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• Test Your Global IQ
• Wishing and Hoping…My Bucket List – (Tag)
• What is Sachin Tendulkar really like?
• Don’t be cheap, be smart
• Should women spend their income on family expenses?
• Where do developmental funds go?
• London Dreams Movie Review
• What are China’s intentions towards India?
• Nature undisturbed
• Don’t be afraid of old age!
• Don’t take the emergency contraceptive pill (ipill) too often!
• Do your bit to halt climate change
• A foreigner’s impression of London, Paris and Switzerland
• Interesting signs from Europe
• Popular posts of the past three months and vacation time for me
• Gender differences in weight gain
• The tragedy of a nation and Mohandas movie review
• Rating your doctor
• Travails of an Indian movie goer
• Puducherry restaurants and eateries review plus inexpensive places to stay
• Vote for me
• Misleading reports about Indians throwing their babies
• Is swine flu more dangerous than other types of influenza or seasonal flu?
• Why the world needs a better looking glass
• Trauma of an ordinary citizen in Bangalore
• India and Pakistan have a long way to go
• Love Aaj Kal movie review
• India’s democracy has its flaws but it is still a democracy
• Bandra Worli Sea Link – a photo post
• Arthakranti – a movement to make India prosperous
• Choosing a life partner on television
• One man’s necessity is another’s luxury
• Morning Walk Movie Review
• Union Budget 2009 -2010
• Kambakht Ishq Movie Review
• The danger of disused laws
• A salute to the Iranian people and Persepolis book review
• New York Movie Review
• What is Hindutva?
• Looking at crime through a class prism
• How can one strengthen primary school education in India?
• The coming of age of Hinduism?
• India scores badly on the Global Peace Index
• Teaching children that girls cook but boys don’t
• Star Trek (2009) movie review
• India’s dynasty politics needs to go
• India is too sweet for me!
• The Indian House Crow should not thrive!
• Why is healthcare neglected in developing countries?
• Some reasons for the outcome of the 2009 Lok Sabha elections
• Summary post, awards and more
• Which is worse: Inequality or Extreme Poverty?
• The Newspaper Photograph
• Kashmir through the eyes of a Kashmiri
• What India was thinking about yesterday, the fourth of May
• Voting day finally arrives
• The onward march of Pakistan’s Taliban
• Math tips on when to stop looking for a better partner!
• The Indian Postal Service takes action!
• Mi Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy Movie Review
• Why we blame victims
• Barack Obama’s personality characteristics through hand analysis
• Reader Poll
• Hand analysis and Reading of Sonia Gandhi
• Hand analysis and Reading of Lal Krishna Advani
• Our elected representatives don’t really represent us
• Refugees of the world
• Pune signboards (Puneri Patya)
• Videsh Movie Review
• Firaaq Movie Review
• Incest needs public debate and a stringent law to combat it
• Public sector companies eager to hire IIM graduates
• Photographs of Matheran
• Summary Post and two tags
• How many in Pakistan are sympathetic to the extremists?
• India entering the third phase of the tobacco epidemic
• 10 + 5 ways to have a happy relationship and a healthy marriage
• Unfit government employees survive and thrive
• Your income determines your attitude, your values, your beliefs
• The culture vultures hate pre-marital sex
• Delhi 6 movie review
• Top Posts and a blog break
• The Dharavi spirit
• Advertising mistakes
• Summary post of the past fortnight and blog awards
• Mob culture vs pub and mall culture
• Kashmir – where are you heading?
• India’s Taliban on a rampage
• Slumdog Millionaire Review and the Amitabh Bachchan controversy
• British teens and Indian parenting
• Rude or polite, it’s a matter of perspective
• Summary Post of the past fortnight
• Chandni Chowk to China – Movie review
• Top ten myths about Pakistan unraveled
• How stupid are the terrorists!
• The culpability of Satyam’s auditors
• A new bill that could help some criminals
• Corruption is the greatest stumbling block to infrastructure development in India
• Summary post of the past fortnight
• Top Ten movies of 2008
• Best movies of all time (tag)
• Is voting for a political party better than voting for the candidate?
• Will India’s Power and Transport take that big leap forward?
• Ghajini movie review
• Funny signs
• Antulay’s vote bank politics
• Summary post and blog love
• Fragging and suicide in the Army and the general population
• Poor service at shops and malls – a consumer’s travails
• War is not an option after the Mumbai terror attacks
• Rab De Bana Di Jodi – movie review
• Sheila Dixit’s win in Delhi – a new voting era in India?
• Women at Work – a photo post
• German Bakery – Restaurant Review
• Summary Post and some feedback on your feedback
• What pirates have in common with terrorists
• Some tips from someone caught in the Mumbai terror attacks
• What role did we play in the Mumbai terror attack (guest post)
• The aftermath of the Mumbai attack
• A sick and communal SMS doing the rounds during this time of tragedy in Mumbai
• Some reactions of Pakistani media to the terror attacks in Mumbai
• What feminism means to me
• Politicking more important rather than stopping terror
• Why show sympathy to the terror accused in the Malegaon blasts?
• The controversy over Sonal Shah’s appointment by Barack Obama
• Summary Post of the past two weeks
• Gay parents and heterosexual parents – any difference?
• Wearing the duppatta Indian Style (photo post)
• The initial euphoria over Barack Obama
• Dostana Movie Review
• Sectors most affected by the slowdown in the Indian economy
• Quantum of Solace – Movie review
• Calling bloggers and blog readers from and to Mumbai
• A Double Seat Life – photo feature
• Summary post of the past two weeks plus some poll results
• Quirky Tag
• I need your feedback
• Give some credit to Maharashtra
• Fashion Movie Review
• Rural India snapshots
• This blog is on a break for Diwali
• Arranged marriage vis-à-vis a love marriage – which is better?
• Funny buildings in pictures
• Do top management deserve their high salaries?
• What is the solution to India’s high accident rate?
