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Land Of The Young, Rich & Healthy – Welcome To Youngistan
A new Pepsi ad has coined the phrase ‘Youngistan’ by combining Young & Hindustan. The actor in the ad claims to be an alien from the planet Youngistan. However is Youngistan really a planet in outer space or is India … Continue reading
Indian Sport of Spitting On The Streets Needs To Get Its Due Recognition
“World Spitathon Champs” Indians might have the strongest lungs on the planet. Not because of any genetic reasons but because of the exercise that they make their lungs undergo by firing spit missiles every couple of minutes. Across the country … Continue reading
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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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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Articles on Pune City, Urban Planning and Environment
Geologist Suvrat Kher has written a five part series of articles on Pune City and environment. He integrates geology and high-resolution images from Google Earth to highlight and discuss urban planning and environment issues. Idling and Pollution PMT buses and … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, India, Pune City
Tagged articles, city, Environment, India, pollution, pune, Traffic, urban planning
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Using The Right To Information At The Pune City Corporation Office
For several years I have been planning to use the Right To Information (RTI) to get information and facts on things that bother me in the city. I read up on the subject, talked with friends, blogged about it, but … Continue reading
Posted in Column, Democracy, India, Information, Media, Pune City, Reform, Society
Tagged city, Corporation, E-Governance, India, PMC, pune, Right To Information, RTI
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