Weekend Getaway: Galibore is anything but a bore
On Gandhi Jayanti, our team decided to celebrate the end of recession with a team outing. In keeping with Gandhiji's focus on simplicity, we opted to camp under the stars in the jungles around Bangalore. Also to save money, just in case the recession was not over. After weeks of market research (ah! home ground for we are, after all, the marketing team), we zeroed in on Galibore fishing camp on the banks of river Cauvery. The camp itself is a beautiful array of 12 cottages nestled among huge, green trees. There is nothing for miles around—no plastic, no vehicles, no food, not even roads. There’s no better venue for a reunion with Mother Nature. We

High-Cost Flying and DG (no-see) A
I remember appreciating the DGCA a few years ago for a rare attempt to show it is not owned by Prafool Patel, who is owned by You-Know-Who. It forced airlines to state the all-inclusive tariff on their web pages and ads. Otherwise, it had become a nightmare to compare Rs.1 tickets against Rs.0 tickets with varying levels of "fees and taxes". Sadly, now DGCA seems to have its hands full with lecherous pilots and runaway VIPs. The cartels work so transparently in the airline industry that a first-year econ

The new 5-seater from Bajaj

The 7th Deadly Win
I know this is one of those oh-yawn-not-again ad efforts from Apple. But I just can't help but agree that they echo the exact way I feel right now. The only difference is, after months of gloom and depression, people WANT to believe that something is going to change their life for the better. Even if its only a brighter, more colorful default wallpaper. Which explains this.Come, take a bite of the newest temptation from Microssssssoft.

Airtel mChek: Convenient, Costly, Crook-friendly
Online security is a completely different ball-game. Indian regulators haven't even begun to understand what it means. I am very confident that it won't take too long for a semi-smart hacker to enter and steal information from banks, telecom operators and public utilities. Every once in a while, I notice how many websites have extremely complex processes to hide very basic holes in their security policies.