The soft fluffy Pao, the crusty Gutli, the pretentious dinner roll all serve as reminders that Mumbai as an Indian city is different.

Cape Town’s breathtaking natural beauty is in stark contrast to the lives of its citizens who seem to live under siege.

The consumer goods industries are already hard hit and consumer durables are hit the hardest of all. If the decline is not reversed, investment cannot fail to follow.

If any budget can be truly said to have lived up (or down?) to popular expectations, Palaniappan Chidambaram’s 2008-09 effort is exhibit A.