3. Subhash Chandra Bose: SMS “POLL SCB”.

4. JRD Tata: Send SMS message “POLL JRD” to 52424.

5. Homi J Bhabha: “POLL HB”.

6. Indira Gandhi: SMS code “POLL IG” to 52424.

7. Rabindranath Tagore: Message code “POLL RT”.

8. Sardar Patel: “POLL SP”.

9. Bhagat Singh: message code “POLL BS”.

10. Jayaprakash Narayan: SMS code “POLL JP” to 52424.

My choice is Mahatma Gandhi. Young generation may vote for either Bhagat Singh or Subhash Chandra Bose.

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People want Abdul Kalam as Indian President

In the IBN-Express opinion poll, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam emerged as front runner in the race for Rashtrapati Bhavan. This poll was conducted on more than 3.4 lakh online voters over the last 15 days. People seem to want non-political person like Abdul Kalam as next India president. But Sonia Gandhi may want his dummy as next Indian president.

Winners of the IBN- Express – Loksatta opinion poll:

Courtesy: IBN Live.

Abdul Kalam is the clear winner with 43% votes (1.46 lakh votes) while vice-president Bhairon Singh Shekhawat came second with 30% votes. Infosys mentor N.R. Narayana Murthy came third with 18% votes.

Surprise of the poll is Sonia Gandhi’s choice Pranab Mukherjee got 1.3% votes only. Amitab Bachchan fared poorly with 1.45% votes.

But in India, political leaders rarely respect people’s opinion. As long as we have ignorant leaders like Sonia Gandhi, people should not expect better things. We saw these dirty politics in electing Indian president in Indira gandhi days, now in her daughter-in-law days. May her choice become another Fakhruddin-Ali and pay gratitude in the crucial time.

Bye! Bye! Kalam.

Why Indians are so great?

Indians and Indian companies are marching ahead with their skills and acquisitions in the highly competitive global arena. Next decade will be dominated by Indians. No one can stop them. Indians are respected globally for their skills, hard work and achievements.
1. 12% of scientists in America are Indians.

2. 38% of doctors in America are Indians.

3. 36% of NASA scientists are Indians.

4. 34% Microsoft employees are Indians.

5. 28% of IBM employees are Indians.

6. 17% of INTEL scientists are Indians.

7. 13% of XEROX employees are Indians.

8. Indians make highest number of movies in the world.

9. 20% of world Gold is consumed by Indians.

10. 90% of world diamonds are prepared by Indians.

India is really shining.

Best Cancer Hospitals in India.

As per recent survey, these are the top cancer hospitals in India.

1. TATA Memorial Hospital - Mumbai.

Best cancer research hospital and international standard.

2. All India Institute of Medical Sciences - New Delhi.

This is India' best hospital with affordable costs.

3. P.D. Hinduja National Hospital - Mumbai.

4. Apollo Hospitals - New Delhi.

5. Cancer Institute - Chennai.

6. Indo American Cancer Centre - Hyderabad. Best cancer hospital in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.

Website against Dowry

This is a matrimonial site with difference. It is only for those who do not want dowry.

Dowry is given by bride to Groom in Indian marrige system. Dowry related deaths are common in poor Indian families.

This is a good initiative to wipe out the culture of dowry in the society.Good website for good social cause. Visit the website.

Share your opinion on dowry.

Internet user base in India

According an IAMAI-IMRB survey, Internet users in India reached 37 million in the month of September 2006. During the same period the number of active users rose to 25 million.

Estimated user base:

Sept 2006: 37m ever users and 25m active users
March 2007: 42m ever users and 28m active users
March 2008: 54m ever users and 43m active users

"Active user" is defined as someone who has used the Iternet at least once in the last 30 days, while "ever user" is someone who has used the Internet at least once.

Another important figure in the report was that around 38 percent of Indian Internet users (14 million) spent an average of 8 hours per week online.

With 3.24 million ever users and 2.6 million active users, Mumbai leads the pack of top eight internet using metros.

Delhi is second with 2.66 and 1.80 million of ever and active users respectively.

This was revealed by the Internet in India (I-Cube) study jointly undertaken by the Internet And Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and IMRB International, asserts an official release.

The study also found that the difference between ever user and active users was the lowest in Pune with a 90 per cent conversion rate, and highest in Delhi with a poor 67 per cent conversion rate.

Kolkata, with 1.34 million ever and 1.05 million active users is ahead of technical centres such as Bangalore (1.31 and 0.97 million) and Hyderabad (1.29 and 0.95 million).

Ahmedabad has the lowest number of users among the top eight metros.

While top metros continue their dominance, there is a clear cut trend of small metros, non-metros and small towns catching up fast.

Among the ever user category, the share of top eight metros has declined from 58 per cent in 2001 to 41 per cent in 2006. The corresponding decline in the active users is from 90 per cent in 2001 to 77 per cent in 2006, adds the release.

The Internet in India (I-Cube) 2006 report covered around 65,000 individuals from 16,500 households, surveyed in 26 cities, with additional coverage of 10,000 businesses and 250 cybercafé owners, and is one the largest offline surveys of Internet users in India. The survey did not include rural areas.