The cobbler who bought a NanoSome throw away so much money that they need to get that 16th credit card just to retain the arriviste status.
April 14, 2009
Cobbler’s Nano: What city can learnIn Mumbai, nobody ever makes it to the headlines for spending Rs1.5 lakh.
April 10, 2009
Words matterAn episode from days ago, comprising merely a compliment or two from a relatively unknown person, opened my eyes as to why words are called the precursors of action.
April 9, 2009
Bear with the bottleneck, you are a nobodyThe last time the authorities sent an SOS to the Army was when terrorists defiled structures that some consider to be the icons of India’s pride.
April 4, 2009
Knowledge is keyWhen Anil Mudgal, who runs Arushi, an NGO in Bhopal, first showed me a railway reservation requisition slip for West Central Railway, I was a tad flummoxed.
April 2, 2009
Stop doubting, keep the faithA veterinarian operating from Andheri is not supposed to have a sonography machine. Why should you think it is a big deal?
March 28, 2009
Sack humanelyMore than the economy, what these recessionary times have wrecked is self-confidence.
March 26, 2009
Air hostess’s death: Gunshot in concert hallService industry whips its employees into cheer, but forgets about efficiency.
March 21, 2009
Being selflessTimes don’t change by themselves, we change them. Be kind to others and savour the kindness showered in return.
March 20, 2009
Vote? First, give us our I-cardsBabus at electoral office must ensure that voter applications
are processed on time.
March 14, 2009
Keynes-Boyle law for better MumbaiThe middle-class Mumbai…well, we are all too eager to let talk-TV cameras hypnotise us into exuberant senility.
March 6, 2009
Car parks don’t kill people, car bombs doHad the lessons of 1993 been heeded, perhaps some of the subsequent damage could have been mitigated.
March 2, 2009
Need wider road? Give up your bedroomGardens will disappear but pavements will sprout. The ecosystem thus created will be conducive to the establishment of an urban coral reef of shanties.
February 22, 2009
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