The most romantic day of the year is here and while it's exciting, finding the perfect gift for your loved one can be quite nerve-wrecking. Whether you want to find an exquisite present and/or make a reservation for the big night, the smart phone application, Haptik will make life easier and will do the gift hunting for you.

Supporting over 200 companies across 13 categories, the app allows you to chat with a certified Haptik expert for queries, information and almost anything else, guaranteeing a response within five minutes. All you have to do is simply download the application, message the team and the Haptik gifting experts will find you something that's just perfect for your partner. For better search results, you can state your budget, a little bit about what your better half likes, his or her interests, age and personality.

Haptik not only helps you find your perfect gift but also helps find the right restaurant in your city, make a reservation in advance and avail some special discounts from over 1000+ restaurants to make your V-Day perfect.

Launched in April 2014, the app is available on the iOS and Android platforms and was handpicked by Google as one of the only Indian apps to feature in the Productivity category on Google Play store, alongside apps like Dropbox and Gmail.

Mumbai: The fourth edition of Mumbai International Motor Show 2015 is bringing top brands, accessories and automobile enthusiasts under the same roof between the 5th to the 8th of February 2015 at the MMRDA Ground, Bandra Kurla Complex.

The 4 day event was inaugurated by living legend of Indian cinema Amitabh Bachchan, actor Dhanush, and award winning director, R Balki along with debutant Akshara Hassan.

The motor show which takes place every alternate year since its inception in 2009, is a 360 degree infotainment affair where the distance between car enthusiast and the creator can be reduced. The event is aimed at giving the industry a chance to display its latest and finest makes.

MIMS 2015 is showcasing some of the biggest brand in the industry like Rolls Royce, Audi, Mercedes, BMW, Volkswagen, Honda Cars, DSK, Maruti, Tata Motors, Hero, Mahindra & Mahindra and many more.

Mumbai International Motor Show spokesperson Suchitra Sengupta said, ?The Mumbai International Motor Show is in its fourth edition now. As there are many expectations, it ought to do something different for its audience. MIMS 2015 presents an exciting avenue for all the car and bike connoisseurs to meet with industry stalwarts. For our adrenaline aficionados? the show offers a 4x4 Track by Mahindra, Volkswagen?s Motorsport Pit Crew Challenge for the first time in India, Technotrove?s Simulator Zone. VCCCI?s Heritage & Classic Car section at the show is true spectacle. ?

Mahindra 4x4 Track, is a skillful track featuring their 4 ? 4 cars. This track is intended for off road driving enthusiasts who want to learn, drive and test their skills.

Volkswagen Motorsport Pit Crew Challenge will capture all the exhilaration and tension of a genuine race car pit stop to test the strength and caliber of the most competent team.

Technotrove Simulator Zone is pavilion showcasing Driving Simulators. This modern and virtual system will train and asses the driving techniques and capabilities of the visitors. The simulators will offer real life driving situations and road conditions as seen on Indian roads and give visitors the opportunity to practice driving under rainy nights and foggy roads or even experience a brake failure while driving which is seldom possible with a behind the wheel experience.

VCCCI Heritage & Classic Car section is intended for all the vintage car connoisseurs a select exhibition conforming to the moods of the classic era. This exhibition will hold timeless beauties that are a matter of pride, fashion and legacy for their owners.

From flat beds to foie gras, the best for the high flying corporate. Let's check out all the goodies that the domestic sector offers to Club Class passenger

Air Sahara
Air Sahara's Sahara Royale and Sahara special classes both offer increased leg room to provide total seating comfort on board. As a business class passenger, one gets to choose from five customized cuisines - Thai, Italian, French, Chinese and Indian. The choices are spread over a variety of 75 menus and are available on all lunch and dinner flights. If one is flying on the afternoon flight, one can get sandwiches custom made to taste. And this is the only domestic carrier that serves ice cream (during the summer). Apart from this, one can also specify preferences at the time of booking and partake of anything from Jain, diabetic, low cal, fruit platter, sea food or Asian fare. In-flight entertainment includes individual four channel music, and a personalized reading kit that includes at least two daily newspapers and two general interest magazines. Although the airline has designated two cabin crew members for 16 business class passengers, just in case one finds the cabin crew a little too busy serving the meal or carrying out other routine chores, one can always call on the special on-board executives who are specially posted to give that extra personal touch.

