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A Car For Every Indian – Questions Posed By The Tata Nano
“Citizens cannot be denied the comfort they deserve, innovators the recognition“ A couple of days back, the Tata’s launched the much hyped 1 lakh car, the Nano. The car is believed to be the cheapest in the world and is … Continue reading
Where’s the real Pune? Where’s the city centre?
With cities like Mumbai where an overwhelming majority of citizens travel south for work but stay up north, it’s quite obvious where the city centre is. However it’s intriguing how city centre means different things to different people in Pune. … Continue reading
Posted in Column, India, Pune City, Society, Traffic, Travel
Tagged , aundh, camp, cantonment, center, centre, city, deccan, kalyani nagar, kothrud, mumbai, nariman point, pune
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No VIPs – Time For An Equality Of Citizens Act
The chiefs of the 3 armed forces were recently exempted from security checks at airports. In the build up to this decision, you got quotes like “It is a shame that India cannot accord a small privilege for those who … Continue reading
Viva Las Vegas! – City Offers More Than Just Casinos and Gambling
In my last piece I wrote about my time in San Francisco. After a hectic work week at San Francisco, me, my wife and a friend headed to Las Vegas. Las Vegas is casino country. You step out of the … Continue reading
San Francisco Days – Experiences @ Oracle Technology Conference
I am writing this column from the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco on an Internet connection that’s as fast as the Internet speed of half of Pune put together. It’s strange how fast Internet connections always put me in … Continue reading
Posted in Column, Conference, India, Java, Oracle, Pune City, Society, Software, Technology
Tagged city, Conference, food, hotels, India, IndicThreads, Java, moscone center, oracle openworld, pune, san francisco, Technology, us, vegetarian
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Modern Day Maharajas?
Post the T20 world cup, Dhoni is said to be making crores more and every other cricketer is making lakhs more. Good for them and best wishes to them. However something that isn’t good for us, is how our tax … Continue reading
Posted in Column, Cricket, Democracy, India, Reform, Television
Tagged Cricket, Democracy, Government, India, Leader, Money, Politican, Prize, Public Money, Tax, TV
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Measuring Social Unrest – Revolutionary new OakTyre scale shows the true impact of protests
Everyday we read stories about protests in the country where buses are burnt, trains are stopped, public and private property is damaged and so on. However one often feels that the creators of these protests do not get due credit … Continue reading