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My conversation with coffee – the business of coffee

Sun, 09 Jan 2011 13:00:09 +0000

This is a guest post by Susrita Sen. Excited to go home for vacations I end up reaching the airport early; an hour early. I look around to do something to kill time. Right beside me was a swanky coffee café and trust me it was not the aroma alone that pulled me towards it....

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A way towards rural markets in India

Sun, 12 Sep 2010 14:08:09 +0000

This is guest post by Susrita Sen. We have all realized by now that India is on the cusp on momentous change. The economy is vibrant, incomes are rising, and the habits, preferences and attitudes are changing rapidly. And it’s not less evident in rural India as well. There are three major challenges that a...

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It takes a Woman to kick the British Queen Out – will Australia mature into a Republic?

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:08:48 +0000

Australia’s Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, has recently said that she will guide her country to becoming a Republic. At last maturity comes Down South! Unfortunately though, it won’t happen soon enough because she has said that Australia will wait for the frail old monarch to first kick the bucket before the country kicks monarchy out....

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Join Private Sales clubs and enjoy heavy discounts on Designer & Luxury shopping

Sun, 22 Aug 2010 01:15:41 +0000

Only a few weeks back I’d written about discount online shopping site in India for designer wear and luxury goods. Now there’s another site for all you fashion-savvy guys and girls that want to lay hands on designer-wear sunglasses, bags, jeans, dresses, shirts and other stuff. It’s aptly called The Private Sales because you need...

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Indian youth love Hitler, the Nazi dictator

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:08:46 +0000

I wasn’t surprised to read this BBC article about the popularity of Hitler and his Mein Kampf amongst the youth in India. In fact, I think Indians have a rather balanced view of people – because while they despise Hitler’s massacres and racism, they admire his nationalism and ambition. Similarly, many Indian youth also hold...

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Invest in Mutual Funds to Ride the Indian Growth Story: Questions Answered

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:23:27 +0000

With America’s economy still away from recovery and Europe in doldrums over fudged statistics, Asia and particularly India remains a very attractive destination for financial growth. The Indian economy is expected to grow @8.5% this year and over 9% next year, so most economists remain bullish on the Indian scene. If you’ve been conservatively investing...

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Horrors of Indian Dairy Industry: will this make you Vegan?

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:37:09 +0000

The scale of hypocrisy between the Indians that worship cows while at the same time subject them to extreme cruelty is simply unimaginable. The laws in India are inadequate and even those that exist are hardly implemented leading to a cycle of animal cruelty and abuse that will shock anyone among us. The Indian principle...

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Boycott Delhi’s Commonwealth Games 2010, Shame India for corruption

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 07:01:08 +0000

Everyone is aware by now of the incredible scale of corruption engaged by the organizing committee of India’s Commonwealth Games 2010. Millions have been siphoned off into the pockets of the organizers and their relatives. What is even more shameful is that a lot of money reserved in the budget for the development of the...

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Pakistan sponsors terrorism, USA sponsors Pak – India caught between a rock and a hard place

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:59:21 +0000

Pakistani government has admitted to paying almost a million dollars Jamaat-ud-Dawa, a charitable front for Lashkar-e-Toiba that has been banned as a terrorist group by most international countries and the UN. LeT has been accused of perpetrating the Mumbai massacre of 2008 evidence of which has been handed by India to both the US and...

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Nightclubs closed for the night – deadlines stifle Indian parties

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 03:46:24 +0000

For many the Indian nightlife might seem to have come of age, but there is obviously still a long way to go. Thanks to different state laws and the the different views on “morals” and moral policing practiced by various political parties, nightlife can vary a lot depending on where in India you are. For...

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Have you ever bribed a public official? [Poll]

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:08:56 +0000

Corruption is the way of life in India is known to all Indians. In fact, it is very disturbing that a Hong Kong think tank (I forget its name) recently rated India to have the worst bureaucracy and red tape in all of Asia. And if that is the case, then one could arguably predict India will...

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Indians should send Aid flotilla to Gaza, as should rest of the world

Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:04:04 +0000

Israel callously attacked the Turkish aid flotilla heading towards Gaza this week with plenty of humanitarian aid and killed nine peaceful activists in the most bloodcurdling state-sponsored terror attack in 2010. Now an Irish aid ship named “Rachel Corrie” is heading to Gaza and has been warned by Israel to berth there rather than head...

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Dirtiest Indian cities, even the cleanest are not clean enough

Fri, 28 May 2010 17:33:17 +0000

India has come out with ratings for it’s cities’ cleanliness and all the cities fare dismally. Over 90 points gives a “green” rating, but none of our cities have got that much. This will be unsurprising to anyone that lives in or has visited India. No city scored more than 75 points. And only four...

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A Suitable Boy: Tantalizing, get sucked into a magical world

Tue, 11 May 2010 13:25:17 +0000

Vikram Seth is a master storyteller as is evident from reading his mega-novel: A Suitable Boy. From Wikipedia: A Suitable Boy is a novel by Vikram Seth, released in 1993. At 1349 pages (1488 pages softcover) and 591,552 words, the book is one of the longest novels ever published in a single volume in the...

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Discount Designer Brands shopping online in India

Mon, 10 May 2010 19:23:20 +0000

Following the successes of discount designer and luxury labels shopping by online startups in Europe and USA, The Private Sales has set up an online store in India. Designer and luxury brands such as Versace, Gucci, Calvin Klein, Ed Hardy as well as well known brands like Nike are offered at up to 75% discount...

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Arundhati Roy lambasts USA for waging war while miming peace

Sun, 09 May 2010 17:28:53 +0000

I was watching a wonderful documentary ‘We’ which has pictures and videos juxtaposed on Arundhati Roy’s speech and totally agreed with her statement: “The American way of life is just not sustainable because it doesn’t acknowledge a world beyond America”. (By America, both she and I mean the USA.) She says this in reply to...

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My Name is Sham!!!

Sat, 08 May 2010 13:30:10 +0000

This is a guest column by author ID: ‘ispec’. There is one thing called marketing and the other thing called Khan!!!!!!!!! When it comes to marketing movies, no one in Bollywood can shift their eyes from the Khan’s…….if not the acting at least they have the marketing skills. ok maybe i generalised, but i will...

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When Michael Jackson Rocked Mumbai

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:37:12 +0000

(This is a guest column by Roger Alexander.) Michael Jackson performed in Bombay, in fact India, only once – on October 31, 1996 – as part of the HIStory tour that year. The concert was organised by Raj Thackeray’s Shiv Udyog Sena with the objective of providing jobs to 27 lakh youth in Maharashtra. That...

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Insensitive ruckus over decriminalization of gay sex in India

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:03:20 +0000

Applause to the Delhi High Court for invalidating the use of Section 377 against men indulging in gay sex! A triumph to human rights and the government staying out of private sexual matters of its citizens. The Media has in general welcomed this judgment; and thanks to corporates like Amul for espousing the cause. However,...

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Moral police – Rise of the Hindu Taliban

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:11:19 +0000

Girls wearing jeans or mini skirts, girls smoking and drinking, Valentine’s day, girls talking to guys have all been of late victims of a growing moral police in India. This self-styled Indian Taliban claim their origins in Hindu culture such as Bajrang Dal and Sri Ram Sena. Their ludicrous motive – to preserve Indian culture!...

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