• Summary Post of the past week
• Karzzz – Movie Review
• Legalising live-in relationships
• Blog Action Day on Poverty (short story)
• The Accidental Husband – Review
• Hero worshipping non-heroes
• Summary Post of the past week
• SIMI and Bajrang Dal – can they be compared?
• At what age do you reach your peak?
• Ways to protect yourself from mobile phone and tower radiation
• Kidnap Review
• Summary Post of the past week
• India’s rising defence expenditure is not too high if compared to that of other countries
• Drona – movie review
• The public smoking ban should not go up in smoke
• Getting your due without sucking up
• India’s Retail troubles
• Summary Post and Tags
• No reason for violence
• Welcome to Sajjanpur – Movie Review
• Financial Sector tremors and the effect on fresh graduates
• Muslims turning away from terrorism but the world is against them
• Summary Post of the past week
• The wonder of blogging awards
• A quick nutritious Indian pizza (uttappam)
• Mamma Mia – Movie review
• Visual pollution during the Ganesh Festival
• American or British English?
• Countries from where internet fraud originates and some tips to counter it
• A Wednesday – Movie review
• Summary post of the past week
• Traffic jams at toll plazas
• Dressing for television news
• Pitfalls of stereotyping and objectifying people
• The Ganpati Festival – a slide show
• Summary Post of the past 6 days
• How to write a feature article
• If facilities for women on night shifts are bad it doesn’t mean that night shifts should be banned!
• Mayawati the prime ministerial hopeful – can she be compared to Obama?
• Celebrity Woes
• Rock On!! – Movie review
• Wanted – Movie Review
• Summary post of the past six days
• Bandhs are an Indian disease
• Are foreign pharmaceutical giants making Indians guinea pigs in clinical trials?
• What India was worrying about yesterday
• Mumbai Meri Jaan – Movie Review
• Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day – Movie Review
• Summary posts
• Brilliant Award Week
• Seeing India through the eyes of Amul (pictorial)
• The British and the Americans don’t like Marathi “chauvinism”
• Muslim groups trying to contain radical elements in their community
• Calling gays criminals and moral policing by the police
• Summary post of the past week
• Bachna Ae Haseeno – Movie Review
• Thinking about Abhinav Bindra, not just India’s gold medal
• Is your building safe from fire?
• Sari an immodest garment?
• Singh is Kinng – Movie Review
• Summary post of the past two weeks
• Trees with personalities – photo feature
• Do we need a national debate on our abortion law?
• Checking out the other sex
• Ability and Academic Merit – what’s the difference?
• Two tags in One post
• Ugly Aur Pagli – Movie Review
• Movie Review The Mummy – Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
• Indian Democracy – is it shining or is it a sham?
• IIM graduates are preferring to stay back in India
• What’s your society’s badge of honour?
• Lunch at Leopold, dessert at Theo’s and shopping at Colaba Causeway
• Terrorism – citizens need answers!
• Summary Post of the past week
• No humanity towards trafficking victims
• Why I comment
• Between horse traders and traitors who is left?
• It’s not just parents’ attitudes which are obstacles in the way of a girl’s education
• Different education boards creating havoc and heartburn
• Summary Post of the past week
• The Dark Knight – Movie Review
• Instant Chinese Meals – Product Review
• So do you have national pride?
• Sleeping late doesn’t mean you are lazy!
• India’s global competitiveness declining?
• Testosterone overrated?
• Hancock – Movie Review
• Summary Post of the past week
• CBI blames domestic help in Aarushi murder
• Exposure to honking can ruin your hearing
• The Left is now where it belongs – in the Opposition
• Jaane Tu … Ya Jaane Na – Movie Review
• Social conscience can be taught
• Legal working hours and real working hours are different!
• Summary Post of the past week
• Lack of courtesy to Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw
• Bollywood moving away from plagiarism?
• Is crime decreasing in the big cities of the world?
• Participating in a reality show? Think again!
• Three Tags in One!
• Thoda Pyar Thoda Magic – Movie Review
• Summary post of the past week
• A packaging trick by Johnson and Johnson!
• Women have feelings just like men do!!
• Academic Intelligence is related to Emotional Intelligence
• Those who dump construction debris should be jailed
• The outsourcing of cheating
• Summary Posts of the last week
• De Taali Movie Review
• A virtual peek into Mumbai – a slide show
• Aamir – movie review
• The Expansionist Meme
• The Devaluation of Cooking
• Summary post of the past week
• Mumbai-Pune Expressway scenery – a photo post
• What’s in your biscuit?
• Blogging mistakes, copyright violations and nasty comments
• Sarkar Raj – movie review
• Buying antique furniture at Oshiwara Furniture Market in Mumbai (photo-feature)
• Weekly Summary Post
• Attack creative freedom – that’s the mob’s job
• Taxes on petrol and diesel very high in India
• Increase in income and life expectancy don’t always go hand in hand
• Filicide happens all over the world but the reasons differ from society to society
• A meme about myself
• A good cricket captain needs nerves of steel and more
• Weekly summary post
• A major newspaper steals a blogger’s photograph!!
• Refusing legal tender is illegal but nobody seems to care
• Will English dominate India in another fifty years?
• Galloping populations and energy consumption
• Crime and the media
• Dual Citizenship – good or bad?
• Summary posts of the past week
• Bollywood and Hollywood…the twain are set to meet!
• Pesticides creating havoc in India
• Indian youth starting to drink at 19
• Joona Bazaar photo feature
• Does India need a Prevention of Terrorism Act?
• Summary Posts of the past week
• Blaming India for eating too much
• Why weren’t large mammals exterminated in India like they were in many parts of the world?
• Extreme Internet Censorship isolates a country
• Education Cess and Petrol Cess – where’s the money going?
• Speed Racer – Movie Review
• Do children affect the health of a marriage?
• Summary Posts of the past week
• Plastic bottles and pizza boxes are not safe anymore
• An aerial view of Mumbai city
• Be careful before you enroll into that foreign course
• A song which inspires – a tag
• You are eating GM food but you don’t know it
• Iron Man – Movie Review
• The internet can make our private lives public but most people don’t care
• Summary Posts of the past week
• Khuda Ke Liye – Movie Review
• Are all India’s 8 north-eastern states disturbed areas?
