Archive for January, 2005

Ever Wondered ….

Posted by gargi on 29 Jan 2005 | Tagged as: And Finally ...

Why Marital (of marriage) and Martial (of war) are only a letter apart?
Why A bored meeting and a Board Meeting sound the same?
Why people are puzzled when critical mass is achieved and companies either implode or explode!
It has been that kind of a week:)

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Playing with Words

Posted by gargi on 29 Jan 2005 | Tagged as: International

Todays’ scanning through news on the web brings the news that US attorney general nominee Alberto Gonzles condems torture tactics condems torture tactics. would have been so much more civilized if he had condemed torture outright!

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The Most Depressing Day on Earth ….

Posted by gargi on 24 Jan 2005 | Tagged as: Uncategorized

…. is the 24th of January - says an article in The Guardian. The kind of day when you are better of staying in bed and let the world around you move where ever it wants.
And there is scientific research to back it …. (as an aside, if you ever wonder what your tax ruppee [...]

Cry Telethon

Posted by gargi on 24 Jan 2005 | Tagged as: Media, TV

the age of fund raising has arrived in India and the Indian people have proved more than willing to put their money where their mouth is and donate for those who have less than them. The Gujarat earth quake a few years ago was a case in point, as is the Tsunami disaster this year. [...]

Bachchan Bikta Hai

Posted by gargi on 12 Jan 2005 | Tagged as: Advertising, India, Media

If you turn on television in India, there is one face almost everywher. Amitabh Bachchan. The angry young man of yesteryears, who had banned the media from his life - is now probably the most overexposed personality in the country.
His movies promos run. His older films run. and he is probably in the most frequently [...]

2004 - a retrospective

Posted by gargi on 02 Jan 2005 | Tagged as: India, Politics

It has been an interesting year - and we all know what the Chinese say about interesting times.
In Indian Politics - citizens sent back another coaltion. The secular, middle of the road, sometimes muddled Cogress is in power, with a mish mash of contradictory allies.Sonia Gandhi played the best game of political chess. Her Queen [...]

spammed again

Posted by gargi on 02 Jan 2005 | Tagged as: Uncategorized

Why have my two blogs have become spam magnets? got spammed some 20 times on the 20six blog and 783 times on the blogthing blog - bizzare.How can a business model be based on irritating somone?

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