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The comic Mandrake the Magician, written by Lee Falk, first appeared in 1934. Considered comic’s first real hero, Mandrake’s work was based on an unusually fast hypnotic technique. His hat, cloak and wand possessed great magical properties. Though the comic strip saw its last in Dec …
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Election results from 5 states are out. Experts have already analysed them to death. But none have mentioned the real reasons. I believe there are three: Great advertising cannot make up for poor governance. AAP is an example. Having done zilch in Delhi over past …
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Low profile market leader, Indigo Airlines’ success and strategy suggest that it practices marketing as it should be. There are lessons to be learnt. Or perhaps, we all need to refresh our marketing fundas.
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In February 2002, he was judged by Wisden to have played the best One Day International (ODI) innings of all time. In December 2002, he was chosen by Wisden as the greatest ODI batsman of all times. The ODI ratings comfortably perched him at 1. …
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I lament why has the government increased diesel price by Rs.5? Instead, it should have increased it by Rs.20, and then rolled it back to Rs.17. And the very next day, made a couple of announcements: 1. Offered a special one time DA of Rs.5,000 …
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Our class teacher in standard II and IV was a gentleman whom we addressed as Mr. Vohra (fellow FAPSians may recall him). He was a midget of a man – barely 5 feet tall. But at that age, he still was tall enough for us. …
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