Archive for January, 2009

Subhiksha Going Down Under

The discount chain Subhiksha, probably had the best run of its corporate life when they started off a couple years back. They advertised ferociously and aggressively accomplished a chain of stores numbering over 1000. That was then… today things are completely opposite. Most of their 1000 stores have shut down and the bulk of their [...]

For Once Ring the Door Bell… Will You!

Bring Domestic Violence to a Halt! Excellent campaign that I have been watching on the TV… whole heartedly support it. I encourage everyone to have a look with their website bellbajao.org

A Village Called Vasant Kunj

About 2 years back i wrote an article of how Vasant Kunj was a dump of garbage… looks like much as nothing much since then. Excerpt taken from HT epaper Residents of the posh Vasant Kunj area in south Delhi have stopped drawing water from taps. The reason: Cow dung from a local dairy is [...]

Just Another Shiv Sena

Pramod Muthalik’s Sri Ram Sena is emerging as a copycat of Raj Thackeray’s MNS and Shiv Sena. Leaders of all three political / social parties are clearly insane and are doing acts terrorism within the country. Mr. Pramod did not seem to think that anything wrong as been done, his “boys” have molested women on [...]

Shutup and Let The Man Work!

Personally I think we are overdoing the “Obama Phenomena.” Why is the media talking about the car he will be driven in, the cloths he wears, his six pack abs and now the way he shakes hands and gives a pat on the back. HT put the below graphic as the head line of the [...]

India Celebrates Republic Day Without PM

Prime Minster missed out on the R-Day celebrations & rituals but did R-Day miss the PM? Excerpt taken from HT epaper For the first time, the Republic Day was celebrated on Monday without the presence of the Prime Minister who traditionally has laid a wreath at Amar Jawan Jyoti and received the President at the [...]

Base Terminal TV Commercial

The guy driving a BMW, wearing a Ferrari jacket crashes the car… only to see that battery “Base Terminal” still in shape! What were they thinking?

Another Techie from AP Dies in the US

Can’t seem to figure out why so many techies from Andhra are either committing suicide or being shot in the US. Whatever the cause, this is a very sad incident. Maybe the economy is to blame for these incidents. People who are unable to handle loss of job get depressed and kill themselves or in [...]

The Way i Like My Coffee!

Axis Bank iConnect Phishing Alert!

After HDFC bank phishing email scam, I got an email today allegedly from Axis Bank that there is an “Irregular Account Activity” and that my account has been locked. How do I know this is a fraud? Well… to start with I don’t even have an Axis bank account and secondly the links on the [...]