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To Adopt or Not to Adopt

State Home Minister R R Patil came up with a brainwave idea to curb crimes against the elderly in the city. His idea is, that every policeman must ‘adopt’ (take responsibility) of a senior citizen. What do some people have for breakfast? Policemen in our city, and across the country are underpaid, overworked, and hardly…

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Ferraris and Moral Sawaaris

This post is long overdue. And it is inspired by a dialog from the Hindi movie ‘Ferrari ki Sawaari‘. I had wanted to post about it soon after watching the movie when it had released several months ago. However, it’s screening on tv a few days ago reminded me to complete this post soon. Ferrari…

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Big Bizarre

I dropped into the Big Bazaar store for a bit last night (not out of choice, if you must know). But I must say, they’ve really re-done the place, in a good way. Impressive, must say. The section as soon as I entered, was for clothes, and it  looked like a section at the more…

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Cartoons Against Cartoons

A 27-year-old Amit Katarnaware does not seem to have a problem with corrupt politicians and bureaucrats eating the nation alive, drinking the nation dry. But he does have a problem with a few cartoons that just attempt to depict the sorry state those corrupt people in power have brought this nation to. . . How convenient…

Zensible Motoring – An Effort Towards Better Road Safety

Hi. Here’s my new blog, Zensible Motoring, focused on identifying and finding solutions to improve road safety. Do have a look, and do feel free to contribute to it. It’s a small effort towards a safer experience, for motorists as well as for pedestrians. “Zensible Motoring – An Effort Towards Better Road Safety”    …

Sleepy Hollow

Remember that scene in Sleepy Hollow, where the roots of the tree of the dead open up to allow the headless horseman through? My neighbors have their very own little Sleepy Hollow going on here 🙂

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It Could Have Rained Nanos

Sure the Tatas have had their share of tough n’ rough times with the Nano, and they buggered up with the advertising as well. That means there was extremely insufficient advertising, and never at the right time. It just struck me, what stopped them from making a kick-ass tv commercial for the monsoon season. Am…

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Serves you Right

“Quality in a service or product is not what you put into it. It is what the client or customer gets out of it.” – Peter Drucker We recently bought a cordless telephone from Croma (for the uninitiated, Croma comes under the Tata umbrella). Took it back home and it was not working. Late next…

Who’s right, who’s not, and when?

Here’s a joke a friend had forwarded some time back. While I found it extremely hilarious at the time, and still do, I just realized a thing or two that we could learn from it, based on my dealings with some people I’ve had the (mis)fortune of interacting with in the past. You go ahead…

Deja-vu(ow)

Ok, I just coined a new word. It’s called Deja-vuow.! That’s Deja-vu-ow.  (a combination of Deja-vu and ‘wow’).! Different people come across the same messages or pictures at different times on Facebook, as you may have often seen. So a close friend might suddenly be fascinated by something and share it. And you have that…