• A blogging tag about some favourite things
• The uniqueness of Goa captured in pictures
• Will we ever get used to seeing flesh?
• BRT in India – how great concepts can get ruined
• Away for a short holiday but airing some interesting posts
• Cultural differences between the East and the West
• Let us not be ashamed of our clotheslines
• IPL has hooked the nation
• Summary Posts of the past week
• The trust that humans have in each other varies from country to country
• What was India thinking about on April 16th 2008?
• Why I love supermarkets
• The world will be of mixed race one day
• Pros and cons of being a DINK (double income no kids) couple
• U Me Aur Hum – Movie Review
• Summary Posts of the past week
• Shaurya – Movie Review
• Tibet’s Olympian opportunity
• Don’t buy without checking the weight
• The politics of the Thackerays and Amitabh Bachchan
• Ageing is not a disease!
• Life in Pondicherry – a photo essay
• Summary posts of the past ten days
• Are Indians feeling the shortage of doctors?
• Visual pollution caused by political hoardings
• A visit to Mamallapuram – a photo essay
• People don’t always fall for celebrity advertising
• What foreigners like about working in India
• A veggie worm could be lurking in your salad
• Call it Puducherry or Pondicherry it’s still quite French
• More jobs than ever in India but only in some sectors and only for the educated
• Some interesting posts of the past and this weeks as well…
• Are (or were) Meghalaya and Kerala matriarchal societies?
• The greatest peril of modern society – Celebrity Culture
• 27 Dresses – Movie Review
• Movie Quirks – A Blogging Meme
• Summary posts and something else too
• How to suck up to your boss
• Indian Americans are doing well, but not that well!
• Tipping in India
• Goa gets a bad name after 15 year old girl is murdered
• Naxalism – some reasons and some solutions
• Gurus – should we love them or leave them?
• Summary posts of the past week and some popular posts
• Dangers of eating newsprint
• Job discrimination at the workplace (Part 2)
• Job discrimination is rife all over the world – (Part 1)
• Top sites comparisons India and the world
• Attending Bloggers Meets
• Michael Clayton – Movie Review
• Summary posts of the last week
• India Budget 2008-2009
• This is what Warli folk paintings look like
• A glimmer of hope for domestic workers
• A shining railway Budget 2008 – but at what cost?
• A trip to the Taj Mahal – a slide show
• Some opinions of India from Pakistan
• Jodhaa Akbar – Movie Review
• Summary Posts of the past week
• Enchanted – Movie Review
• Plump is beautiful in India
• When will human beings be satiated?
• A different price for bravery
• Where have the Sparrows gone?
• Bullfighting is an Indian tradition
• Summary posts of the past week
• Humans love to form ghettos
• Euthanasia may be illegal but it’s not unpopular!
• Mithya – Movie Review
• We want to know who the jury is!
• Molestation: Reasons and some solutions
• Freaky electronic scenes
• Summary Posts of the past week
• The difference between the East and the West in pictures
• Do local Mumbaikars resent ‘outsiders’?
• American Gangster Movie Review
• We Own The Night Movie Review
• Do Indian youth really hate the idea of joining the Defense Services?
• Do we have to live with a slow internet?
• Summary posts of the past eight days
• A dream come true for those who will never fly
• Religion has a great future!
• Tarpa Dance Videos
• Twelve things to be wary of while eating out
• The difference between Nationalism and Patriotism
• Mumbai Traffic Police wins a prize!
• Sunday – Movie Review
• Summary posts of the past week
• Stealing power is getting tougher
• Growth is not leading to development in India
• Photographs of the Sydney Test match 2008
• Men being harassed in false dowry cases
• A newspaper defends itself
• Top six movies of 2007
• Summary Posts of the past week
• Peaceful week-end get-away for Mumbaikars
• Are converts accepted in Hinduism?
• Ordinary people who raise their voices are beaten up by mobs
• Some excellent hundred year old diets!
• Halla Bol – Movie Review
• Fame or money for Tata Nano?
• Summary posts of the past week
• The Lead India logo isn’t inspiring
• Country life in India – a slide show
• Is our language divide the biggest divide of all?
• The Golden Compass – Movie review
• Unfair verdict
• Ignore advertising or hate it…but you can’t deny that you need it!
• Summary Posts of the past week
• An example of pathbreaking media
• The Indian Countryside – slide show
• Non-vegetarians get a raw deal in Mumbai?
• Government upset that their (short) working hours highlighted
• Summary Posts of the last Week
• Sonia where are you headed?
• Benazir’s assassination benefited Musharraf
• A greater focus on disease rather than on health?
• Photographs of Hyderabad
• Tips to avoid being cheated while shopping
• A third life for Narendra Modi
• Summary Posts of the past week
• Taare Zameen Par – movie review
• Which city has the coolest bus service and website?
• Words of wisdom from Mahatma Gandhi…in pictures.
• Do Dining and Music mix?
• A new law which prevents adult children from claiming their parents’ property
• The cave temples of Ellora – a photo feature
• Summary Posts of the past week
• I’m off for the weekend
• Politicians least trusted the world over
• Sweet Salted Translations
• No toilets for half of India?
• India has two of the best design schools in the world!
• Designers in great demand in India
• India’s indigenously developed missile
• Summary Posts of the past week
• Want sea food in Thane? There’s Mahesh Lunch Home
• Bollywood’s paychecks continue to grow!
• Prominent doctor trapped in sex determination sting by the BBC
• Getting foreign technical degrees just got tougher in India
• Aaja Nachle – a movie review
• A walk through the Ajanta Caves – photo feature
• Summary posts of the last week
• No post today
• Impact of coaching classes on a nation’s psyche
• The lure of fake food
• Interview at Being a Blogger
• A British reality TV show which arranges marriages
• Advertisers to be reined in!
