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Pre-travel packing anxiety? Here's how to pack like a pro
Packing for long trips abroad induces anxiety for the author, a ritual honed over decades. Despite the increased availability of goods internationally, the author meticulously calculates weight and volume, laying out items and using a kitchen scale.
India can be no. 1 in noise-cancel tech
India’s booming economy and loud public environments present a unique opportunity for local companies to penetrate the global noise-cancellation market. By leveraging the intense noise levels in Indian streets as a testing ground, Indian companies can develop highly credible ANC headphones and earplugs, potentially turning this into a lucrative, export-focused industry.
'Desi angrez', an endangered species
The concoction created is infused with a few cliches: one, as the description suggests, anglicisation, or a penchant for speaking not just in English but a kind of hifalutin English; two, as a corollary of the first quality, covertly harbouring derision for 'vernaculars'; three, holding everything that is 'Indian' to be subpar and all things 'phoren' to be of quality, including, say, 'chicken tikka masala'.
What? Not everyone finds us fantastic?!
The survey by the phoren think-tank also says that barring Nigeria and Kenya, the favourability ratings for India have dipped in most countries.
Good evening sir, spend-sir special offer!
'Good evening sir, calling from Spend-Sirs! Supermarket, we have an offer of 25% discount on Ziyoo's Special Organic Baby Food! Only till tomorrow! Only for you!' You start to roar with anger, but - just in time - you remember not to roar on roaming and disconnect. Your friends look at you in alarm - Ca va mon ami? Was ist das problem? Arre, kaay zala?
This is the summer of our discontent
Winter, as we on the subcontinental plains well know, despite being severe in many parts, remains a ‘go to’ season imaginatively. The charm of sweaters that Europeans take for granted, or the romanticism of a fire crackling that makes outdoors fun in North America — never mind the beauty of ‘god’s dandruff’ that is snow — are what we yearn for in our hill station or ‘phoren’ trips.
View: Two countries, India then, India now
The India of then and that of now would have two very different answers. And that irreconcilable bifurcation sums up the partition that has sundered the two Indias.
India a black economy: Let's first bring out all the black money stashed in our homes
Let us first step into our homes and bring out all the black money stashed in our cupboards, under the beds, behind the almirahs and in the septic tanks.
Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool sweeps across India, changing our geography in mystifying ways
Mamata Banerjee has promised to turn the pretty hill station of Darjeeling into Switzerland & state capital Kolkata into London
A carnival called India: From Gandhigiri to Annagiri, it’s dhak-dhak go
Political peccadilloes, fasting and feasting, lokpal and jokepal - India`s effervescent, tropical spirit makes a carnival of it all. Look at our record.
Thrown to the wolves
Varun Gandhi's obvious innocence after defamatory public speech.
Reliance Big in talks with Spielberg's DreamWorks for JV: Report
DreamWorks had produced some of Paramount's biggest hits, such as Transformers and has operated within Paramount as a quasi-autonomous unit. Kids movies failing
US media giant Tim Russert dies of heart attack
US media personality Tim Russert died of a sudden heart attack on Friday in NBC 's Washington newsroom, the network reported. Day in Pics | Business Humour
Bollywood hopes to turn tide with big flicks
The industry has seen a lull in the recent past, which has coincided with IPL, and only Jannat has managed to buck the trend. BO Weekly | Bollywood at Tussauds
Memsaab: Bollywood's phoren fan brigade
Bollywood fan club goes global. From Berlin to Korea, the craze for Indian cinema among foreigners is only growing.BO Weekly I In pics: Cannes Fest
Let consumer pay for phoren goods: Montek
Users of costly imports, including oil, will have to pay higher prices, in line with the global prices of such goods.
Duty free shops sell ethnic India theme
It's no longer phoren whisky, branded products or the luxe tags which are seeking shelf space. It is the 'Made in India' label, which is ringing bells at the cashbox.
Desi docs bitten by phoren bug
According to a visa consultant, the volume of doctors going to the US has increased in the last two years.
Corporate India still bets on 'phoren' money
The markets may be sliding, but Indian corporates of all hues continue to tap the overseas loan markets.
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