Now ‘GAS’ from America
Now ‘GAS’ from America
In our growing up days, we heard our more privileged friends and cousins talking about their American goodies ...
Richa Mishra
49 per cent!
49 per cent!
A colleague tweeted: Why is that media and women outrage only when there is gang-rape in Mumbai or Delhi? A ...
Public sector – Saab Chalta Hai!
Public sector – Saab Chalta Hai!
On June 10, around 6 pm, ONGC Videsh Ltd, the wholly-owned subsidiary of public sector explorer and producer, ...
All that jazz about gas!
All that jazz about gas!
I had read somewhere that natural gas pricing is noisy. Then I was amused. Today, I understand a little why it ...
Namonia spreads!
Namonia spreads!
The BJP leadership seems to have heard my young colleague -- and against all odds, if there were any -- ...
‘Courtesy Calls’ Mukesh Ambani way!
‘Courtesy Calls’ Mukesh Ambani way!
‘Courtesy Call’ for you and me is defined as a social call made for reasons of general courtesy and without a ...
Maa, Behen and Modi!
Maa, Behen and Modi!
Love him or hate him but you definitely can’t ignore him. That is Narendra Modi! 2014 elections are definitely ...
Rahul Gandhi, the Mr Cool Guy!
Rahul Gandhi, the Mr Cool Guy!
Like many I also tuned in to hear Rahul Gandhi address the CII Annual General Meeting. He came across as a ...
Objectifying gender is not ‘jest’
Objectifying gender is not ‘jest’
Wish one had the powers to read an ad makers mind then one would have found answers to some pertinent ...
Common man is not foolish
Common man is not foolish
Aam adami or the common man does not understand the complicated oil economics. All he/she knows is that a ...
Namonia spreads!
Namonia spreads!
The BJP leadership seems to have heard my young colleague -- and against all odds, if there were any -- ...
‘Courtesy Calls’ Mukesh Ambani way!
‘Courtesy Calls’ Mukesh Ambani way!
‘Courtesy Call’ for you and me is defined as a social call made for reasons of general courtesy and without a ...
Maa, Behen and Modi!
Maa, Behen and Modi!
Love him or hate him but you definitely can’t ignore him. That is Narendra Modi! 2014 elections are definitely ...
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Jargon
Ticket Agent: Person who works at the ticketing counter and who checks your bags onto the plane, gives you a ...
How flying weathers it all
What challenges do pilots face during adverse weather conditions? Ashwini Phadnis sounds out people on the job ...
Kajaria Ceramics - Laying the ground: Hold
The housing sector blues are a cause for concern, but a Budget boost for affordable homes paves the way for ...
Back in business
Big deals and digital growth have lifted the stock. But margin pressure could weigh on the stock
A Peek Within: RIL - Muted performance
It was a muted June 2019 quarter for Reliance Industries (RIL) with consolidated profit growing just 7 per ...
Apollo Tyres (₹167.5): Sell
Investors with a short-term horizon can sell the stock of Apollo Tyres at current levels. The stock has been ...
The looming question of data privacy
More and more people and organisations are online, leaving digital footprints every step of the way. Taken ...
Hemant Kumar, the man with the golden voice
Remembering Hemant Kumar, the honey-tinged voice of Bollywood, on his 100th birth anniversary
Unruly notes in the Carnatic world
The attack on Sudha Raghunathan and family bares the underlying bigotry of the Carnatic music scene. It is ...
The plight of tappers in palm plantations of Tamil Nadu
Tapper families spend almost half a year without access to safe drinking water or healthcare facilities in ...
A golden opportunity in the silver space
Marketers have long ignored the senior citizen space, but an RPG group-backed venture, Seniority.in, shows the ...
Advertising’s hits and misses at the Cricket World Cup
It could have been the SuperBowl moment for Indian advertising but was a tame innings
Will 24 hour shopping work in India?
You need an ecosystem in place before all day all night retail can flourish
LOTS to learn from the Thai model
Thailand is a good bridge for modern retail in India, believes Tanit Chearavanont, MD of LOTS Wholesale ...
Who wants 'one nation, one poll’?
The political mood is ambivalent. A clutch of parties feels it will reduce costs while others perceive it as ...
Synchronised polls are a smokescreen
The elephant in the room as far as poll reform is concerned, namely funding of elections, is conveniently ...
Living without water in Chennai
Just like the flash floods, the scorching drought in Chennai is also a product of perverse urban development ...
Hyderabad blues
The delay in the onset of the South-West monsoon could well be the last straw for Hyderabad to get into a ...