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Monday, June 22, 2009

Train Announcement Ringtones

The ambience of an Indian railway station is incomplete without the pre-recorded female voice that informs passengers of the arrivals and departure of trains. The arrival of computerised announcement system in the Indian railways meant that the variety of voices blaring from loudspeakers in railway stations across the country was replaced by those of a select few. Thanks to our linguistic diversity, or it would have been the same voice announcing the late arrival of of a train in Agartala and the departure of another in Bhuj.

For those who love travelling by trains (like me, though rationing of leaves often forces to take the aerial route) or atleast like the sounds of the railway station here are a few ringtones to bring the feel of the railway station in your mobile phone.

Kripaya dyaan dijiye, Indian Railways train announcement ringtone sunne ya download karne ke liye niche dekhe:

Train Announcement - Bilingual






Download ringtone [MP3 500 KB 00:00:30 128kbps Stereo 44 kHz]

Train Announcement - Hindi






Download ringtone [MP3 274 KB 00:00:16 128kbps Stereo 44 kHz]

Train Announcement - English






Download ringtone [MP3 262 KB 00:00:15 128kbps Stereo 44 kHz]

(This ringtone announces the arrival of the 2919 Malwa Express travelling from Indore to Jammu Tawi and was recorded by me at Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station, New Delhi on October 27, 2008)

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Thursday, June 18, 2009

List of Indian eMagazines

Indian eMagazinesNo one that I know got a raise this year and costs keep increasing. My landlord raised the rent, though I managed to bargain a bit with a little recession sob-story.

With stagnant cash inflow, we need to make some cuts in expenses and for me it has to start with the magazines. I purchase an unnecessary number of them and since I don't want to sell them to the raddiwallah, they eat up a lot of prime space in my already congested abode.

Therefore, I decided to go the Arnold Schwarzenegger way and put together a list of Indian print magazines that are available in a digital format (an e-replica of the print edition) and I was surprised to find so many. Also happened to discover a few that I never knew existed.

Most of these e-versions are either in PDF or flash, though there are a few in HTML too.

Here's a simple way to slash those magazine bills in these hard times (the publishers might be a bit upset, but they earn more from advertising than sales):

List of Indian print magazines available in a digital format online:


  1. 080
    080

  2. Abhisarika
    (Sex education magazine in Telugu. Old issues 1949 onwards)
    Abhisarika

  3. Balaka
    (Bengali)
    Balaka

  4. Brunch
    Brunch

  5. Business Today
    Business-Today

  6. Campaign India
    Campaign-India

  7. Champak
    (English)
    Champak-English)

  8. Chandamama
    (Archives 1955 onwards in English, Hindi, Kannada, Maalayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Oriya)
    Chandamama

  9. Congress Sandesh
    Congress-Sandesh

  10. Cosmopolitan
    Cosmopolitan

  11. Cricket Today
    (English)
    Cricket-Today-English)

  12. Cricket Today
    (Hindi)
    Cricket-Today-Hindi)

  13. Down To Earth
    Down-To-Earth

  14. Economic & Political Weekly
    Economic-&-Political-Weekly

  15. Frontline
    Frontline

  16. Grehalakshmi
    Grehalakshmi

  17. Grihashobha
    Grihashobha

  18. Harmony
    Harmony

  19. India Today
    (English)
    India-Today-English)

  20. India Today
    (Hindi)
    India-Today-Hindi)

  21. India Today Woman
    India-Today-Woman

  22. JetScreen Domestic
    JetScreen-Domestic

  23. JetScreen International
    JetScreen-International

  24. JetWings Domestic
    JetWings-Domestic

  25. JetWings International
    JetWings-International

  26. Kamal Sandesh
    (English)
    Kamal-Sandesh-English)

  27. Kamal Sandesh
    (Hindi)
    Kamal-Sandesh-Hindi)

  28. Linux For You
    Linux-For-You

  29. Living The Park Magazine
    Living-The-Park-Magazine

  30. Men's Health
    Men's-Health

  31. Money Today
    Money-Today

  32. New Woman
    New-Woman

  33. Nirvana Woman
    Nirvana-Woman

  34. Open
    Open

  35. Outlook Business
    Link URL corresponds to the April 18, 2009 issue. To view other issues use the Past Issues drop-down on the left of the page.
    Outlook-Business

  36. Outlook Profit
    Outlook-Profit

  37. Pitch
    Pitch

  38. Planet Earth
    Planet-Earth

  39. Pragati
    Pragati

  40. Pratiyogita Darpan
    (Hindi)
    Pratiyogita-Darpan-Hindi)

  41. Pravasi Bhartiya
    Pravasi-Bhartiya

  42. Prevention
    Prevention

  43. Royal
    (An adult men's magazine. Some content NSFW)
    Royal

  44. Sarita
    (Hindi)
    Sarita

  45. Security Today
    Security-Today

  46. Stardust
    Stardust

  47. Sutra
    Sutra

  48. Tehelka
    (Requires registration)
    Alternative link (No Registration necessary)
    Tehelka

  49. Tehelka Samachar (Hindi. Requires registration)
    Alternative link (No registration necessary)
    Tehelka-Samachar

  50. The Man
    The-Man

  51. The Plot
    The-Plot

  52. The Sunday Indian ( June 21 Issue. For the latest issue go to the home page and click on the E-Magazine link)
    The-Sunday-Indian

  53. Upper Crust
    Upper-Crust

  54. Vastu Evam Jyotish
    (Hindi)
    Vastu-Evam-Jyotish

  55. Woman's Era
    Woman's-Era

  56. Yog Sandesh
    (English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Bengali, Oriya, Gujarati, Assamese and Nepali)
    Yog-Sandesh


If you know of more such magazines, do share them in the comments.

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