Hyderabad, July 29 -- Privacy today is a luxury, given how invasive mobile apps and telemarketers are, as they collect our personal data. As a result, many find themselves at the receiving end of unwanted calls or messages. And more often than not, this is a result of citizens having no option but to share their numbers here and there, or to organisations for information purposes.

Enter Doosra, a privacy protection app that is perhaps a solution to the telemarketing nightmare that we face. Creating by Hyderabad-based entrepreneur Aditya Vuchi, the app basically provides users a number as an alternative one that they can give in the public. So what's the difference? Unlike a regular number, here, all calls are blocked by default, so the u...