• Life imprisonment is the only way to reduce acid attacks
• Summary Posts of the last week
• Tracing one’s roots
• Not much learnt from the Uphaar tragedy
• Lone cop stands up to political goons
• Ban the Crooked Police
• Is the government doing enough to curb sex tourism?
• A glimpse of the Aurangabad Caves, Bibi ka Maqbara and Daulatabad fort
• Summary posts of the last week
• Modern Mumbai is one of the most expensive places in the world (with photos)
• Does one have to an extrovert or an introvert?
• The root cause of child labour isn’t just poverty
• The go-getting Buntys of India
• Small town India in pictures
• Electrical lighting has become a symbol of the Goddess Laxmi
• Happy Diwali
• Looks like the world doesn’t want migrants
• Is Musharaff all that bad?
• Jyoti’s murder: Who is to blame?
• Innocent techie suffers due to shoddy police work
• Summary Posts of the Past Week
• World Economic Forum’s global competitiveness rankings
• Transgender issues to be discussed on Tamil TV
• Surrogacy in India – Problems and Laws
• Is torture a necessary evil?
• Jab we met – movie review
• What was India thinking of on the 29th of October 2007?
• Print readership falling in India?
• Summary Posts of the past week
• Evolutionary Meme on Blogging
• Science vs Humanities
• Matrimonial websites get specialised
• The global war against plastic
• Dasara in Pune – a photo essay
• Engineering colleges to be upgraded
• Summary posts of the past week
• Medical Myths
• Coffee shops or hang-out joints?
• Want to see Mumbai’s underbelly? Take a guided tour!
• Has caste-based affirmative action worked?
• Some hoax emails turn out to be real!
• Do we not value life in India?
• Laaga chunari mein daag – movie review
• Summary posts of the last week
• Helping accident victims and doing our duty as citizens
• Why is the divorce rate increasing?
• India’s urban elite not likely to marry outside their religion
• Should you leave that job you hate?
• Job hopping and blogging trends
• India’s population to be two billion in less than a century?
• Summary Posts of the last week
• Meme: What strengths should a writer have?
• Protests against Sonia’s speech on International Non-Violence Day suppressed by media
• Public service ads don’t work but jail does!
• Justice denied to Sikhs
• A post about the Post
• National holidays and work weeks are not always an indication of how hard people work
• Sex Selection is big business in India
• Dealing with loan recovery agents
• Johnny Gaddar – Movie Review
• Summary posts of the past week
• Army called in to control protests over insult to Indian Idol
• Asia is smoking and so are the women!
• Comparison of the conviction rates of a few countries of the world
• Shocking Pollution during the Ganesh Festival
• What kills a marriage quicker: A physical affair or an emotional one?
• India becoming stricter about blood alcohol limits
• Summary Posts of the last week
• The Bourne Ultimatum – movie review
• What or whom do we blame for our terrorism deaths?
• We have enough food but our kids our starving
• A matter of hemlines and air hostesses
• The ragging monster is alive and kicking in India
• America eyeing north-eastern India?
• Summary Posts of the last week
• Why people are religious
• Ram Sethu (Setu) Issue – To build a shipping canal the existence of Ram is denied
• About fake stings and fraudulent journalism
• Asian countries don’t like each other much but they like America
• Does India see itself as sharing common values with the west?
• Youth of two different Indias – a photo essay
• Summary posts of the past week
• Poverty stricken 17 year old school drop-out outshines police
• 12 Indian companies are Asian giants
• The bad effects of too few women
• Controversy over whether to use Broad Gauge or Standard Gauge in Mumbai Metro
• There is a billboard epidemic in India!
• It is possible to arrange love
• Street Marketing in India – a photo essay
• Summary posts of the last week
• The Invasion Movie Review
• Too many policemen on security duty in India
• TV soaps are actually educating rural women in India!
• Are rich countries the least corrupt?
• Sex workers not to be treated like criminals anymore
• Hey Baby Movie Review
• Summary posts of the last week
• Trying to stop large retailers is not in national interest
• Will the reverse brain drain become a flood?
• If India has 3 universities in the top 200, who gets the credit?
• High wedding expenditure is a disease in Indian society
• Music shows are bringing Indians together
• Poor police to people ratio forces common man to fend for himself
• Summary posts of the past week
• Rickshaw rally in India
• Chak De Movie Review
• Violent Crime in different parts of the world – a small analysis
• Paying tribute to Indian soldiers on Independence Day
• Revered once, doctors today face brickbats
• Ordinary Truck Art on a highway
• The connection between the number of hits on a post and comments
• Summary posts of the last week
• Sleeper cells proliferate while government sleeps
• Some critical reasons for growth in medical tourism
• Societies that are traditional + affluent have low birth rates
• Should places of worship have dress codes?
• Pot can cause mental illness says The Lancet
• Street food has less bacteria than a lot of restaurant food
• Summary posts of the last week
• Pay cheques of Bollywood stars have doubled
• Corporal punishment in schools should be banned
• Social drinking is catching on, athough slowly!
• Students made guinea pigs in sex study
• Sanjay Dutt goes to jail
• Bad teachers teach bad yoga
• Thinking Blogger Award
• Indians are more traditional than other peoples
• Photo Essay of Life in India
• Summary posts of the last week
• Fake publicity stunts by political parties should get wider coverage
• How does India treat the north-easterners?
• Sound Baffles can tackle loud sounds caused by heavy traffic
• Trade is better than Aid!
• Why is eve-teasing so common in India?
• Movie Review Zodiac
• Summary posts of the last week
• Indians are the one of the most hardworking people in the world
• Renuka Chowdhury is a woman to admire
• Where does India stand as a tourism hub?
• India’s concrete makeover to include railway stations
• Intellectual Blogger award
• Technology can help improve India’s conviction rate
• Listen to the voices of moderate Muslims
• Summary posts of the last 10 days
• A vegetarian thali in Mulund – at the Rajdhani
• Two new laws concerning women in India
• In defense of the Indian Media
• Security in Mumbai is in place but it isn’t good enough
• How will India cope with skill shortages?
