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Last week, when I returned from a short, 2-nights-3-days Pondicherry holiday, it struck me we’d used 11 bottles of water! This, despite not consuming any bottled water in the restaurants we ate. I wondered, aloud: “What happens to the plastic bottle after it’s been …
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Actually, all of us can be rich by 36. All it takes are a few small sacrifices. And strong ambition: To be rich at 36. I learnt this simple lesson from 23-year Kirtana, who joined our team 3 months ago. I only wish I’d deployed …
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A fully grown tree, once cut, fetches up to Rs.25,000. If all the fully grown trees in the country were to be cut, and sold, we can generate enough money to feed several crore poor households for at least a year. The money generated will …
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That corruption in India is rampant, no one will argue. Transparency International’s latest global Corruption Perceptions Index shows India is now more corrupt than it was last year (CWG?), slipping down 3 ranks, from 84 to 87 (China is ranked 78). Tellingly, the report also …
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A friend of mine earns about 60L a year, lives in a 4-bedroom house situated in a posh locality, drives a 25L+ sedan, and yet calls himself middle-class. Strange? In a recent interview, I heard Abhishek Bachchan (film star) refer to himself as ‘middle-class’. We …
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I live in Bangalore. I’d happily leave my car at home and use public transport. The bus service is excellent. There are plenty of air-conditioned buses plying all around the city. Economically priced, comfortable to travel, these buses stop wherever you hail them. The city …
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