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How 2 Finger-Licking Ladies Finger Dishes Saved My Day

May 4, 2014 By Ranjana Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

Ladies Finger cuisines

Masala Bhindi is my all-time favorite. The advantage is you can eat it with rice and dal or chapattis and dal or even snack on it. How to make it? Here are the steps to follow.

Filed Under: Food-n-Health Tagged With: ladies finger, old

How Amazon is Transforming India’s Retail Sector

April 28, 2014 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

Amazon Fresh trucks carrying supplies to retailers

Amazon understands how critical it is to deliver items fast. Thus even as Wal-Mart waits on the wings to enter India’s retail sector, Amazon is aggressively pushing its advantage in India.

Filed Under: Business, News Tagged With: amazon, old, wal-mart

Are Indians Really Mediocre?

April 20, 2014 By Partha Bhattacharya 2 Comments

Indians are mediocre

“Over the next few decades, as we tried to reach education to the lowest common denominator, we constantly lowered standards so that the weakest could catch up. As a result the average intellectual capacity of our nation today is determined not by our brightest, but by our dumbest.”

Filed Under: Opinion Tagged With: old

What an opposite – chill in US, sizzling in Aus

January 10, 2014 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

Spectacular photo of Niagara freezing midway in its fall

So what is polar vortex? Until a week back few people would have heard of it. Now, and for days (perhaps years) to come, many people won’t forget the term.

Filed Under: News, Science Tagged With: old

AAP is the political watchdog India needs badly

December 16, 2013 By Partha Bhattacharya 2 Comments

Aam Admi Party, AAP

For that to happen, let me be a bit myopic and cynical. If wishes were horses I’d dearly want AAP to remain apolitical and yet be a secular political party…whatever that means.

Filed Under: Commentary, Opinion Tagged With: aam admi party, aap, elections, old

Dubai’s moment of joy

December 9, 2013 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

Dubai was a city of game-changing transitions. But the city was also about compassion if you asked me. During my 3-week stay in the city I could see a sense of belongingness people had toward this great city.

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: dubai, dubai airport, dubai museum, old

As I knew Madiba

December 6, 2013 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

As Nelson Mandel passes into the history, the most fitting tribute to his memory would be to understand his life and works and put to effect what he so earnestly stood for.

Filed Under: Opinion, People Tagged With: old

A trip to God’s own country

July 11, 2013 By Partha Bhattacharya 1 Comment

I was determined to catch a sunset and I was rewarded with a beautiful one at Kovallum Beach. I never realized how much time flew by, as I gazed at the flaming orb get swallowed by the sea.

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: backwaters, kerala, kovullam, old, padmanabha temple, trivandrum, vivekananda rock memorial, wooden palace

Ricey Bangali, Wheaty Panjabi, And Whatever In-between

July 9, 2013 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

People in Bangladesh and in the entire east and southeast Asia including Japan and parts of China mainly eat rice. I once inquired about roti in Singapore and immediately wished I hadn’t. It’s as futile to look for veg dishes in any of these countries as for roti.

Filed Under: Culture, Food-n-Health, Main Fare Tagged With: old

Studying Management? Think Twice!

July 3, 2013 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

Studying Business management MBA?

The mushrooming of private management colleges all over India is a proof of lopsided priority in the higher education. There is no building of real talent by these institutes.

Filed Under: Career Tagged With: business management, management, mba, mca, old

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