• India on the global culture map like never before
• Should we kill our stray dogs?
• Plenty of jobs for animators in India
• Are the very clothes you wear harming you?
• Indians in terror plot: Is it really shocking?
• What a tourist can expect in China
• A book that counters the Hinduphobia of the west
• Die Hard 4 movie review
• Movie Review of Sivaji by someone who doesn’t understand a word of Tamil
• Pune is being re-built like many Indian cities – but at what cost?
• How will India deal with global warming?
• Will Hollywood beat Bollywood in India?
• Why Mayawati’s assets are not a problem for the Indian government
• Expressway accidents on the rise?
• Lord Patten feels that economic progress will bring about a demand for democracy from the Chinese people on BBC HardTalk
• India’s e shopping figures going up and up
• Why choose the Seven Wonders of the world by popular vote?
• Will the ‘Sex Toy’ condom be banned in India?
• Failed States of the world
• Good news for job seekers in India
• Indian tourists are not the world’s worst!
• Abandon veil Pratibha Patil tells Hindu women
• Motor vehicle thefts are rising in India but the solution may be near
• Mumbai in a museum
• Cheeni Kum Movie Review
• Eating out in in China
• One in every 50 Indians owns a PC today
• India will get a woman president for the first time in history
• Rajinikanth is an Indian phenomenon
• Mumbai to take on a new skin
• 12000 Grain Banks to be set up in India in the next few years
• Oceans 13 movie review
• Bar girls evicted from their homes
• A Green Oscar for India?
• Violent protesters should pay for their misdeeds
• A Pakistani General is worth Rs 500 million!
• If Budhia runs a marathon his health can be ruined forever
• Pirates of the Caribbean 3 movie review
• Shrek 3 movie review
• Gurjjar riots expose the weak arm of the law in India
• The gap between the rich and the poor in India is not that wide
• India in color- a photo essay
• Is jumping customs duty not such a big deal in India?
• Yet another blow to the judicial system
• The Urban Chinese
• Indians believe their judiciary to be tainted
• Child workers are exploited and often abused
• Shootout at Lokhandwala movie review
• China’s claim to an Indian state is preposterous
• The four cities of China
• Instead of making the rich poorer lets make the poor richer
• China and India – an inevitable comparision
• Hey! Will post soon!
• Will be away for 10 days
• Landless labourer from Bihar becomes a successful mushroom farmer
• Adoption in India – how to go about it
• Moral Policing in India reaches new depths
• Life in a Metro movie review
• Corrupt officials siphon away relief funds
• The growing suicide rate in India – the reasons
• Spiderman 3 – movie review and box office collections
• A little girl discovered by the Mensa Program
• Suicide rates of the world and why people kill themselves
• Old people are revered in India, not neglected
• What it means to be a Mumbaikar!
• India to be fifth largest consumer market by 2025
• An invention to stop drunk drivers
• Indian print media in trouble?
• The ban on women working night shifts is a symptom of the poor status of women
• Sonia Gandhi is on Time’s most influential people of the year list
• Thousands of illegal migrants from developed nations disappear in India
• Fruit Juices – Product Review
• Shocking Fake Encounter
• Bheja Fry – Movie Review
• Consumer Expenditure Survey shows Indians are spending more than ever on food
• Those who pay the highest taxes are not the richest…film stars for example!
• Eleven reasons why Indians are not as healthy as they should be
• Tea Centre at Churchgate – a review
• A funny battered car
• The song Pyar Kiya to Darna Kya from Mughal E Azam
• India has one of the highest cancer rates in the world
• Portrayal of women in Bollywood then, now and in the past.
• Indian youth get their knowledge of sex mostly from friends, porno films and “self-reading”
• Shortage of hotels in India to be alleviated by 2010
• The Namesake – a comparision between the book and the movie
• Tele spammers to be fined heavily and their lines cut – finally
• When will Indian Railways clean up their act?
• India’s “moral police” have political backing
• Sudden showers in the western ghats
• Tiny review of the new theme – Neo Sapien
• More and more Indians are seeking foreign holidays
• A growing trend to don the burqa in India?
• Matheran the best hill station near Mumbai and Pune
• Chennai shows us a profitable way to dispose of garbage
• Pakistan takes a step back at SAARC
• Food habits and exercise trends in India
• Is Sanjaya Malakar as bad a singer as he is said to be?
• The Spirit of India – a photo essay
• The moral police clamp down on couples
• Technology, not fines will deter offenders
• Blogosphere’s Code of Conduct
• Designations matter a lot in India
• A promotion makes an IT professional happy for just six months!
• Fashion Street for cheap cotton ready-mades
• Stray dogs a huge problem in Indian cities
• Which Indian city has the most millionaires?
• Divorce rates of the world
• Internet marraige bureaus thriving in India
• Internet advertising to grow by 43 percent by 2011
• Is this woman pregnant?
• KEM hospital’s disaster management system praised by The Lancet
• The Dark Side of the Internet
• Pop Tates at Mulund for Continental food
• Tigers in India down to a thousand?
• Sunset on Marine Drive
• Supreme court stays OBC quotas
• What Management Guru NR Narayana Murthy has to say about India’s failure in the World Cup
• Which is the best airline and airport in India?
• America’s immigrant system is falling apart says The Economist
• Is poverty declining in India?
• The Namesake movie Review
• India’s tough foreign adoption laws to go
• A big thank you to my readers
• Broadcasters to lose a fortune and for advertisers its a waste of money as India has lost the World Cup
• Excerpt on the Wiki from The World is Flat
• Sex education in schools can help counter the ill effects of porn
• Liz Hurley and Arun Nayar still hot selling items on Indian streets
• Healthy or Unhealthy soups?
• Surrogate Ads blatantly displayed
• Free speech online gives schools and colleges the jitters
• India has reasons to be be wary of China
• Hollywood distorts history by portraying the ancestors of our Parsees as barbarians?
• Shiny Railway balance sheets but what about consumer comfort?
