Posted on October 2, 2008 by Venkat
I came across this article today. An very nice analysis of the contradictions between India’s economic growth dreams vs the underlying social realities, the roles of the government and judiciary in the same… thought it will be a good idea to share this . . . read on
Tata, bye-bye, and good riddance?
(source: http://infochangeindia.org)
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Posted on October 1, 2008 by Venkat
So I am pretty sure that all of us get this anonymous forwards which will tell you to beware of something . . . I generally discard these forwards without a second look. But this one that I got today morning sounded extremely disturbing and something into which people can get conned easily if true [...]
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Posted on September 29, 2008 by Venkat
Well, I celebrated my 29th birthday, this 27th! Another year passes by…another year punctuated by the peaks, troughs and the ordinary…another year closer to the so called wrong side of 30! Infact the 29th year has been really good for me; there’s been a lot of stuff that we can look back upon with cherished [...]
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Posted on September 23, 2008 by Venkat
Yesterday morning around 7:15 am I saw a truck all trashed up on the (Outer) Ring Road, around 200 meters ahead of the Agara junction (if you are coming from Silk Board)…
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Posted on September 19, 2008 by Venkat
Rarely do you get to see great ads, and though I am not a great expert on these, I thought the new Tata tea ad is extremely well made combining a strong message with it.
I have always loved ad’s which leave a strong social message. Be it HUL’s “community cleaning” ad or Tata tea’s earlier [...]
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