Issue to bring down the govt

It has happenned agagin... Bomb Blasts in Hyderabad. More than 50 dead and lots injured. Victims ... innocent citizens, enjoying a 'Laser Show' and 'Ethnic Snacks' with their families. People who would just want to live their lives quietly, send their children to schools, colleges and get good careers.
Attend to their families and worry about their health and well-being.
Watch soaps and cricket matches with the whole family on TV and argue with each other over ownership of the remote.
Enjoy films which include those of the Khan Brigade.
Make plans to take time out of work in a few days to get 'Rakhi' tied from sisters scatterred around the city and conversely, keep the post and couriers busy delivering the 'Rakhis' on time.
Worry about how to buy a home of one's own against the gigantic price rise.
Give reasons for the following to queue up on our doors : Vodafone, Walmart, Hyundai, Suzuki, IBM, HP, Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, LG, Revelon, McDonalds, KFC, Pizza Hut, Dominos, Nike, Adidas, Sony ... the list is endless

Come on Karat & Co. Show your commitment and patriotism to the nation. Here is a much bigger issue to threaten to bring down the government. Pounce over the government and say that if there is one more blast killing innocents anywhere in the country, we will bring down the government. ... Yechury, Brinda, Bardhan and all the others...

From Rediff- China's Interest is our Interest

From B Raman... India's ex head of IB.

http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/aug/19raman.htm

and here is from the Man in the Middle of the mayhem and arrogance:

Prakash Karat ://www.rediff.com/news/2007/aug/20guest.htm
Interestingly, nowhere does he mention anything about the nuclear deal's terms clearly. He is just talking on and on about US - India strategic tie-up to which he (and his Chinese mandarins obviously) are opposed.

Anguish

I came to vent out my anger at the Left parties nuking India's progress in technology. But I see that my friends here and here have already done it very well.

How helpless I feel!

First overwhelming majority of Indians' opinion with regards to the choice of the president was simply trampled by The Congress and Mrs Sonia Gandhi and a sycophant with a dubious track record in terms of her past ventures and frauds was placed into the highest post of the country. And there was nothing that I or the millions of others who sent their votes and opinions could do about it.


And now this minority Leftists, who are just making a blatant display of their arrogance by putting the government on the mat over something which overwhelmingly is to India's benefit. I just dont see the Left gaining anything from this in terms of their future electoral performance or prospective. It just seems to be a case of 'Every dog has its day'. Today the 50 odd-seat left is making the most of being in the limelight.
Well I am not actually surprised at the Left's opinion. I am just anguished at their choice of opportunity. This just goes on to further my opinion that they are the traitors for this country.

They are and historically have been opposed to whatever may be happening to India's benefit. Surely, they would be getting high rewards for the same from China. This is a blatant public display of the group working against India's interest.

But somewhere I am also gratified by looking at the state of Congress. Probably serves them right after the way Sonia and her cahoots chose to trample over the overwhelming majority of Indians in favor of giving Kalam a second term for president. The problem is that this retribution could cost the country one of its biggest strategic foreign policy coup in history.

Warning Bells for Indian IT Biggies

Found this article on the web and it seems very good and apt.

http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/aug2007/gb2007086_988535.htm?chan=globalbiz_asia+index+page_top+stories

Long Live Sycophancy!!!

"चापलूसी की जय हो "
The Congress has done it again. An unheard, unseen, unknown Pratibha Patil (who?) a BIG चापलूस of the Royal Gandhi family looks set to storm into Rashtrapati Bhavan for the next 5 years.

The Subhiksha 'tasty mangoes'

Anyone seen the latest Subhiksha ad regarding the baarish of mangoes in their stores?
Well the ad itself is quite interesting : A PYT telling a lady outside the store "Aapke mangoes kaafi yummy lag rahe hain". Now what exactly did she mean?? What or rather which mangoes?? The ones in the basket or the ones in the... ahem!

Anyway, I was dissapointed to find only the safeda variety available in the here in spite of the ad promising the availability of various varieties. I have never found the Subhiksha shopping experience satisfactory. They will charge extra for accepting some brands of credit cards. The availability of brands is limited. I havent been able to find the medicines I have gone and asked for. Wonder how do they survive and manage the chain. Is there a different set of customers they are targetting?

About Retail Revolution

There are changes happening in the Retail Sector which I dont know how many people have noticed.

Big Bazar in Sahara Mall, Gurgaon has become very crowded. That is the single largest departmental store but it just gets too crowded to shop comfortably. NEVER take the trolley for your shopping as it gets impossible to manouver it within the store looking for stuff. You are much better off holding the shopping basket in your hand and carrying that along. If there are two of you, then its even better because you can carry a basket each.

Even if you struggle and get hold of what you came to buy and approach the Billing Counter, you could very well be stranded waiting for your turn for more than 30 minutes. It was definitely better to shop in the traditional markets of Old Cities where you did not have that 'Aura' of being in a comfy Air Conditioned place. You had decided to sweat it out in the busy, noisy and chaotic market, and you were ready for it. You searched, haggled, shopped and came back satiated.


Coming back to the change I had started this post with. Once while at Big Bazaar, wifey and I got so pissed off seeing the long queue at the billing counter that we just left whatever we had picked and filled our trolley and walked out. We came to a departmental store near our house and picked up exactly the same things at just about the same price and in a duration which was one-fourth of what it would take to do in Big Bazaar. Yesterday I went to do the monthly ration shopping in Sector 31 market where a total of 3 departmental stores have opened and was able to feel the relaxed shopping experience which Big Bazaar gave 3 years back. I think that the concept of one super large store would need to be interspersed with multiple localised smaller stores for success. Super large stores will have their crowds, their one central location. But people are always going to need places right below their apartments where they can walk down when they need something urgently or even pick things up while returning from work.

Big Bazaar, Reliance and Walmart are going to setup and thrive but what they will not be able to do id put the local mom'n'pop stores out of business. The mom'n'pop stores will need to modernize, go in for electronic payment machines, setup airconditioning in their store, learn about consumer tastes and choices and they will continue to thrive.