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  1. It’s a Sony!

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    / February 3, 2012 / 2 Comments
    Sony, the highly respected Japanese electronics company, is in big trouble. In 2011, it has had fourth straight year of losses.  It has even fired its American CEO Howard Stringer and brought in his place a Japanese Kazuo Hirai. Sony, which started life as a transistor radio manufacturer, was so named...

  2. When Ad was not a b-ad word

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    / November 1, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By V Desikan   My recent discussion with my wife was about opting for a satellite-based HD connectivity, without ad breaks.   The overdose of advertisements seems to be taking a toll on all TV viewers. Even in the internet space, we are now inundated with flash pop-ups which come...

  3. Are you a `smart’ boy?

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    / September 28, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By G Mohan   If you watch the latest version of Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC), you will not fail to notice the logo of Samsung Smart TV on the monitor in front of host Amitabh Bachchan. As per the marketer, this TV is not your run-of-the-mill TV but a smart...

  4. The Voice of India

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    / June 16, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By T S Sudhir I was awaiting my turn at a prestigious eye hospital in Hyderabad while the girl `manning’ the counter was attending to two youth before me. “Mee peru enti?” (What’s your name) she asked, her fingers all set to race on the keyboard. The youth looked on with...

  5. Commentary box me mere sahyogi hai …

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    / March 7, 2011 / 2 Comments
    “Andrew Strauss itni der se ballebaazi kar rahe hai ki ab to unko gend football ki tarah nazar aa rahi hogi.’‘ The sentence got me plumb lbw, and there was no UDRS needed here ! Bored with some of the former cricketer-turned-English language commentators who more often than not seem...

  6. Big Boss ka Insaaf

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    / November 17, 2010 / Leave a comment
    (Reprinted from www.umasudhir.wordpress.com) By T S Sudhir Just the day Pamela Anderson makes her entry into the Bigg Boss home, draped in a saree, that leaves little to imagination, the Information and Broadcasting ministry has shifted the `appointment time’ ahead by two hours. That is, 11 pm instead of the...

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