The advent of Twenty Ten (2010) fetched 47 crore rupees for TASMAC shops in Tamil Nadu. Chennai topped the list with 7 Crores. Since Beer was shortage, Brandy and Whisky were bought by the revelers of the New Year.
And most important, 60-70% of the new year revelry was by the Youth, the future of this [...]
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Drinking Away to doom
Published by January 8th, 2010 in Consumer, Culture, Health and India. 0 CommentsExpensive malls, cheap products?
Published by October 23rd, 2009 in Business, Capitalism, Consumer, Economy, Environment and Globalisation. 3 CommentsBhagwad thinks malls are expensive, but very little of the money spent there goes to the employees. And then he says products sold at malls are ‘profitable because we don’t pay the full cost of products from the mine to the dump’. Now, which is true? That the malls are expensive or the products are [...]
If you have to go to a mall and shop, spend your money buying books and music , suggests Renu :
I have observed that if we spend the time in just talking or mall hopping etc..then the enjoyment is temporary and by the time we reach home, we again start feeling the vacuum in life..the [...]
Those commercial breaks…
Published by September 12th, 2009 in Consumer, Culture, Media and Television. 0 CommentsAccording to the neo indian, there is no better way to stay in touch with India than by watching television ads.
1. Do your research before you buy gifts for folks in India
2. Smoking increases the likelihood of being picked up by girls
3. “Ending the pregnancy is better than abortion”
4. Feminists agree: Indian women need men [...]
Debiprasad reminisces about some iconic Indian consumer brands that most of us would have grown up with……
Surf, Wheel, Nirma, Tide (mid budget) etc. Most of the people use these cheap detergents, but they call it ‘Surf’. You will go to a shop and ask “Give me a 500 gram Surf”, the shopkeeper will ask “Which [...]
Citibank Credit Card for you Madam ?
Published by September 6th, 2009 in Consumer and India. 1 CommentI’ve been through such transactions with efficient, “world” banks, involving filling out forms and sticking photos and getting attestations, so I feel for Nags as she describes her Credit Card woes :
Every week, a sales guy from your company would call me asking if I wanted a credit card. Even though I could use my [...]
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