There is a fashion magazine called Harper’s BAZAAR. Needless to say it’s a fashion magazine because for some inexplicable reason a lot of my reading these days is of fashion magazines, I just can’t find a fast-paced book that will hold my attention for a substantial period of time for me to sit through it […]
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If you become rich, you are bound to become richer, and if you are celebrity, it is hard to turn into a pauper. How? Courtesy, the media which is always willing to shower you with criticism, praise and money – lots of it! You become a parent, you get millions of dollars to publish your […]
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They are saving Satyam, Bail Out. Its the question about future of 60,000 employees. Satyam had proved its expertise and expanded its business in over 60 countries. There are millions of shareholders of the organization. The company has glorified India across the globe for years. The founder, chairman of Satyam, Raju was the blue-eyed boy […]
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What’s happening to European Football? Well, we know that player transfers and acquisitions have been an integral part of the European football folklore, but things are getting just too hot these days, not just with player transfers, but also with club acquisitions. Manchester City, a club that has not won any major title since 1976, […]
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I remember mentioning in one of my earlier posts that how Indian politics is still being ruled by septuagenarians and octogenarians. When Narendra Modi was asked a few days back to comment on the ageing prime ministerial candidate in LK Advani, the Guajarat Chief Minister, quite confidently and with awkward smile, answered that a complex […]
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There’s something about entrepreneurship. It is I guess one of those plunges in life which are laced with risk and if turn about to be successful make you a millionaire at least – and most entrepreneurs are not driven by the millions (or billions) but by something else which is hard to explain.
Today, I happened […]
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Now, that’s what you call a president. Charismatic, dynamic, intelligent, intellectual and bloody fit, with less than an inch of flab. Barack Obama (Just when I am typing his name I realized that it is just a matter of time that Microsoft adds his name to the Word dictionary) has done well to flaunt his […]
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The Modern Folk Hero
In these times of global meltdown, there is no dearth of news that keeps you amused. The infamous shoe-thrower is already being idolized in anti-American countries and worshipped by anti-western sects. That comes as no surprise, but in a true Middle East style of paying tribute to a hero, a large […]
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The Shoe-Thrower
For two days, the Bush video has been doing the rounds in which an Iraqi journalist hurls his shoes at him. If you have missed the video, I heavily and emphatically encourage you to view it. It is just funny to see how Bush manages to duck at the last moment and evades the […]
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Guess need some self-promotion in the times of Great Recession! Just kidding - Here are images of the Economic Times Coverage we got on Nov 21! Many friends have requested me to send an image so I thought I’ll upload it somewhere, and what better place than Mantrablogs…
Read the story online here
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