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  1. Is Kejriwal ‘Molagai Podi’ comedy ?

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    / November 15, 2012 / 2 Comments
    Arvind Kejriwal held yet another press conference last week, levelling charges of several businessmen and politicians stashing money in Swiss Banks abroad. Not too many people who follow news in the media regularly have been surprised with these charges. There has been a pattern in the way Kejriwal has been...

  2. The unusual trajectory of Farhan Akhtar’s career

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    / November 9, 2012 / 2 Comments
    The usual trajectory seen often in the Bollywood is attractive young men and women enter as models first. After they are noticed, they are offered film roles. After they have done a few roles and they realise that they cannot compete, they decide to try their hands at direction and...

  3. Oreo ya Chor-eo?

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    / October 30, 2012 /
    This morning, I was in the neighbourhood Ratnadeep store. I was planning to visit a neighbour in the evening. I know he has a son of 6 years. So thought of taking something for him. I saw a rack full of various gift packs of various shapes and sizes. Then realised, it...

  4. The image crisis of Indian Americans in US

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    / October 29, 2012 / 3 Comments
    Indian Americans (NRIs in US) are often considered model immigrants in USA. On an average they are highly educated,  rich, entrepreneurial, law-abiding who have integrated well in the American society. Several stories in media and even books were written on their successes particularly in high-tech businesses, academia and Wall Street....

  5. NPAs : Who Pays?

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    / October 26, 2012 / 6 Comments
    The newspapers and television channels are full of stories about the problems of Kingfisher Airlines (KFA) and its high profile Chairman Dr. Vijay Mallya. The public gets a sadistic pleasure from the failure and travails of a business icon who likes to flaunt his lifestyle. KFA is deep in debt...

  6. Yash Chopra, RIP

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    / October 23, 2012 / 3 Comments
    Even if Yash Chopra had just made one film – Deewar – in his entire career I would have regarded him as a great filmmaker. But then, Deewar was just one of the 22 films he directed in his more than five decades long career. As a producer he produced...

  7. Whither New Economy ?

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    / October 18, 2012 / 3 Comments
    When we entered the 21st century, we were told by management experts and business leaders that in the days to come, wealth will be created from knowledge and imagination rather than controlling natural resources. This acquired a name ” New Economy”. It was new because it was different from the old...

  8. Is Emu Kamadhenu?

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    / March 22, 2012 / 1 Comment
    If you watch Tamil news channels, it is hard to miss the advertisements for Emu farming. Emu, which is a bird from the ostrich family has its origins in Australia. The advertisements proclaim that emu is a wonder bird because everything about the emu is useful. Emu eggs, meat, skin,...

  9. Bollywood’s composer-singers

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    / March 20, 2012 /
    Isn’t it a bit unusual that the artists who conceptualise and compose the music sing so rarely in the world of Hindi film songs? But when they did, they did create magic. Here is my list of composers who sang also. As far as my memory goes, C.Ramachandra the gifted...

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    / March 18, 2012 /
    About four years ago, a friend and I started a blog called Secondtake. (http://secondtake.wordpress.com). The blog was aimed at giving a second opinion on the business news and events of the day. Until then, when we felt like giving an opinion, we used to write to `Letters to the Editor’....

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