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Club 272 is not some new club in India, but it’s the number of MP’s that the UPA government needs to keep the existing government going. The last 48 hours have been great watching all the political stuff happening around the trust vote.  I had no idea Kamal Nath and Snoop Dogg were long lost brothers since [...]

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After my recent vacation I’m now pushing maximum density (borrowed from the Breakfast Club) and decided to try something new. Even before the trip I’d been looking to start yoga classes and have been dragging my feet. Then I heard about the Wii Fit and thought it might be cool. After actually seeing the launch of the Wii [...]

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The Senator from Vermont, Bernie Sanders, decided to ask his constituents “how are things going” in light of the high price of oil.  He didn’t expect much of a response but soon received over 600 emails that talked about their plight.  Several of the response are below:
“By February we ran out of wood and I burned [...]

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After a long vacation I’m finally back in Bombay and back to my regular blogging schedule. Over the next few weeks I’ll be dropping in a couple posts from my travels to Italy and the US, the highs and the lows.  It was a great time and got to see many friends and relatives.  Got [...]

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This ain’t no amateur style food fight but on a global scale.  Rice, wheat and corn are at near record highs.  Oil this week touched USD 120 a barrel and is currently around USD 112.  Riot’s have broken out in some parts of the world for food, i’m a bit surprised nothing like that has happened here [...]

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Tough week for Obama when you have friends like Reverend Wright slamming the people you want to be your friends - the voting public.  The controversy is overdone and has given Hillary another life-line to save her sinking campaign. The argument is “oh my god look at Obama’s friends” but look at Hillary she’s married to [...]

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When I moved to India around 2 1/2 years ago, I was a big believer in Big Bazaar and its ability to build a “big box” retail environment, a first for India. However, my views has changed over time and a recent visit to Big Bazaar put the final nail in the coffin.
Kishore Biyani and [...]

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Greetings from Bombay, where it’s sunny and 90 degrees and does NOT feel like Christmas. But the holiday spirit is definitely everywhere you go. Anyways, if you click on the image to the left you’ll see one of the funniest Dear Santa letters ever. Even after reading it 50 times, it makes [...]

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20 years ago today the financial markets saw the largest one-day percentage decline in Dow Jones history, aka Black Monday. I can still remember where I was when I heard the news. I was sitting in the gym of Washington Catholic High School in Washington, Indiana watching the basketball team practice and [...]

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For the past 10 days I’ve been on American soil and hence the chirping crickets on this blog. I’m back for several reasons: business, personal and what I like to call “damn it feels good to be here.” List of things I’ve done so far:
- Visited the Apple Store on 5th Ave in NYC [...]

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