• Police attack Geo TV office in Pakistan
• Aggressive comparative advertising by largest retail chain
• Indians wary of the stock market, prefer Mutual Funds
• Doctors to be penalised if they give poor post operative care
• How doctors reacted when first confronted with the idea of being taken to task by consumer courts
• Valuable and rare manuscripts are now online
• Indian snacks as bad as western fast food
• A photo essay of a traffic signal in Mumbai
• The 36 Forbes Billionnaires do reflect the new India because now we can afford cheese
• The Pursuit of HappYness movie review
• The Last King of Scotland movie review
• Mumbai to wield the stick where littering is concerned
• R Mall at Mulund – a review
• C Grade movies and porn go underground
• More and more poor in India are buying cell phones
• The world has changed its opinion about major powers
• Vegetable noodles and Dal noodles – are they healthy?
• Professor Sabharwal’s murder probe in trouble
• Nishabd the movie – why the theme of the film makes me uncomfortable
• Railway touts to face cameras but the 90 day in advance reservation system stinks
• No long-term rehabilitation for street children
• INS Vikrant – the naval museum
• What I liked and did not like about Budget 2007
• Mumbai Pune Expressway safety issues
• Government officials used slum development funds to fatten their perks!
• International Maths prize for Indian woman
• Is India doing something about Trans Fats?
• Ghost Rider movie review
• Five Things I love about being Indian
• Urban Indians do not think highly of budget allocations
• Indians are thrifty but only half bank their savings – a survey
• How to wear a sari video
• Are Actors the most stressed out people?
• Corruption in slum rehabilitation project
• High salaries and lucrative placements only for those from elite educational institutions
• Booking of e-tickets on Indian Railways spirals!
• Lets not call them terrorists. Call them criminals
• Pampering VIP’s and neglecting the common man in India
• Indian government decides to adopt girls to stop female feoticide
• Plans to rid Mumbai of slums by 2015
• An Indian doctor gets recognition for his work towards the greatest medical discovery of the 20th century
• A campaign to re-elect Hon.Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam as the President Of India
• Nirmal Lifestyle at Mulund Mumbai – Review
• A one man army is saving unborn girls in Punjab
• Street children are being denied an education
• Fight against corruption takes a small step forward
• Who produces more engineers? The US or India?
• This is how AIDS is spreading in India!
• New roads and new flyovers = brand new slums
• Why some kids seem immune from the bad effects of television violence and violent video games
• Black Friday – a movie review
• Survey shows that Indian youth are conservative
• Britain wants Indian Docs out but India wants them badly
• Traffic Signal is worth a watch – a movie review
• After 7/11 security in Mumbai is still on a high
• Kolkata to be a outsourcing hub
• Parzania not being shown by multiplex owners in Gujarat (review)
• Pay Hikes to be highest in India in 2007
• Survey shows that Indian companies willing to source talent from foreign countries
• Money and success without any formal education
• How Global Warming will affect India
• Britain is not cashing in on India’s growth as much as other nations
• Study shows that Shah Rukh is doing well on KBC
• The Congress losing civic polls in Mumbai and Pune…a portent for the future
• When will we have a better justice system?
• The middle-class needs to vote…slum dwellers do it for a bowl of chicken soup!
• Blogs increasing in number all over the world
• Some tips to prevent the most common cyber crime – cyber stalking
• Bal Thackeray’s election campaign ads
• Is Britain as multi-cultural as India?
• Shilpa wins Big Brother and jolly good too!
• Political parties play politics over serial killings and waste public money by issuing ads!
• People don’t trust the law when it comes to punishing rash drivers
• ‘Health’ drink Enviga trying to cash in on the health trend
• Myths and Misconceptions about Infertility
• Abandoned baby girls are finding homes in India
• Will Sanjay Dutt go to jail for possessing an AK-56?
• The Economist says Bihar is improving but slams it all the same
• We don’t want to admit that our kids go missing!
• India will be number two economy in the world by 2050
• Child Marraige and the law in India
• Guru – a film not to my liking – a review
• The glory (gory?) days of globalisation are here
• A good reason for me to blog
• Real Estate in India on the upswing
• Tribals who score high on Mensa tests need help
• Something seriously wrong with the diet of Indian children
• Blogs are a boon
• South Mumbai serial killer or the ‘beer man’ – complete and updated report
• The Shilpa Shetty Big Brother fracas and video
• Doctors cannot be bribed legitimately anymore
• Why do people abuse complete strangers?
• Muncipal schools in India teach very poor English
• Journalists are not above the law and have to pick up their dog poop!
• Bitti Mohanty’s family hell bent on saving their spoilt rapist son from the law
• Male teachers banned in primary schools in Delhi to prevent sexual abuse
• The Top 10 Bollywood and Hollywood entertainers of 2006
• Don’t want to vote? Then register your no-vote!
• Indian Muslims and higher education
• Who uses the VIP entrance to enter Delhi airport?
• Celebrities may be narcissistic but politicians are worse
• Should ideas be researched?
• 23 ways to prevent molestation in public
• Doctors in the dock for arm amputation after a fracture
• Week-end getaway in the Western Ghats
• Real life molestation caught on camera
• Britain does not want Indians but India does
• A basic human need is to reject others
• Happy New Year everyone!
• India’s most notorious serial killer – the madman Raman Raghav
• The most gruesome serial killings in India. Read the whole, complete and updated version of the story here
• British Rule in India and Nazi rule. What is the difference?
• Find out how much energy you consume
• Bollywood and Hollywood do not mix
• Dating does (and should) lead to marraige say teens
• Four ways to use your left-overs
• Some men have regressive attitudes towards women, but these can be changed
• If you want to see animals, go not just to Africa, but to Ruaha
• Not just Trans Fats. Cooking oils can contain toxins too
• Worst Chinese at the best mall
• Prahlad Kakar shares with us his passion for filmmaking
• Organic Food may not be ethical, but it will save the world
• The government does not know what it means by the term ‘Minorities’!
• A quick, cheesy, tasty, and nutritious pasta
• Is the Beauty Care industry a fraud?
