About a month back in my post, 1 lakh crore, I wrote how Kolkata’s real estate scene is expected to see big-bang investments in near future. I also felt gung-ho about the fact that US’ Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), world’s largest real estate and investment management company, has started a Kolkata office. [Image source left] […]
Money rains
As such mid-afternoon traffic on the busy NS Road in BBD Bag is nothing less than a hell of chaos. To that if there is an addition of mad scramble among bystanders to collect banknotes out of thin air, one may imagine what would ensue. Precisely that is what happened yesterday in front of 14 […]
The flying palace
Super Jumbo – dwarfing all! [Picture source] Upon touching JFK International Airport yesterday – another in Los Angeles later – Airbus A380 created an aviation history. Never ever before, such a huge aircraft of the enormity of A380 that can easily cover a whole football ground wing-to-wing has made a trans-Atlantic voyage. A380 is Airbus […]
McDonald’s sweet going
When McDonald’s opened its first Kolkata outlet last Friday (March 9), inaugurated by Big B, did it hope for endless footfall? Vikram Bakshi, the MD of McDonald’s north and east division, appears to think so. Here is what he has to say in today’s TT: McDonald’s has been awaited for long by Calcuttans and we […]
What-not stores
An Indian ration shop, faulty distribution! [Picture source] The ubiquitous tucked-away ration shops can look forward to get some facelift. Nothing decorative, though there’s no harm if that happens as a bargain. The idea is to allow more items to be made available at ration shops so as to turn the tide of mall-going shoppers […]
Hassan Ali Khan
A few hundred crores to him must be like peanuts because Pune’s stud farm owner Hassan Ali Khan is no less a tycoon than DLF’s KP Singh, or perhaps worth more than him. That may be no big reason why Hassan Ali is making waves for the last couple of days. After all, India does […]
Jupiter’s push
Planet-king Jupiter served a well-timed volley 2 days back that gave a big push to the Nasa spacecraft New Horizon on its way to Pluto. Launched on Jan 19 last year, New Horizon was slated to take 12 years to reach Pluto. For one year it has been cruising along at 43,000 miles an hour, […]
Bengal CMs
I recall a telling letter to the editor in ABP long back. It was brief, to the point, an example of close observance, and referred to Bengal CMs from late 60s to 80s. Many of you would be knowing this. Here it is: When there was famine, our CM was Prafulla.When there was anarchy, our […]
Splendor of splurging
No longer is country’s consuming populace held back by lack of choice. A far cry from days when ‘phoren’ goods used to define how ‘well’ one is, today’s consumers have learnt to live life ‘kingsize’, which is by way of splurging over consumer items. Let us look at some figures that stare at me in […]
The ABCs of Bengalis
Fun here, pun there. This more or less sums up the ‘V-Day’ gift below I received this morning. These are what ABCs suppose to stand for in Bengali lexicon for each English alphabet. Know no Bengali? Oh, you miss an interesting tribe (not the least ’cause I’m one)! Never mind, take a peek below. Also […]
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