Jet Airways

Club Premiere is the exclusive business class and the preferred mode of travel for businessman and senior personnel in the corporate world. As a Club Premiere passenger, one has the privilege of selecting a seat at the time of reservation; tele check-in facility up to 45 minutes before departure and dedicated check-in counters at most airports.

One can also get the privilege of relaxing and enjoying complimentary beverages and snacks at their plush airport lounges in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, and Hyderabad and enjoy priority baggage delivery which means your baggage is offloaded at the carousel first so that one can disembark and collect bags without having to wait at the baggage retrieval area. A course-by-course personalized meal starting from refreshing soups to a variety of rich desserts for longer flights or a delicious selection of snacks. And the luxury doesn't just stop there. The meals are served on the finest bone china, which has been designed exclusively for Jet Airways by Nritake. Crisp, fresh linen completes the pleasant experience.

Kingfisher Airlines
King of good times Kingfisher Airlines, with its spanking new environment friendly Airbus is an experience in itself. From a personal valet at the airport, baggage handling to boarding, exclusive lounges with private space, accompanied with refreshments and music. Kingfisher puts on quite a show for your in-flight entertainment.

Rest your head on fully-adjustable headrests, stretch out on a 48" seat pitch, put your feet up on extendable foot-rests and lean back on a 125? recline. It's not food that's served on board Kingfisher, it's works of art. The menu offers three courses. All highlighted by the piece de resistance - chilled caviar or Norwegian smoked salmon and ending with sinfully tempting Signature Dessert. To add to dining experience, the table is set with bone china crockery and silver cutlery.

A welcome pack that boasts the finest premium personal care essentials, exclusive Kingfisher stationery, national and international news, business & lifestyle magazines and newspapers are just the extraa toppings that add to the rich experience.

Go on feel like a king!

 Built at the Fincantieri shipyard in Marghera, Italy, the flagship Ms Amsterdam sets the standard for five-star cruise ships.
 Ms Amsterdam blends the very latest in shipbuilding technology with the artistry, personalized touches, and superior service that has made Holland America Line one of the highest-rated cruise lines in the world.
   

At the heart of the Ms Amsterdam is the Planeto Astrolabium, a specially commissioned signature sculpture suspended and soaring in a three-story atrium. The stunning Astrolabe tracks constellations, the planets, world time and ship time.
With the capacity to carry 1,380 guests, the Ms Amsterdam features 172 staterooms with verandahs. The Ms Amsterdam completed all Signature of Excellence enhancements to her public rooms and staterooms in spring 2005.
 In early 2007 she circumnavigates the globe on her Grand World Voyage.

  Signature features include:
  The two-tier La Fontaine Dining Room features impeccable service and an extensive wine list, and offers five-course menus, from continental cuisine to vegetarian and low-carb options.

    The intimate reservations-only Pinnacle Grill offers an elegant, sophisticated dining experience and features premium hand-selected cuts of Sterling Silver beef, inspired seafood dishes and many select wines.

    The Lido Restaurant offers a relaxed ambiance for all three meals and features a variety of fresh, cooked-to-order specialties.

    The Culinary Arts Center, presented by Food & Wine magazine, is the setting for gourmet cooking demonstrations and interactive classes.

    Explorations Caf?, powered by The New York Times, features the largest library at sea, as well as comfortable music listening stations and Internet access.

    The Greenhouse Spa & Salon features thermal suites, hydrotherapy and thalassotherapy pool, heated ceramic lounges and more.

    The Queen's Show Lounge features Las Vegas-style productions, talented vocalists, illusionists, comedians and variety acts.

    The Crow's Nest, where sweeping views make observation lounge a top choice for relaxing during the day, and in the evening transforms into a hip, fashionable nightclub features top-notch DJs and live bands.

    Dedicated youth facilities and activities for kids ages 3 to 12.

    The Loft and The Oasis, designed exclusively for teens to have fun, socialize and hang out with people their own age.

    At the heart of the Holland America experience is a warm and unobtrusive style of service that is never in the way and never out of reach.

