Today is one of those dark days in Indian Political history with the demise of Jayalalithaa, fondly known as Amma. Starting with a career in films, Jayalalithaa hit it off with some great movies in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and even Hindi ! At the age of 36, she became the …
Read More »Can India actually become a cashless economy ?
It’s been close to 3 weeks since the announcement to demonetize Rs 500 and Rs 1000 Rs was made. Ever since the government has been doing the repair work and plugging the loop holes caused due to the frenzy. The note exchange limits were fluctuating more than the SENSEX, starting …
Read More »Why you should watch parliament proceedings
There has been a lot happening in our country for the past few days, or months I should say. From surgical strikes on Pakistan to the current Note demonetization fiasco, there have been blows exchanged between all the parties. Newspapers, TVs, Internet have a lot of news circulating – some …
Read More »Pay 15% service tax for online services from Foreign sites
Seems like the taxman have suddenly woken up. Thanks to the sudden announcement of demonetising Rs500 and Rs1000 notes, taxmen are all over the place to catch hold of the defaulters. Even as the rules have been relaxed and you are allowed to use the demonetised notes till 14th November, …
Read More »Modi Sarkar – one man army ?
Almost 3 years ago, the BJP handsomely won the general elections in 2014 and have painted the entire country ‘gerua‘ ever since. A nation wanted change, and it opted for change. Ousting the Manmohan Singh led congress from the throne, it was BJP’s chance to cherish the moment that took …
Read More »Layover at Loyalty Lounge Mumbai Airport
Flying has become one of the most preferred ways to travel now a days in India. And there are two reasons for this. First, getting a week’s leave from work isn’t easy at all. And if you manage to get a week’s leave, you don’t want to spend half of …
Read More »Breathtaking Panchgani
Tucked away in the Western Ghats region and surrounded by five hills, this small town of Panchgani in Maharashtra will surely leave you spellbound. Home to juicy berries and disciplined students, Panchgani is famous for strawberries and boarding schools. This small town that has a population of just above 12,000 …
Read More »Exploring Mumbai in 8 hours
Maximum City, City of Seven Islands or the City of Dreams, Mumbai has a lot of nicknames and why not this is the one place in the country where you can find the best and worst of everything. People flock to Mumbai to fulfil their dreams, millions come down to …
Read More »All we need is rain-proof roads
Gazing through the window at the trees swaying and water gushing down the road was one of the best things we did. Not only that, making paper boats and seeing whose boat traveled the farthest along with enjoying hot pakodas were some of the common scenes from our childhood days. Carefree …
Read More »Ganpati Bappa all set to take centre stage
The best part about living in a country like India is the diverse culture. If you are staying in an apartment, you would surely have a Gujarati, Punjabi, a South Indian and probably a Bengali neighbor. So whether it’s Navratri, Durga Puja, Lodhi or Onam, you are sure to get …
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