Review: Jio Notebook - 8 Reasons to Buy This Fantastic Small Laptop

I recently bought Jio Notebook, which is a small size laptop with many innovative features. I had read about it for many years, pondered whether to buy it or not for many months and finally went ahead with it. After using it for over a week, I am happy with my decision and hence writing this blog post.

1. Jio Notebook is really economical

Jio laptop is listed on Amazon for only Rs 9999. It is also available on Jio Mart for around Rs 11k and it used to be available earlier on Flipkart too at this price. Along with sellin this laptop for only Rs 10k, Amazon was also offering exchange offer for old laptop and hence I gave away my another small Dell laptop which was 10 year old and had developed fault and was not useful from the start. After exchange offer, I paid only Rs 6500 for Jio Laptop which is unbelievably economical. 

2. You will use most features over browser

Jio laptop has an inbuilt Office suit and hence it does not have Microsoft Office, but you will be able to edit Microsoft Office documents also online over browser. Jio laptop has a separate text processing software if you need to only type and save in laptop.    

3. Battery is really good

Jio Laptop's small screen size and optimized performance means you will be able to use the laptop for several hours without need for charging. The laptop comes with a free charger and it charges it also very fast. 

4. Jio laptop is better than smart phone

If you use your smartphone for most of your work, you will still find Jio laptop as a much better tool. It gives a laptop computer and professional experience, without need to break our eyes and fingers over smartphone screen. You can also avoid screen addition if you use laptop instead of phone.

5. Jio laptop has many Jio tools like Cinema, Games, etc.   

Jio Notebook laptop has many free Jio apps like for watching movies and playing games, etc. I do not use these apps, but these are there and you may find these interesting.

6. Jio laptop comes with free Jio Sim Card but you can SKIP it too

The laptop comes with a free Jio Sim card which you can insert and keep recharging monthly for data. But I just skipped it and used my mobile's hotspot for internet connection and it works fantastic. 

7. Jio laptop has Jio Sphere browser

I have been using Jio Sphere browser on my android phone and now I am using it with Jio laptop also. Jio Sphere browser is much better browser with ad blocker and many other features. 

8. Jio laptop is really light weight

Jio laptop is less than 1 kg in weight which is wonderful to carry. The laptop also has a 'rubber finish" on exterior which prevents accidental falls. 

- Rahul Tiwary

Note: This blogpost is written using Jio Notebook (laptop) over Jio Sphere browser. 

Death of a woman in Madhya Pradesh hospital and excesses done by hospitals

There was a recent news airing on TV which caught my attention. A woman admitted to hospital for child delivery died after accusing the hospital staff of threatening of killing her. Even her baby died. The TV channel showed a video where the woman was shouting for help and within few hours both she and the child were dead. It was shocking and a question would come to the mind of all viewers whether her accusations were true. 

Until a few months ago, I would have found it difficult to believe, but not any more. I witnessed a horrible incident in one of the best known hospitals where, when an old person removed cannula attached to his hand due to pain and irritation, the hospital staff threatened him with "tying his hands and legs" if he did it again. When patient was admitted to Emergency ward, attendant is not allowed to stay with the patient for a long duration and hence hospital staff sent the attendant away. After an hour when the attendant comes back, he sees the patient lying with splash of blood lying all around, all clothes, bedsheets, etc had blood, perhaps half a cup blood was wasted and blood was constantly coming out of cannula on his hand. Even the medicine which was supposed to be given to the patient with water, was lying on he floor. When he looked around to see what nurses and doctors were doing, he saw that all were busy on their "smart phones", paying no attention to his patient. When he asked a junior doctor to help, he sent a male nurse who instead of feeling sorry, got angry at the patient and have him warning against doing again and forced the attendant to sign a "consent" to tie up the patient if he does it again! So much in the name of wellness and healthcare. 

In newspapers, I have seen news where doctors of government hospital ask for monetary bribe from patient for doing surgery. And of course government hospital staff ask for bribe at every steps and also mistreat patients if they do not comply. 

On the other hand, we also see news of doctors being beaten up by families of patients, and while whole society's sympathy is with doctors on this matter, I am beginning to get a sense of why many times such violence take place in the first place. We never see nurses and other staff being beaten up, because perhaps they put whole blame on doctors.   

It is sad to realise that despite so much progress in all fields, healthcare in India is still substandard and coping up under huge crowd of patients as well as marred by mismanagement by the hospital staff. While PM Modi's vision to make India a developed country by 2047 is being realised at a fast pace, his own policy of providing free mediclaim to the poor and old people (Ayushman Yojna) has caused severe crowding of even the best of hospitals, bringing down their quality of healthcare. 

There are no easy solutions to this problem, but government should take note of all such incidents being reported by patients and bring such hospitals to the task, so that these do not repeat. Patients and their family are already suffering due to illness, and if hospital staff carry out atrocities over them, it is double tragedy. 

Hope government works hard to bring quality healthcare to the people of our country. 

- Rahul 

Hindu Temple: Arya Samaj Mandir, Muzaffarpur, Bihar

 

Travelogue: Sahu Misthan Bhandar, Bhagwanpur, near Muzaffarpur, Bihar

 

Travelogue: Medanta Hospital, Patna, Bihar

 

Nature: Moon With Star in Evening Sky, Muzaffarpur, Bihar

 

(C) Rahul 

Nature: Insect with leaf like wings

 

Hindu Temple: Baba Dudhnath Dham Mandir, Chhapra Megh, Muzaffarpur

Travelogue: Baby Krishna With a Bicycle

While going from city towards the outskirts on my bike, first I came across a man of around 20 who was speeding on his Bullet (Royal Enfield) bike in such a manner that there was almost a certainty of an accident. He was of course not even wearing a helmet. Afterwards, when I entered into major inter-city road, I came across a boy of about five who was running on the road holding a children's bicycle beyond his age. 

The boy was brown skinned, his long hair reaching shoulders had turned golden due to sun exposure, and he must belong to one of the vegabond families who live besides highways in tents. He was healthy, fit and fine and was running very fast while holding the bicycle which was of height more than his own. He was about two feet on the main road and I realized it was dangerous of him to run like that. 

Correlating the kid and the man, dont't know what is the relation between male genes and a propensity to run high-speed and flirt with danger. 

Coming back to the kid, the scene of the baby boy running with his bicycle was so heartwarming that my heart skipped several beats. I also noticed that a woman walking on the other side of the road was starring at the boy, in a gaze of concern. The boy was clearly taking risk running on a main road like this, and I only imagined his family living very near besides the road, although I could not notice any dwellings nearby. 

I am aware of sometime that boys of such age always secretely remind me of my son, and hence as I moved past the boy, I could not stop but getting too teary eyed. Now it was my turn to play with danger if I continued like that while riding a bike, and hence I swallowed all my tears with my eyes. Like Shiva, the ultimate God consumed poison to save the world, absorbing all the tears back into my eyes is a little sacrifice I can do, to save the status quo. 

On my return trip, the boy was not to be seen anywhere. Perhaps he had returned safely to his road-side home. The little Krishna had finished his leela for today and might continue tomorrow. 

- Rahul 

Travelogue: Nitishwar Mahavidyalay (College), Muzaffarpur, Bihar

 

Travelogue: PJP Cinemas, P&M Mall, Mithanpura, Muzaffarpur, Bihar

 

Travelogue: Aquarium Inside Ramakrishna Vivekananda Ashram, Muzaffarpur, Bihar

 

Hindu Temple: Ganesh Mandir, P&M Mall, Mithanpura, Muzaffarpur, Bihar