• How you can help young people manage their depression and grief
• Abhishek likes fullblooded Ash
• Continental food in Thane – Restaurant review
• Are India’s women more politically empowered than American women?
• Do parents take over a career counselor’s role?
• The best aim and shoot camera with a professional touch. Canon PowerShot A 610
• Dune Ride in Dubai
• From Calcutta to Siliguri
• Drunk driving is a major cause of accidents in India
• Is India not an economic miracle?
• What does it take to be a model today?
• Racist remarks really hurt
• Hysterical activists or illogical reporters?
• We don’t like talking about sex
• Piyush Pandey – the gentle rebel
• The poor in our country simmer with discontent
• The Parent-Teacher relationship and academic performance
• Fine Dine – Mulund Restaurant Review
• Graduate Quality worries IT companies
• How a film-maker adds value to the original idea
• God doesn’t need bribing and he doesn’t need sucking up to
• Remember Kargil?
• The story of one of India’s biggest brands – the Taj
• Half the software engineers not good enough?
• I don’t blog because I am lonely, hate editors or want to make money
• Accident victims don’t get help in time. Here’s one reason.
• Age of Consent is too low in most developed countries
• Unreal Woman
• Brad, say you’re sorry
• You’ve consumed this chemical cocktail
• Mohammed Khan – An advertising great at his candid best.
• Living with Diabetes
• Almost 45,000 kids go missing in India
• Advertising on-line. Pros and cons.
• Munnabhai’s pal pal inspired by Cliff Richard song
• The myth of the consumer unendurables!
• Elsie Nanji – an unlikely heroine of Indian Advertising.
• India deserves the Nuclear Deal
• Indian burglars get more savvy
• Brangelina plays hide and seek
• The Garden ad film – a technical triumph
• Road Rage. Yet again.
• Movie review: The Departed
• Setting advertising standards in India
• Do Unmarried People secretly crave for a spouse?
• South India is better developed than North India says CNN IBN
• Cyrus Oshidar of MTV talks about India and about his work. And about how he gets his ideas.
• Faces from a small town in India
• Fergusson College shame on you
• Murder by domestic servants in India
• Preeti Vyas Giannetti – one of the most powerful businesswomen in India.
• Chinese Palace – Value for money Chinese food in Tardeo
• Hotel Miramar at Daman
• Life After Sale
• Children demand advertised products on Television
• Don – a film review
• The legend of Raymond’s Complete Man
• Thinking of taking a trip to Daman?
• Multi-cultural, multi-racial India
• Aggression in children can lead to tragedy.
• Buying an apartment or a house – what does one look for?
• Product Category Creation – a case study of how Levers carved itself a niche in the deodorant market.
• Why do Indians prefer sons?
• The women priests of Pune, India – they earn and they learn.
• Behind the scenes of an ad film.
• Media portrayal of women
• Does Brand Extension or Sub-Branding work?
• Unequal Education
• Matheran hotel review – Verandah in the forest
• Managing Corporate Real Estate
• MainLand China Pune – restaurant review
• COOK KING
• Dalits in India – BBC has it wrong
• Escape a murder charge – legally!
• Dermatology Myths – Misconceptions about your skin
• The Art of Corporate Gifting…or is it bribing?
• Do we know why we follow certain rituals?
• Misconceptions about your eyes. Ophthalmology Myths!
• Misconceptions about your Ears – ENT Myths!
• Salaam Namaste – a film review
• The Indian education system has failed
• Fear of Parent –Teacher Meets
• The Newspaper Photograph
• Widowed. Divorced. Unmarried. Single mothers in India face an uphill task
• Busting the IQ Test Myth
• How to choose the right school? A small scale survey amongst prominent schools and parents gives an insight.
• Baby Blues – a humourous account of mothering two toddlers
• A touch of class – what should a man wear to get elegant, stylish look?
• Egypt for Indians
• Metals and Toxins in food packaging
• The relationship between early schooling and professional success:
• Sterling qualities.
• What did Aishwarya say to win the Miss World title?
• Unhealthy Noodles
• Lage Raho Munnabhai – a film review
• Crash – movie review
• The Island – movie review.
• Vaccinations to give your children and why – a check list
• When should one see a psychiatrist?
• Feeling dizzy? You might have BPPV.
• Is Health Insurance the answer?
• Tobacco kills
• A Stretch in Time – why brands bomb
• A gentle and gutsy girl – short story for children.
• Health Insurance for heart disease
• Why the young die of heart attacks
• Why men rape
• A Writers Woes
• Over cooking, microwaving, re-heating and re-frying destroys essential nutrients
• Depression, nervousness, anxiety and irritability? Blame it on the food
• Vaccination for adults
• Are we raising a myopic generation?
• Wife Beating – men batter women for trivial reasons
• Not maid for each other – a humorous account of maid problems
• Child-Abuse of the Emotional Kind
• Akshay’s Cure – a short story for children.
• The safest drop of blood is your own
• The Fate of a Book
• You’re fat because you want to be
• A Real Lady – a short story
• Teenage Sex on the sly
• Driving made easy. A humorous and true account of my driving lessons.
• India’s sex ratio – a sad state of affairs
• Two Daughters – not exactly what Indian society wants.

