Babu Srinivasan on April 11th, 2009

Typically, at this time of the year, you will have to endure frequent power cuts. However, this summer in Bangalore, power cuts have been rare. It’s possible that the demand for electricity has gone down because of the slowing economy,…

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burdenedbytax on April 19th, 2008

President Pratibha Patil has been given an embarrassing reception in Brazil and Mexico. In Mexico, her appearance at the Senate was cancelled and in Brazil, she had a 15-member audience. One assumes that there were official reasons provided.

If one…

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Babu Srinivasan on April 10th, 2008

Couple of days back, the captain of an Air India flight refused to take off with a MP (Member of Parliament) who barged into the cockpit and allegedly hurled abuses, including calling the pilot “a glorified driver”. The plane took…

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Babu Srinivasan on April 10th, 2008

One day they are not there and the next day they are everywhere. I am amazed at the amount of work that was accomplished in such a short time. I am talking about huge posters of politicians that are displayed…

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