My Airtel App

With the advent of smartphones and mobile apps, life has become really easy and worry-free. Otherwise even something as simple as recharging my cell phone or my internet connection or my TV's DTH package used to be such bothersome tasks at one point in time. I had to visit a mobile store for doing that. There used to be scratch coupons (made up of paper) for recharging the pre-paid cell phone connections. Thankfully I have now got My Airtel app for fulfilling those tasks. I do not need to go anywhere, I can now pay the bills, recharge my DTH connection with just my smartphone, sitting at home by using My Airtel app. Of course, prior to the coming of this app, we already had online payment option on the Airtel website but a mobile app is much more convenient than the web version in that we don't have to wade through various navigational menus on the app. On top of that, Airtel app gives us so many exciting offers on every recharge, as a bonus, every time we use the airtel app for paying our bills. We can find the offers and coupons available under the The Special Offer tab. One also gets 'Airtel Surprises' coupons with every recharge that he does, which he can redeem across categories like shopping, food, wellness, entertainment. Thus these coupons can be redeemed at popular brands like PVR Cinemas, Café Coffee Day, Flipkart.com. amazon.in, Ebay.in, Myntra.com, Archies, VLCC, among others.

It's not just about the offers though. I have always been a big fan of Airtel for the quality services that they have always provided. It is for their impeccable track record of their services that today they are counted not just as one of the largest mobile operators in the world but are also trusted as the most reliable network operators in India. What I love about the Airtel company is that inspite of being the market leaders in the Telecom sector in India for quite some time now, they still continue to evolve and are striving hard to provide their customers with innovative services to make our lives easier. Right from the time I started using a cell phone (i.e. from my college days), I have been using their services - be it for my mobile connection or their Broadband internet service or their DTH service. So when I came to know about their new "My Airtel app", I didn't need a second invitation for downloading it on my smartphone. My app experience has been buttery smooth ever since.

My Airtel app comes with a provision by which I can now save my often repeated tasks under "I want to" - Your Favourite actions - tab. With the Airtel money also integrated with the app, I am virtually carrying my bank account on my smartphone. Recharging a cellphone or DTH package or paying our postpaid or fixed line bills has now become more trustworthy with PCIDSS certification. In fact, paying my mobile or DTH bils was never this easy before. With my Airtel app, it is not only safe and secure but also fast and convenient. We can also save our payment modes; as a result, our subsequent payments would take even lesser time and effort.

Not only does it notify us when our balance (mobile or DTH or internet data package) becomes low but it also alerts us about the bill payments and the due dates. Thus with this app, our extremely specific needs are being served. I had always wanted an app that came with an easy interface and one that could solve my simple problems regarding the bill payments.

It has got a very friendly and intuitive user interface through which we can not only pay the bills but also can start or stop a service (say for example, Hello Tunes). It also helps us in keeping records of our previous bills as well as our unpaid ones.

This app also lets me keep a detailed track on my data usage. Thus managing my airtel services is just a click away!

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P.S. - Photo sources - Airtel website

(This has been written for "My Airtel App". Visit the Airtel website http://www.airtel.in/myairtelapp/ to download the My Airtel app and enjoy the wonderful offers and services)

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A new show - Ek Nayi League

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A few days back Kapil Dev joined twitter and started promoting "Ek Nayi League" with some videos, just as the one given above. He talks to some famous celebrities and goes onto hint about this new league which if someone played with heart, they were going to lose. Is it going to be a talk show? Or will it be a game-based programme? Some people have even predicted it to be some dance-based reality show in which Kapil Dev would be one of the judges (though I hardly agree with their prediction). I still have no idea what it is going to be but like others I too have made some guesses. Kapil Dev is also seen pointing towards his head (meaning brains), so in all probability, this show is going to be some game show in which one would be required to use his brain more than playing it only with his heart.

Nothing has been disclosed about this league, what it is all about. The theme, the format, everything is still being kept under wraps, may be to build a buzz (and they have indeed succeeded in doing that because like me, many others are also excited and looking forward to this new league). Moreover when a legend like Kapil Dev talks about something (read "the Nayi League"), it must be something truly exceptional. Because the man himself was an exceptional cricketer.

India has always had a bevy of cricket superstars but Kapil Dev was unarguably the first one to capture the nation's imagination after captaining the side to its first cricket world cup title back in 1983. No one had given his team a chance, not even his own countrymen (and understandably so, with their poor performances in the matches that preceded the world cup) and yet the way he galvanised his team and led them from the front, it was nothing short of inspiring. Kapil Dev holding the Prudential Cup on the balcony of Lords cricket ground still remains one of the most loved memories on the minds of an Indian cricket fan. He belonged to an era when cricketers didn't earn much money. Nor were there any huge endorsement deals like cricketers get these days. Yet he never bothered about the money or the fame, he always played his game with passion and heart and played as hard as anyone would have, for his country. He was a match winner in his own right. I have always admired his all-round cricketing abilities, because not just with the ball but he could also change the course of a match singlehandedly through his swashbuckling batting. Not without good reason is he considered to be one of the greatest all rounders in the history of the game. He was also a tremendous athlete and remained fit all through his cricketing career.

It's no mean feat to capture more than 400 wickets in Test matches and moreso when the Indian pitches hardly ever suited fast bowling. Though he was not really a tearaway fast bowler but he was undoubtedly a very skilled and street-smart medium pace bowler who could trouble even the best of batsmen with his outswingers and cutters. He was dead accurate too. In fact most of the Indian cricketers who took up fast bowling were inspired by Kapil Dev.

Thus even though he has mostly kept a low profile after he retired some two decades back, but he is still admired and remains one of the most loved cricketers not just in India but also around the world. So when he says something, everyone sit up and take note.

This new league is going to be unveiled on 7th of May (i.e. today) and if my guess is right (that this league would be a game show on TV), then Kapil Dev would be making his debut as a TV host! What could be more exciting than watching Kapil Dev as the host on a TV show?

(This has been written for "Ek Nayi League". Visit their website www.eknayileague.com to know more about them)

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