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I didnt see the budget.  I do not really know where Mr Dinesh Trivedi is coming from. I have only seen the bottomline of what he has done. That bottomline reads-  “Fares hiked across the board “. The media is going Ga Ga over what a progressive step. He is a brave man. etc. See [...]

Dear Advertising agencies, I am a consumer and you chase every moment of my awakened life with your creations trying to derive the longest mileage of the budget your lords give you. It pisses me off. You started encroaching my privacy everywhere. You dig deep into what I search on google. You check every little [...]

2 years ago when I was beginning to raise fund for my startup, I met a person who was christened Einstein in Bombay. We had 2 hour long discussion with him and told him how we had thought through various scenarios on how WiC can work. Having heard all aspects, he had said – “  Consumers may [...]

Vidhya Balan you have an immediate competition. You just can get dirtier than Congress. We know that state polls are on. Swept by trust deficit, the ruling Govt  stands slimmest chance in any of the states. The  demographic surveys conclusively indicate that results will be decided by OBC/ MBC voters. This class just has narrow [...]

Recently ,I came across profile of an investor on Linked in . When I looked for his college, I found that he had neatly written it NIT- State. When I thought deeper on it I got some really crazy thoughts. We have all IITs which are suffixed by their city name. We have all IIMs [...]

Disclaimer : This is a biased monologue of a highly contrarian thinker who is too lazy to do research. The author takes no responsibility of heartburns after reading this. You are advised to buy adequate antacids before reading this Bombay probably is a city of hip shakers. No just hip shakers but gaudy hip shakers. [...]

I was glad to see the front page news that MH govt is filing criminal case against directors of Lavasa. There are gluts who are crying foul and Ajit Gulab chand screaming that he is being victimised. I guess there are 5 reasons he should be screwed . Complacence : Having got the Worli seabridge , [...]

When I try to find the cheapest price for some product today, I literally scream WTF. 1.      Google always returns millions of results none of which helps me buy something locally or electronically.  WTF? 2.      The e commerce stores like ebay or India plaza show only the prices listed by their screwed up affiliates. WTF? [...]

This is a post written for mature readers. Those who get fried with hint of expletives are advised not to read further.   The post is based on a conversation I had with a Senior bureaucrat. Feel free to believe its an heresay Most of us have been witness to removal of Mr Thomas as the [...]

We don’t have an eternity to realize a corruption free India. Even if we had, little will be realized when the pests (read politicians) have sucked our nation dry. If we recollect our freedom struggle, though Gandhi is most credited and publicized, he was only one of the  major cogs in the wheel. We had [...]