India Book of Records - A dark story

saurabh2711 · 19th August 2021, 15:58

Many thanks for highlighting this and enlightening me.

I am on my way for nominating myself in following

! : "Insane" category where I nominate myself for Working in same IT company for 12 years in same account.

Pun intended. Don't shoot me please, I have logged in after four months. Lot of backlogs in terms of unread posts.

deathwalkr · 20th August 2021, 10:15

Meanwhile this was in today's TOI paper:

‘Woodchuck’ brings laurels to 8-year-old from Kochi

Read more at:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...w/85475771.cms

Samarth 619 · 20th August 2021, 13:44

Scamsters and Fraudsters have many forms, but they all somehow focus on fake news to make their name and image. I had Biswaroop R Choudhari's book on memory, it was nothing special. Just some tips on memorising first letters of each word of the series, and such weak tips we all can figure out.
A wasted buy indeed. Could've helped a 8th standard kid maybe but not me. And it might've been plagarised content from a foreign author too, who knows?

Another such fraud was Ankit Fadiya or something- the self claimed computer hacker. He too has a similar story.
At age of 17 he sent a mail to CHIP magazine editor, apologising for hacking CHIP's website. Guess what, the editor invited him to discuss how he hacked over email, but he didn't come because the website never was hacked in the first place. But he used that email for big claims.
Similarly he made tall claims about how the US invited him to improve their security levels. All fake. His tips include changing your password every 15 days, wow, how could have we guessed this?

By the end of it, he was charging solid money on every lecture delivered in a college where he avoided very basic questions on hacking, and delivered lectures on googled windows hacks for changing look and feel of the PC.
But he made money anyhow.

Same is for rindam Choudhari who played with students' life & career with fake university.

Best is to expose such people. Well done @RiderZone

deathwalkr · 24th August 2021, 13:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by deathwalkr

Meanwhile this was in today's TOI paper:

‘Woodchuck’ brings laurels to 8-year-old from Kochi

Read more at:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...w/85475771.cms

And again from TOI :(

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...w/85575467.cms

Jaguar · 24th August 2021, 14:14

Thanks to Strava, I may have a shot at one record. The longest time taken to cover 16 km on a cycle. Starting a TBHP funding campaign to pay for the application

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noopster · 7th September 2021, 16:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by srini1785

and i am applying for setting the record for spotting the maximum number of morons on the road in a single way trip : Record stands at 17.

Amateur! I spot more on my daily commute to work

moralfibre · 12th January 2022, 07:27

This news popped up in my feed and I quickly remembered this thread.

amol4184 · 12th January 2022, 12:28

I was in an eye hospital yesterday and they had a large frame taking place of pride on one of their walls about it being world's first "third eye clinic in an eye hospital" - an award given by something called "Wonder book of records".

I can't being to understand what that record means but you can be sure its just plain stupid.
Make whatever you want of it, for your eyes : http://wonderbookofrecord.com/worlds...-eye-hospital/
I would be ashamed to even accept such record if I had any self respect but I guess it counts to some.

Judging by the website I am willing to say this one is even more dubious than India book of records.

19th August 2021, 15:58	#31
saurabh2711 BHPian Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pune, Bhopal, Indore Posts: 350 Thanked: 685 Times	Re: India Book of Records - A dark story Many thanks for highlighting this and enlightening me. I am on my way for nominating myself in following ! : "Insane" category where I nominate myself for Working in same IT company for 12 years in same account. Pun intended. Don't shoot me please, I have logged in after four months. Lot of backlogs in terms of unread posts. Last edited by saurabh2711 : 19th August 2021 at 16:00.
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20th August 2021, 10:15	#32
deathwalkr Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Trivandrum Posts: 1,326 Thanked: 4,345 Times View My Garage	Re: India Book of Records - A dark story Meanwhile this was in today's TOI paper: ‘Woodchuck’ brings laurels to 8-year-old from Kochi Read more at: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...w/85475771.cms
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20th August 2021, 13:44	#33
Samarth 619 BHPian Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Ajmer Posts: 276 Thanked: 834 Times	Re: India Book of Records - A dark story Scamsters and Fraudsters have many forms, but they all somehow focus on fake news to make their name and image. I had Biswaroop R Choudhari's book on memory, it was nothing special. Just some tips on memorising first letters of each word of the series, and such weak tips we all can figure out. A wasted buy indeed. Could've helped a 8th standard kid maybe but not me. And it might've been plagarised content from a foreign author too, who knows? Another such fraud was Ankit Fadiya or something- the self claimed computer hacker. He too has a similar story. At age of 17 he sent a mail to CHIP magazine editor, apologising for hacking CHIP's website. Guess what, the editor invited him to discuss how he hacked over email, but he didn't come because the website never was hacked in the first place. But he used that email for big claims. Similarly he made tall claims about how the US invited him to improve their security levels. All fake. His tips include changing your password every 15 days, wow, how could have we guessed this? By the end of it, he was charging solid money on every lecture delivered in a college where he avoided very basic questions on hacking, and delivered lectures on googled windows hacks for changing look and feel of the PC. But he made money anyhow. Same is for rindam Choudhari who played with students' life & career with fake university. Best is to expose such people. Well done @RiderZone Last edited by Samarth 619 : 20th August 2021 at 13:49.
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24th August 2021, 14:14	#35
Jaguar Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,229 Thanked: 2,704 Times	Re: India Book of Records - A dark story Thanks to Strava, I may have a shot at one record. The longest time taken to cover 16 km on a cycle. Starting a TBHP funding campaign to pay for the application
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12th January 2022, 07:27	#37
moralfibre Team-BHP Support Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: MH-12 Posts: 8,476 Thanked: 14,081 Times	Re: India Book of Records - A dark story This news popped up in my feed and I quickly remembered this thread.
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12th January 2022, 12:28	#38
amol4184 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Seattle/Pune Posts: 1,308 Thanked: 5,531 Times	Re: India Book of Records - A dark story I was in an eye hospital yesterday and they had a large frame taking place of pride on one of their walls about it being world's first "third eye clinic in an eye hospital" - an award given by something called "Wonder book of records". I can't being to understand what that record means but you can be sure its just plain stupid. Make whatever you want of it, for your eyes : http://wonderbookofrecord.com/worlds...-eye-hospital/ I would be ashamed to even accept such record if I had any self respect but I guess it counts to some. Judging by the website I am willing to say this one is even more dubious than India book of records.
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