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Entries from November 2007

Most Expensive Flat in India

November 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

Which of the following headlines do you think people were talking about at the water cooler today:
1. Army called into Kolkata and curfew imposed
2. An Indian farmer commits suicide every 30 minutes (17,520 a year)
3. Citibank sells off the most expensive flat in India at USD 8.5 million
Ding Ding Ding…if you picked number 3 you [...]

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Tags: India

Porsche Centre Mumbai Open

November 20th, 2007 · No Comments

What a birthday present for me, after watching patiently for over 6 months while the the new Porsche Centre Mumbai was being put together it’s now open. Their grand opening was tonight and the pics are from the event after most of the people had cleared out so I could get some pics without [...]

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Tags: Cars

Sweet Rides

November 18th, 2007 · No Comments

It’s been awhile since I posted some pics of cars I’ve seen around Bombay and other cities. I’ve moved my new pics over to the Facebook platform. Just click on the car images to open up the album for each car.

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Tags: Cars

Chawls to Malls

November 18th, 2007 · No Comments

The online edition of the Wall Street Journal has a good article on the growing middle class in Mumbai. “Big business” has been getting a bad rap lately because the Leftist party feel the Americanization of India is bad. They fear “big box” retailers such as Wal-Mart will put the mom and pop shops [...]

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Tags: India

Buh Bye BlackBerry

November 6th, 2007 · No Comments

After using the iPhone for the past 6 weeks, i’ve come to the conclusion that spending over USD 550 on my BlackBerry Pearl was stupid. I also don’t know why Research in Motion (maker of the BlackBerry) is trading near it’s historic highs. The only great thing about the BlackBerry is that [...]

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Tags: Technology