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India entering the third phase of the tobacco epidemic 10 + 5 ways to have a happy relationship and a healthy marriage Unfit government employees survive and thrive Your income determines your attitude, your values, your beliefs The culture vultures hate pre-marital sex Delhi 6 movie review Top Posts and a blog break The Dharavi spirit Advertising mistakes Summary post of the past fortnight and blog awards Mob culture vs pub and mall culture Kashmir – where are you heading? India’s Taliban on a rampage Slumdog Millionaire Review and the Amitabh Bachchan controversy British teens and Indian parenting Rude or polite, it’s a matter of perspective Summary Post of the past fortnight Chandni Chowk to China – Movie review Top ten myths about Pakistan unraveled How stupid are the terrorists! 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Women at Work – a photo post German Bakery – Restaurant Review Summary Post and some feedback on your feedback What pirates have in common with terrorists Some tips from someone caught in the Mumbai terror attacks What role did we play in the Mumbai terror attack (guest post) The aftermath of the Mumbai attack A sick and communal SMS doing the rounds during this time of tragedy in Mumbai Some reactions of Pakistani media to the terror attacks in Mumbai What feminism means to me Politicking more important rather than stopping terror Why show sympathy to the terror accused in the Malegaon blasts? The controversy over Sonal Shah’s appointment by Barack Obama Summary Post of the past two weeks Gay parents and heterosexual parents – any difference? Wearing the duppatta Indian Style (photo post) The initial euphoria over Barack Obama Dostana Movie Review Sectors most affected by the slowdown in the Indian economy Quantum of Solace – Movie review Calling bloggers and blog readers from and to Mumbai A Double Seat Life – photo feature Summary post of the past two weeks plus some poll results Quirky Tag I need your feedback Give some credit to Maharashtra Fashion Movie Review Rural India snapshots This blog is on a break for Diwali Arranged marriage vis-à-vis a love marriage – which is better? Funny buildings in pictures Do top management deserve their high salaries? What is the solution to India’s high accident rate? Summary Post of the past week Karzzz – Movie Review Legalising live-in relationships Blog Action Day on Poverty (short story) The Accidental Husband – Review Hero worshipping non-heroes Summary Post of the past week SIMI and Bajrang Dal – can they be compared? At what age do you reach your peak? Ways to protect yourself from mobile phone and tower radiation Kidnap Review Summary Post of the past week India’s rising defence expenditure is not too high if compared to that of other countries Drona – movie review The public smoking ban should not go up in smoke Getting your due without sucking up India’s Retail troubles Summary Post and Tags No reason for violence Welcome to Sajjanpur – Movie Review Financial Sector tremors and the effect on fresh graduates Muslims turning away from terrorism but the world is against them Summary Post of the past week The wonder of blogging awards A quick nutritious Indian pizza (uttappam) Mamma Mia – Movie review Visual pollution during the Ganesh Festival American or British English? Countries from where internet fraud originates and some tips to counter it A Wednesday – Movie review Summary post of the past week Traffic jams at toll plazas Dressing for television news Pitfalls of stereotyping and objectifying people The Ganpati Festival – a slide show Summary Post of the past 6 days How to write a feature article If facilities for women on night shifts are bad it doesn’t mean that night shifts should be banned! Mayawati the prime ministerial hopeful – can she be compared to Obama? Celebrity Woes Rock On!! – Movie review Wanted – Movie Review Summary post of the past six days Bandhs are an Indian disease Are foreign pharmaceutical giants making Indians guinea pigs in clinical trials? What India was worrying about yesterday Mumbai Meri Jaan – Movie Review Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day – Movie Review Summary posts Brilliant Award Week Seeing India through the eyes of Amul (pictorial) The British and the Americans don’t like Marathi “chauvinism” Muslim groups trying to contain radical elements in their community Calling gays criminals and moral policing by the police Summary post of the past week Bachna Ae Haseeno – Movie Review Thinking about Abhinav Bindra, not just India’s gold medal Is your building safe from fire? Sari an immodest garment? Singh is Kinng – Movie Review Summary post of the past two weeks Trees with personalities – photo feature Do we need a national debate on our abortion law? Checking out the other sex Ability and Academic Merit – what’s the difference? Two tags in One post Ugly Aur Pagli – Movie Review Movie Review The Mummy – Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Indian Democracy – is it shining or is it a sham? IIM graduates are preferring to stay back in India What’s your society’s badge of honour? Lunch at Leopold, dessert at Theo’s and shopping at Colaba Causeway Terrorism – citizens need answers! Summary Post of the past week No humanity towards trafficking victims Why I comment Between horse traders and traitors who is left? It’s not just parents’ attitudes which are obstacles in the way of a girl’s education Different education boards creating havoc and heartburn Summary Post of the past week The Dark Knight – Movie Review Instant Chinese Meals – Product Review So do you have national pride? Sleeping late doesn’t mean you are lazy! India’s global competitiveness declining? Testosterone overrated? Hancock – Movie Review Summary Post of the past week CBI blames domestic help in Aarushi murder Exposure to honking can ruin your hearing The Left is now where it belongs – in the Opposition Jaane Tu … Ya Jaane Na – Movie Review Social conscience can be taught Legal working hours and real working hours are different! Summary Post of the past week Lack of courtesy to Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw Bollywood moving away from plagiarism? Is crime decreasing in the big cities of the world? Participating in a reality show? Think again! Three Tags in One! Thoda Pyar Thoda Magic – Movie Review Summary post of the past week A packaging trick by Johnson and Johnson! Women have feelings just like men do!! 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Police attack Geo TV office in Pakistan Aggressive comparative advertising by largest retail chain Indians wary of the stock market, prefer Mutual Funds Doctors to be penalised if they give poor post operative care How doctors reacted when first confronted with the idea of being taken to task by consumer courts Valuable and rare manuscripts are now online Indian snacks as bad as western fast food A photo essay of a traffic signal in Mumbai The 36 Forbes Billionnaires do reflect the new India because now we can afford cheese The Pursuit of HappYness movie review The Last King of Scotland movie review Mumbai to wield the stick where littering is concerned R Mall at Mulund – a review C Grade movies and porn go underground More and more poor in India are buying cell phones The world has changed its opinion about major powers Vegetable noodles and Dal noodles – are they healthy? 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Call them criminals Pampering VIP’s and neglecting the common man in India Indian government decides to adopt girls to stop female feoticide Plans to rid Mumbai of slums by 2015 An Indian doctor gets recognition for his work towards the greatest medical discovery of the 20th century A campaign to re-elect Hon.Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam as the President Of India Nirmal Lifestyle at Mulund Mumbai – Review A one man army is saving unborn girls in Punjab Street children are being denied an education Fight against corruption takes a small step forward Who produces more engineers? The US or India? This is how AIDS is spreading in India! 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