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A tribute to Egypt

Today, I’d like to pay a tribute to the people of Egypt – on both sides of the walls we saw coming up in the preceding weeks. I pay tribute to the men and women who protested peacefully, without violence, yet stood firm behind their convictions. And I pay tribute to the Egyptian Army and … Continue reading »

Obama Magic, Bigg Boss Madness. Just another day in the life of India.

I woke up this morning to a great piece in Mint by Anil Padmanabhan on the makeover potential of Indo-US ties. He cut through the chaff of mass euphoria and clever-speech-writers-at-work and made some very interesting points about the relationship between the two countries. And like a good host, rather than slam Obama‘s obvious US-interests-first intentions, … Continue reading »

It’s just Economics, stupid…

As part of a monthly review of Indian advertising and marketing which I do for a far-east publication, I have been watching Indian political advertising very closely for some time now. I specifically mentioned the review, because if it wasn’t for it, I would have simply missed/ignored the ads… which is what I think most … Continue reading »

Y’Obama – Learnings from the US Presidential Elections

The election of Barack Obama as President of the United States of America is landmark in many ways. In fact, Obama’s slogan of “change” holds true in many more ways than perhaps even the man and his spin doctors would have imagined. But that’s not the point of this post. Enough has, and will be written about what … Continue reading »

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