Confirm ferris is back.
First of all, welcome back ferris.
Air India is probably the least annoying of the three Indian carriers for this. I find AXB Express India and Indair (IAC) to be even bigger culprits to the extent that I have heard controllers ask the pilots if it was company policy to ask this.
If any Indian pilots are reading this, please don't confuse this thread with the occasional request to confirm a clearance. I believe ferris is referring to, what appears to be, the automatic reply to "confirm" every clearance.
It is very annoying and often we do not have time for it.