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[6 Aug 2008 | 8 Comments | 44 views]

Great article by Tarun Vijay in today’s TOI: Reclaiming India.
*** Excerpts below (emphasis mine) ***
“None should say Omar is not allowed in Jammu. Let him come, listen and speak. Like any other Indian should feel free to visit Kashmir or any other part of the nation. He is welcome to visit my home even if he denies me a piece of land in Kashmir. Why should a few words uttered by him make me change my Indian-ness? If he spoke in Parliament as a Muslim, asserting his Islamic identity, let …

Enviroment Related, Miscellaneous »

[6 Aug 2008 | One Comment | 10 views]

Some of you may know that cell phone (or mobile) recycling is now a *major* business in the developed world (- playing on people’s sense of guilt of throwing things away which they know may be useful but are probably old, worn or no longer fashionable)…
I was therefore pleasantly surprised to come across this post which mentions how we (in India) are one step ahead than everyone else…
What sets these (emerging market) locations apart from cities in more ‘emerged’ markets?
Aside from the scale of what’s on sale there is a thriving market …