http://indiblog.com The Pride of India Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:14:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://indiblog.com/788/my-conversation-with-coffee-the-business-of-coffee/ http://indiblog.com/788/my-conversation-with-coffee-the-business-of-coffee/#comments Sun, 09 Jan 2011 13:00:09 +0000 susritasen http://indiblog.com/?p=788 http://indiblog.com/788/my-conversation-with-coffee-the-business-of-coffee/feed/ 0 http://indiblog.com/783/a-way-towards-rural-markets-in-india/ http://indiblog.com/783/a-way-towards-rural-markets-in-india/#comments Sun, 12 Sep 2010 14:08:09 +0000 susritasen http://indiblog.com/?p=783 This is guest post by Susrita Sen. We have all realized by now that India is on the cusp on momentous change. The economy is vibrant, incomes are rising, and the habits, preferences and attitudes are changing rapidly. And it’s not less evident in rural India as well. There are three major challenges that a...]]> http://indiblog.com/783/a-way-towards-rural-markets-in-india/feed/ 0 http://indiblog.com/773/it-takes-a-woman-to-kick-the-british-queen-out-will-australia-mature-into-a-republic/ http://indiblog.com/773/it-takes-a-woman-to-kick-the-british-queen-out-will-australia-mature-into-a-republic/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:08:48 +0000 Sooraj http://indiblog.com/?p=773 Australia’s Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, has recently said that she will guide her country to becoming a Republic. At last maturity comes Down South! Unfortunately though, it won’t happen soon enough because she has said that Australia will wait for the frail old monarch to first kick the bucket before the country kicks monarchy out....]]> http://indiblog.com/773/it-takes-a-woman-to-kick-the-british-queen-out-will-australia-mature-into-a-republic/feed/ 1 http://indiblog.com/769/join-private-sales-clubs-and-enjoy-heavy-discounts-on-designer-luxury-shopping/ http://indiblog.com/769/join-private-sales-clubs-and-enjoy-heavy-discounts-on-designer-luxury-shopping/#comments Sun, 22 Aug 2010 01:15:41 +0000 Sooraj http://indiblog.com/?p=769 Only a few weeks back I’d written about discount online shopping site in India for designer wear and luxury goods. Now there’s another site for all you fashion-savvy guys and girls that want to lay hands on designer-wear sunglasses, bags, jeans, dresses, shirts and other stuff. It’s aptly called The Private Sales because you need...]]> http://indiblog.com/769/join-private-sales-clubs-and-enjoy-heavy-discounts-on-designer-luxury-shopping/feed/ 1 http://indiblog.com/761/indian-youth-love-hitler-the-nazi-dictator/ http://indiblog.com/761/indian-youth-love-hitler-the-nazi-dictator/#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:08:46 +0000 Sooraj http://indiblog.com/?p=761 I wasn’t surprised to read this BBC article about the popularity of Hitler and his Mein Kampf amongst the youth in India. In fact, I think Indians have a rather balanced view of people – because while they despise Hitler’s massacres and racism, they admire his nationalism and ambition. Similarly, many Indian youth also hold...]]> http://indiblog.com/761/indian-youth-love-hitler-the-nazi-dictator/feed/ 5 http://indiblog.com/764/invest-in-mutual-funds-to-ride-the-indian-growth-story-questions-answered/ http://indiblog.com/764/invest-in-mutual-funds-to-ride-the-indian-growth-story-questions-answered/#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:23:27 +0000 Sooraj http://indiblog.com/?p=764 With America’s economy still away from recovery and Europe in doldrums over fudged statistics, Asia and particularly India remains a very attractive destination for financial growth. The Indian economy is expected to grow @8.5% this year and over 9% next year, so most economists remain bullish on the Indian scene. If you’ve been conservatively investing...]]