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  1. Schwarzenegger and the Naan!

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    / February 3, 2012 / Leave a comment
    This is the photograph tweeted by Arnold Schwarzenegger after a bite of Naan in a hotel in Delhi. He tweeted: “I loved the food. I’ve loved my first trip to India. Here I am with the biggest piece of naan in Delhi.”  

  2. Who wants to be a water carrier? 23000 applicants

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    / February 3, 2012 / Leave a comment
    This is the story of the other India that is a constant at employment exchanges across the country. `The Tribune‘ has a fascinating story from the Sector 26 Recruit Training Centre of the Chandigarh Police. The candidates are appearing for the Class IV post of water carriers in the Indian...

  3. Gym Vim

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    / January 30, 2012 / 3 Comments
    Recently, I saw an ad recounting how a Complan Child grows much more rapidly than others. It reminded me that I had been in much the same position over the past few months – it had been a period of extremely rapid growth for me. With only one small difference...

  4. Food habits die hard

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    / January 26, 2012 / 3 Comments
    By G Mohan In India, hundreds of new packaged food products are launched every year. The common premise is that food is a necessity and increasingly people are short of time so food that offers convenience should do well. Yet, very few products succeed in the marketplace. The urban middle class...

  5. Dilpasand is Dil Pasand

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    / January 18, 2012 / Leave a comment
    By Raamesh Gowri Raghavan When I moved into the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) campus in August 2000 to begin my masters, Bengaluru was still a new city for me. I had been to the city on vacation, but that was mostly on family occasions when one is copped up...

  6. The Art of Laziness

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    / January 13, 2012 / 4 Comments
    By Suchismita Srinivas Consider this scenario. You wake up with the sound of the alarm at 6 am or some such unearthly hour. The feeling inside you is 33.33% frustration, 33.33% anxiety and 33.33% anger against the world in general. You turn the alarm off and then turn over to take...

  7. Pocket money

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    / January 10, 2012 / 2 Comments
    Scene: A lower middle-class home with only the head of the family earning a meagre salary Characters: Father and his teenage daughter Situation: Month-end; Father needs urgent cash. Asks his daughter if she has something left from her pocket money. ‘Did you spent your pocket money this month?’ ………..…The days of scarlet...

  8. Cafe Hopping in Bangalore

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    / January 9, 2012 / 4 Comments
    By Deepa Bhasthi There used to be a bus that left early in the morning from near Town Hall in Bangalore and showed a bunch of tourists around the city, a day package (oh how I detest those package tours! Shudder!!). I believe they show you around the parks, museums...

  9. Do IIMs train their students to become authors?

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    / January 7, 2012 / 3 Comments
    By G Mohan HT-Nielsen tracks the Indian book market since October 2010. The latest winning reads list has been published recently in `The Hindustan Times’. In the Top 10 list for fiction, two authors dominate – Chetan Bhagat and Amish Tripathi. Chetan Bhagat, not surprisingly, tops the list with four books in...

  10. Watch your weights

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    / December 10, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By G Mohan My culinary skills are limited to making instant noodles. Even instant noodles I cook very rarely, when I have to feed myself and am in no mood to go out. To be frank, I consider myself an expert and I do not consult anyone including the instructions...

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