A difficult question to answer, particularly in India.

Whist it is true that the branded market is growing, with the plethora of brands having been introduced in the last half decade, presumably people are spoilt for choice.

Whilst the jewelers - branded & otherwise are pushing this, there are some basic differences between India & the USA which holds nearly 45% of the world diamond market. Read the rest of this entry »

1. Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me either. In
fact, just leave me the hell alone.

2. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a broken fan belt and a leaky tire.

3. It’s always darkest before dawn. So if you’re going to steal your neighbor’s newspaper, that’s the time to do it.

4. Don’t be irreplaceable. If you can’t be replaced, you can’t be promoted.

5. Always remember that you’re unique. Just like everyone else.

6. Never test the depth of the water with both feet.

7. If you think nobody cares if you’re alive, try missing a couple of car payments.

8. Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you’re a mile away
and you have their shoes.

9. If at first you don’t succeed, skydiving is not for you.

10. Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.

11. If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.

12. If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.

13. Some days you’re the bug; some days you’re the windshield.

14. Everyone seems normal until you get to know them.

15. The quickest way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it back in your pocket.

16. A closed mouth gathers no foot.

17. Duct tape is like ‘The Force’. It has a light side and a dark side, and it holds the universe together.

18. There are two theories to arguing with women. Neither one works.

19. Generally speaking, you aren’t learning much when your lips are moving.

20. Experience is something you don’t get until just after you need it.

21. Never miss a good chance to shut up.

22. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night .

life means much more than this, so smile and be happy!! and make someone’s day with your lovely smile.

One of my favorite places to watch movies. Close to home, good seats, air conditioning, good service, decent (only veg) snacks, what more can one want.

Went into a limbo when due to the fire at infiniti, was shut for nearly a month. Saw a movie at Fame next door, which is another story. Read the rest of this entry »

With Cinemax at Infiniti mall reopening, took the opportunity to catch up with a movie on Friday night.

A two hour movie with a couple of songs thrown in. It can be divided into pre interval & post interval. Read the rest of this entry »

Just in case you ran out of things to think about, here’s another list for you….for those who love the philosophy of ambiguity…

1. Don’t sweat the petty things and don’t pet the sweaty things.

2. One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.

3. Atheism is a non-prophet organization. Read the rest of this entry »

Ranajit Tendolkar aka RanTen, a photographer, designer, friend sent this to me. On going through them, felt equally strongly about them, so decided to share them publicly:) with a little editing.

Do we really still need to talk about this?

You’d think with over a decade of experience under our belts along with our inherent delusions of pseudo- sophistication that we’d have figured things out by now. Read the rest of this entry »

Economic Times answering this question What’s a Recession? has made a fair analysis with some writing about India

“Is India going through a recession?”

There is no doubt that India has been affected by the recession that has beset the US economy, especially in sectors which are export-oriented or are dependent on outsourcing. However, the RBI governor last week assured that India would not see recession even if uncertainty continued globally. He stated that growth would be moderate and pegged GDP growth for 2008-2009 at 7.5-8%(ET 2Nov) Read the rest of this entry »

Laid up in bed a couple of months ago, as a voracious reader had already finished the local library & Librarywala decided to check out some of the websites to order in books.

The first time around ordered from Indiaplaza. Good deal, good service, delivery on schedule & it got me hooked. But the next time around decided to do a comparison for deals since was ordering number of books; so off I went Indiaplaza; Rediff; Sify. Read the rest of this entry »

In order to keep a true perspective of one’s importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him, and a cat that will ignore him.

Deepavali as I remember two decades/decade & a half back……

The preparations used to start right in earnest the next day of Dushera. Cleaning of the house to be done - all the cupboards to be emptied, with shouts of joy finding the same things over again (never mind that they would be kept back in the same place for another year) sheets, curtains to be washed in the olden days, then came dry cleaning, the entire house to be washed; lots of savories chakli, mathia, gathia, puri (3-4 varieties) amongst others & different variety & array of sweets to be prepared. This entailed kids to be shooed out since they would insist on tasting everything. No matter the women in the house would taste everything & then also invite criticism…Woe betide anybody who dare say something bad…. Read the rest of this entry »