A Witty look at Society, in particular US of A

Boston Legal a series beemed to us by Star networks recently came to a close. I loved these bunch of lawyers created by David E Kelly who had earlier produced "Ally McBeal" and "The Practice" very much.

Although most of the precedents were sexist, I always found the cases that were tried out very imaginative. And some of the statistics which poured out were not at all fictional. Eg: How Medical Practicioners in the Army are disallowed from any malpractices...how big Pharmaceutical companies and Oil majors are funding research in collegues and getting their openions validated. How China's one child policy is causing female infanticide. Military recruiting from the poor neighbourhoods of US.
All such grim realities does make one wonder about the grime that humanity has become.

3G Myth busted!!

Well since our govt is still deliberating over security and other issues to hide their incompetence, this video by Nokia Siemens is worth their time!! Touche!!

Saffronising Homes

This seems to be a new way of wearing the batch of religion I guess. Makarsankrati 2010 saw this flag fluttering from the bungalow I stay in. Interestingly, this area is under a BJP MLA. But what freaks one out is the fact that now they too know that the occupants are all Hindus. I checked out other homes which had similar contraptions and realised that we are systematically dividing ourselves based on caste and religion, and might there be a reason for enthic clensing....this would be used effectively! Albeit I do appriciate the development work that is slowly but surely happening, but as a nation we seem to have lost the sense of pride that was perhaps experienced a long time ago!

New Age Retailing

This is one shop which has no guarantee to stick around! Operated out of a container truck...has all the Puma shoes and accessories. I wonder whether these guys are paying much for being parked in the front porch of the Mall! Aah well, recession is over I guess!!

Veggies Only!!

Yup like my previous post, here is something similar and unique. A Residential Apartment which will house only vegetarians! Yes, you heard that right!

Considering Bangalore has a cosmopolitan culture (supposedly), the differentiating factors are numerous. An average Kannadiga is mostly non-vegetarian, so guess this place am sure is targeted at most brahmin and north Indian families.

Lift Available :P

Some places have really interesting USP. Take this eat out place on 100 ft road, Indiranagar- The best thing about this place is guess- LIFT AVAILABLE. Forgive me but the place is on a 3 storied building ...we must be really lazy or the owner just ran out of spices while putting up this board!!

Changing face of Communication- Are we keeping up?

From the title let me just get things straight- I have not been able to keep up with so many developments! I have revisited my blog after a gap of almost two years! What happened in between- Facebook, Twitter...well i have tried both...reasonably OK! But what worries me is the traditional mediums still remain as is. Are we pushing the envelope on that? Guess not. Just the other day a friend in the communications field asked whether I knew about companies using Facebook or Social Networking sites for corporate purposes. My answer was Yes!! Only thing is in India we are just scratching the surface of the online medium...we do have groups or fan clubs (online), but only few measurable options. Traditionalists are mostly naysayers....but others who dare to explore are seeing the benefits!!