> http://indiblog.com/764/invest-in-mutual-funds-to-ride-the-indian-growth-story-questions-answered/feed/ 0 http://indiblog.com/751/horrors-of-indian-dairy-industry-will-this-make-you-vegan/ http://indiblog.com/751/horrors-of-indian-dairy-industry-will-this-make-you-vegan/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:37:09 +0000 Sooraj http://indiblog.com/?p=751 The scale of hypocrisy between the Indians that worship cows while at the same time subject them to extreme cruelty is simply unimaginable. The laws in India are inadequate and even those that exist are hardly implemented leading to a cycle of animal cruelty and abuse that will shock anyone among us. The Indian principle...]]> http://indiblog.com/751/horrors-of-indian-dairy-industry-will-this-make-you-vegan/feed/ 1 http://indiblog.com/743/boycott-delhis-commonwealth-games-2010-shame-india-for-corruption/ http://indiblog.com/743/boycott-delhis-commonwealth-games-2010-shame-india-for-corruption/#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 07:01:08 +0000 Sooraj http://indiblog.com/?p=743 Everyone is aware by now of the incredible scale of corruption engaged by the organizing committee of India’s Commonwealth Games 2010. Millions have been siphoned off into the pockets of the organizers and their relatives. What is even more shameful is that a lot of money reserved in the budget for the development of the...]]> http://indiblog.com/743/boycott-delhis-commonwealth-games-2010-shame-india-for-corruption/feed/ 7 http://indiblog.com/711/pakistan-sponsors-terrorism-usa-sponsors-pak-india/ http://indiblog.com/711/pakistan-sponsors-terrorism-usa-sponsors-pak-india/#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:59:21 +0000 Sooraj http://indiblog.com/?p=711 http://indiblog.com/711/pakistan-sponsors-terrorism-usa-sponsors-pak-india/feed/ 0 http://indiblog.com/695/nightclubs-closed-for-the-night-deadlines-stifle-indian-parties/ http://indiblog.com/695/nightclubs-closed-for-the-night-deadlines-stifle-indian-parties/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 03:46:24 +0000 Sooraj http://indiblog.com/?p=695 For many the Indian nightlife might seem to have come of age, but there is obviously still a long way to go. Thanks to different state laws and the the different views on “morals” and moral policing practiced by various political parties, nightlife can vary a lot depending on where in India you are. For...]]> http://indiblog.com/695/nightclubs-closed-for-the-night-deadlines-stifle-indian-parties/feed/ 0 http://indiblog.com/665/have-you-ever-bribed-a-public-official-poll/ http://indiblog.com/665/have-you-ever-bribed-a-public-official-poll/#comments Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:08:56 +0000 Sooraj http://indiblog.com/?p=665 http://indiblog.com/665/have-you-ever-bribed-a-public-official-poll/feed/ 0 http://indiblog.com/547/indians-should-send-aid-flotilla-to-gaza-you-agree/ http://indiblog.com/547/indians-should-send-aid-flotilla-to-gaza-you-agree/#comments Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:04:04 +0000 Sooraj http://indiblog.com/?p=547 Israel callously attacked the Turkish aid flotilla heading towards Gaza this week with plenty of humanitarian aid and killed nine peaceful activists in the most bloodcurdling state-sponsored terror attack in 2010. Now an Irish aid ship named “Rachel Corrie” is heading to Gaza and has been warned by Israel to berth there rather than head...]]> http://indiblog.com/547/indians-should-send-aid-flotilla-to-gaza-you-agree/feed/ 0 http://indiblog.com/542/dirtiest-indian-cities-even-the-cleanest-are-not-clean-enough/ http://indiblog.com/542/dirtiest-indian-cities-even-the-cleanest-are-not-clean-enough/#comments Fri, 28 May 2010 17:33:17 +0000 Sooraj http://indiblog.com/?p=542 India has come out with ratings for it’s cities’ cleanliness and all the cities fare dismally. Over 90 points gives a “green” rating, but none of our cities have got that much. This will be unsurprising to anyone that lives in or has visited India. No city scored more than 75 points. And only four...]]