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  1. Amul ads – Utterly Butterly Delicious

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    / February 10, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Amul has always been known for their topical advertisements. The ads often take a current event, give it a humorous twist of words. Almost always in good taste. The lovable Amul Moppet never forgets to have her butter on the toast. Before Amul Moppet, it was the Air India Maharaja...

  2. All is fair in love, war and ads

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    / January 24, 2012 / 3 Comments
    By V Desikan I watch only select programs on TV – a bit of news, some sports and a few serials. As I do not have a DTH connection, watching ads becomes unavoidable. But the real torture is to watch the same ads again and again in a short span...

  3. Free lunch, anyone ?

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    / January 23, 2012 / Leave a comment
    By G Mohan “There’s no such thing as a free lunch” is an old economic theory, often attributed to Milton Friedman. This essentially means, you don’t get something for nothing. Yet, most of us fall for free stuff. Particularly in the internet age. So much so, we expect things on...

  4. Desperately seeking FM

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    / January 22, 2012 / Leave a comment
    By G Mohan At every available forum, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is crying hoarse that the fiscal situation is ‘challenging’. Ahead of the budget, he is making it clear that most of the targets set during last year’s budget, be it GDP or inflation or fiscal deficit would not be...

  5. Go fly a kite

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    / January 14, 2012 / Leave a comment
    By G Mohan Coinciding with Makar Sankranthi, the Andhra Pradesh government through its toursim department, conducts an International Kite festival every year. This year too the Kite festival is being held on January 14 and 15 at Necklace Road in Hyderabad. But even before the first kite was up in...

  6. Many a Yiwu in India

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    / January 10, 2012 / 3 Comments
    By Narasimha Reddy Yiwu in China hit the headlines in Indian newspapers for the wrong reasons. Two Indian traders were illegally detained for defaulting on payments. Then we heard about the release of these traders and also 12 diamond traders, who were detained for about two years, for similar reasons. While what is...

  7. Vijay Mallya ko gussa kyon aata hai

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    / January 7, 2012 / 2 Comments
    Vijay Mallya is an angry man. And angry with the media in particular, over the “negative coverage” to the Kingfisher Airlines story. To stress that his airline is safe, he overstressed the point when he tweeted : “Kingfisher is one thousand percent SAFE to fly. Safety is our absolute priority....

  8. It’s time for Pav Bhaji and Onion Pakodas !

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    / December 21, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By G Mohan Last year in December, onions gave us tears literally. The retail price of onions had skyrocketed to nearly Rs 90 per kg. In an otherwise year of high inflation, onions are a cause for cheer in 2011.  The price of onions at the wholesale market at Lasalgaon,...

  9. Risk taking? We are like that only !

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    / December 19, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By G Mohan “A ship is always safe at the shore – but that is NOT what it is built for.” -  Albert Einstein Are Indians risk averse? Many economists and entrepreneurs think so. They often cite the miniscule percentage of Indian population that invests in the equity markets. A study...

  10. 53 Mahatmas for one George Washington

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    / December 14, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By T S Sudhir I fear it would happen soon. Am sure some numerologist or vaastu expert or expert of any kind is going to blame the fall in the rupee on its new design. And atheist-in-chief Karunanidhi would laugh his guts out and point out that in his reign, the...

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