(picture source) Do you know Durga Puja is just 38 days away? If you don’t, you cannot be blamed. The usual signals are still amiss. The buying spree is hardly there, pandals yet to block roads, puja chadas not yet collected. On the flip side, it’s still raining everyday, potholes are still gaping, school exams […]
Kolkata’s bad roads
About 2 months back, when the ever-smiling CEO of GE came calling to India, Jeffrey Immelt gave an interview on NDTV. He heads one of the largest US multinationals, which has its fingers in almost every business pie one can conceive of, and so justifiably his account on doing business in India was worth listening […]
Abak Dudhpan
It’s a fascinating rearguard action by The Telegraph. Its Sunday edition (Aug 20) has the main front-page story titled, “Faith proves sweeter than filth”, referring to Mahim’s story of sweet sea-water. Obviously, it didn’t expect a second miracle in the form of Ganesha drinking milk in less than 24 hours. So, this morning’s paper almost […]
Something eerie about Bangalore
Bangalore can claim several firsts to its credit. It is India’s first infotech city. Companies like Infosys and Wipro are household names today and have spawned an unprecedented success, which has seen India occupying top position in the world in knowledge industry. It is also a cosmopolitan city of an old-world charm and a laidback […]
Google’s free net service
Who would want a free net service? If I’m to ask this question in a net-hungry class, all hands will be raised, no doubt about that. Anything free is always welcome, well almost always. Free net service is however always always welcome. This becomes apparent from overwhelming response from the residents of Google’s hometown at […]
Radio Mirchi on the prowl
Promoted by the TOI group, Radio Mirchi (RM) is hot on the trail of grabbing maximum ad revenues. And you know who are its likely competitors? The print media. Surprised! Better not. Yesterday’s ET sports a quarter-page ad on the front page that pits RM against the formidable and well-entrenched ABP group. Agreed RM and […]
Barnaparichay – The Mall
Anyone who learns Bengali from early school days, has to be familiar with this gem from Pundit Iswarchandra Vidyasagar. Barna Parichay stands for learning the alphabets (Bengali alphabets here). Once the first barrier is crossed, the next course is a series of easy learners, Sahaj Path, created by Rabindranath Tagore. Without these preliminaries (or at […]
The whims of weather gods
This week many schools in Assam have declared holidays because of heat wave. Heat wave in Assam? You might say I’m joking. But it’s true. Why only Assam? The entire north-east and North Bengal have had very scanty rains this season. Which is quite unusual to say the least. Not a season passes without Assam […]
New Town for half a million
Kolkata has for long remained a geographically constrained metropolis. Life centered around a few downtown destinations, and anything beyond is simply not favored. Lack of growth severely curtailed its claim to be counted among top Indian metros. So much so that a few years back, there even was a government plan to downgrade Kolkata’s rating […]
Blue Dart is now DHL’s
Mergers and acquisitions are nothing new in business. In fact M&As are most visible in sunrise sectors that hold promise in the medium to long term. India’s domestic courier sector is one such. It comes as no surprise that DHL, the world’s no.1 express giant now based in Germany, has decided to gobble up Blue […]
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