> http://indiblog.com/542/dirtiest-indian-cities-even-the-cleanest-are-not-clean-enough/feed/ 0 http://indiblog.com/465/a-suitable-boy-tantalizing-get-sucked-into-a-magical-world/ http://indiblog.com/465/a-suitable-boy-tantalizing-get-sucked-into-a-magical-world/#comments Tue, 11 May 2010 13:25:17 +0000 Sooraj http://indiblog.com/465/a-suitable-boy-tantalizing-get-sucked-into-a-magical-world/ Vikram Seth is a master storyteller as is evident from reading his mega-novel: A Suitable Boy. From Wikipedia: A Suitable Boy is a novel by Vikram Seth, released in 1993. At 1349 pages (1488 pages softcover) and 591,552 words, the book is one of the longest novels ever published in a single volume in the...]]> http://indiblog.com/465/a-suitable-boy-tantalizing-get-sucked-into-a-magical-world/feed/ 0 http://indiblog.com/445/discount-designer-brands-shopping-online-in-india/ http://indiblog.com/445/discount-designer-brands-shopping-online-in-india/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 19:23:20 +0000 Sooraj http://indiblog.com/?p=445 Following the successes of discount designer and luxury labels shopping by online startups in Europe and USA, The Private Sales has set up an online store in India. Designer and luxury brands such as Versace, Gucci, Calvin Klein, Ed Hardy as well as well known brands like Nike are offered at up to 75% discount...]]> http://indiblog.com/445/discount-designer-brands-shopping-online-in-india/feed/ 1 http://indiblog.com/422/arundhati-roy-lambasts-usa-for-waging-war-while-miming-peace/ http://indiblog.com/422/arundhati-roy-lambasts-usa-for-waging-war-while-miming-peace/#comments Sun, 09 May 2010 17:28:53 +0000 Sooraj http://indiblog.com/?p=422 http://indiblog.com/422/arundhati-roy-lambasts-usa-for-waging-war-while-miming-peace/feed/ 1 http://indiblog.com/414/my-name-is-sham/ http://indiblog.com/414/my-name-is-sham/#comments Sat, 08 May 2010 13:30:10 +0000 ispec http://indiblog.com/?p=414 This is a guest column by author ID: ‘ispec’. There is one thing called marketing and the other thing called Khan!!!!!!!!! When it comes to marketing movies, no one in Bollywood can shift their eyes from the Khan’s…….if not the acting at least they have the marketing skills. ok maybe i generalised, but i will...]]> http://indiblog.com/414/my-name-is-sham/feed/ 1 http://indiblog.com/399/when-michael-jackson-rocked-mumbai/ http://indiblog.com/399/when-michael-jackson-rocked-mumbai/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:37:12 +0000 rogeralexander http://indiblog.com/?p=399 (This is a guest column by Roger Alexander.) Michael Jackson performed in Bombay, in fact India, only once – on October 31, 1996 – as part of the HIStory tour that year. The concert was organised by Raj Thackeray’s Shiv Udyog Sena with the objective of providing jobs to 27 lakh youth in Maharashtra. That...]]> http://indiblog.com/399/when-michael-jackson-rocked-mumbai/feed/ 3 http://indiblog.com/401/insensitive-ruckus-over-decriminalization-of-gay-sex-in-india/ http://indiblog.com/401/insensitive-ruckus-over-decriminalization-of-gay-sex-in-india/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:03:20 +0000 Sooraj http://indiblog.com/?p=401 Applause to the Delhi High Court for invalidating the use of Section 377 against men indulging in gay sex! A triumph to human rights and the government staying out of private sexual matters of its citizens. The Media has in general welcomed this judgment; and thanks to corporates like Amul for espousing the cause. However,...]]> http://indiblog.com/401/insensitive-ruckus-over-decriminalization-of-gay-sex-in-india/feed/ 4 http://indiblog.com/390/moral-police-rise-of-the-hindu-taliban/ http://indiblog.com/390/moral-police-rise-of-the-hindu-taliban/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:11:19 +0000 Sooraj http://indiblog.com/?p=390 Girls wearing jeans or mini skirts, girls smoking and drinking, Valentine’s day, girls talking to guys have all been of late victims of a growing moral police in India. This self-styled Indian Taliban claim their origins in Hindu culture such as Bajrang Dal and Sri Ram Sena. Their ludicrous motive – to preserve Indian culture!...]]> http://indiblog.com/390/moral-police-rise-of-the-hindu-taliban/feed/ 3