    Expect excellence: sail with nearly one crew member for every two guests, for the impeccable service that has long defined classic cruising.
    Rhythm of relaxing and inspiring days onboard, with a wealth of activities and enrichment programs for pleasure. One day opt for a hot stone massage in luxurious Greenhouse Spa and Salon, another day elect to attend a cooking demonstration in the world class Culinary Arts Center, improve golf swing or spend time at one of the pools.
    Discovery, both of new countries and new places, is the true spirit of world travel. World of education, activity, enrichment and inspiration onboard Holland America Line ships.
    Public rooms, with rich, polished woods and soft leather furniture create an inviting ambiance.
    Staterooms filled with all manner of sophisticated amenities beckon to retreat for hours. There is a certain kind of elegance that never goes out of style, inviting to relax into a world of comfort and easy elegance aboard the spacious ships of Holland America Line.
    An African safari, the romance of Venice, the grandeur of Asian palaces, the drama of Machu Picchu and the great pyramids, the exquisite pleasures of a transoceanic crossing.
    In 2008, it celebrates the 50th anniversary of first world cruise.

The latest thing to happen in the world of wireless gaming is the number of big and not so big Bollywood honchos making their presence felt.

There is the Badshah of Disco and bling 'Boppy Da' (Bappi Lahiri for the uninitiated) who is engaged on a new mission - to get back at the baddies who have robbed him of his jewels. The mobile game featuring the portly composer has been making tracks on the popularity charts in India and abroad. The game has him him stunning the villains, with his high-voltage guitar.

Then there is also southside actor Madhavan, who is busy evading the paparazzi in 'Run Maddy Run'.

Already in the pipelines are Hrithik Roshan (in a Krrish game) and Bollywood badshah Shahrukh Khan (Don).

Gaming centering around Bollywood celebrities has been around for some time but now market forces are swinging the other way with actors wooing gaming companies, signing contracts, negotiating royalty money which on an average is 10 to 20 per cent of the download revenues.

Gaming is expected to grow annually and actors are queuing up to get featured. A well crafted and hyped mobile game spreads through the personal network of friends,

colleagues and business contacts abroad. The bigger canvas is that of simultaneous releases of Hindi films in foreign countries with promotional and ground events with the stars. For old actors it's a better and faster way to keep them alive amongst the youth.

Games are also being designed on brash heroes like Salman Khan and Bollywood bombshells Priyanka Chopra and Bipasha Basu are hopping aboard the bandwagon as well. Sameera Reddy who's got her own share of adulation, is getting into another mobile game with 'Sameera Acquadventure'.

It has become a greater vehicle for brand visibility. A few hundred downloads per day will do wonders for star image. There can't be a bigger lure for actors having a multi-faceted image, which leads them to actively participate and even lend concepts during the scripting stage.

By Nidhi Jain

About the Author - Ashok V. Desai is the consulting editor of The Telegraph. He also writes for the Business World. Before becoming a columnist and commentator, he was advisor to the then Indian finance minister Manmohan Singh in the early 1990s, when India embarked on economic reforms. In the 1980s, Desai coordinated a large project on energy research across the world, the results of which were published in a 15 volume study. Desai speaks fluent German and once wrote a thesis on German wages in the nineteenth century.

India has evolved with the passage of time and so has its telecommunications industry. More than a decade back in 1992, the Indian telecommunication industry was totally monopolised by the government, but now with the advent of new technology, it is growing at a rapid pace and seeing more and more private players.

In the 1990s, the government of India appointed regulators as an alternative to the direct control of industries such as telecommunications, banking, capital markets, insurance, hydrocarbons and electricity. But in spite of tremendous efforts, it seemed to go in vain and was by and large ineffective.

The book takes holistic look at the industry's past, incumbent and future trail. The author creates an atmosphere for the readers and provides a detailed view of the technical world. Through the book, Desai attempts to bring forth arguments as to why regulation does not work in India.

India's Telecommunications Industry showcases the birth and growth of the industry. Desai throws light on the industry from the time of DoT to internet telephony.

He also talks about the impact technology has on the telecommunications industry. He divulges a well known fact, which is understood by all in fast paced world --- the importance of networking and staying connected.

Who can do without a mobile or a personal phone in today's world? And to top it all, with increasing competition, the calling rates too are lowering day by day. With the advent of more and more channels of communication, the need seems to be unending.

India's Telecommunications Industry had been written in a lucid manner and is also packed with a punch. It is an essential read for policy makers, economists and industry watchers. The book will also be of interest to students of industrial economics and management.

"Just as one thinks that one has reached the full stop, something happens that renders an entire chapter out of date," says Desai. As a result, this book is a result of four drafts spread over a year coupled with a whole lot of effort on the author's behalf.