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  2. Why should I pay?

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    / March 14, 2012 / 1 Comment
    I have never dealt with BP Acharya. I don’t know and I don’t really care whether he was corrupt, whether he was competent or whether he was merely a clown. But to those who know me that should not come as a surprise. I have spent most of my professional...

  3. Don’t they ever learn?

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    / February 18, 2012 / Leave a comment
    A few years ago some dickheads masquerading in the guise of bureaucrats and politicians decided to rename the roads of Banjara Hills. Upset with the seemingly haphazard numbering roads out of sequence, they decided to resort to logic and tried to rename the Road number. So Road No. 3 was...
    Posted in Hyderabad
    Tagged banjara hills, bhimsen joshi, bismillah khan, ghmc, kaifi azmi, municipal, numbering

  4. Which wood dances better?

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    / February 15, 2012 / 1 Comment
    Bollywood, Kollywood, Tollywood… It’s amazing. The film industry as a whole has gone through a metamorphosis that has left Indians gasping for more. The fights have become more adventurous, more action packed and perhaps even more unbelievable. The dramatic moments have become more synthetic and are jerking more tears than...

  5. The case of the reluctant blogger

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    / February 15, 2012 / 2 Comments
    The other day someone was kind enough, or rather gracious enough to refer to me as an avid blogger in introduction. While I smiled that silly smile which I reserve for moments of discomfort, I could not bring myself to refute the allegation. However, I do admit that I do...

  6. Hey Bro, what does ‘Ambidextrous’ mean?

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    / December 30, 2011 / 1 Comment
    By Vijay Marur “Hey Bro, what does this word ‘Ambidextrous’ mean?” asked the obnoxiously intelligent looking teen to his nerdier companion. The friend smirked in disgust and answered “Ambidextrous defines a person who is comfortable with both the Windows interface as well as the Mac-OS”. Before I could blunder into...

  7. The most personal service I ever got on a flight

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    / October 31, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By Vijay Marur   It was a few years ago. There used to be an airline called Vayudoot. It was essentially a feeder airline and used Dorniers (twin engined planes) for their services. They used a hop, step and jump approach to travel. Which meant my Hyderabad-Vizag flight was actually...

  8. No Spice in SpiceJet

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    / August 9, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By Vijay Marur   I am not the frequent flyer I used to be. But I have flown almost all the airlines at some point of time. The impression I had of SpiceJet was that it was a fairly ‘up there’ kind of airline. So when the client booked me...

  9. A smart, young MBA is like a toothpaste tube

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    / August 2, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By Vijay Marur   For a couple of years, many years ago I handled a leading brand of toothpaste and worked on their advertising. And as was wont in those days the first thing I had to do was learn everything about the toothpaste, from its composition to its manufacture....
    Posted in Education
    Tagged learning, mba, toothpaste

  10. Security threat

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    / July 22, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By Vijay Marur   This morning I saw someone’s post referring to the rude and uncouth behaviour of the security detail attached to some obscure minister. And I was reminded of an incident that proves that the problem is endemic and has a long heritage to boast of. In 1985,...

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