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Dollar Stores 49 -99

That may be a cheap replica but most mumbaikars are familiar with this omnipresent logo, sported prominently in most of the malls across the city. The shop is known for bringing everyday american products/brands to Indian shelves. You might have not even heard of most of these brands on display but for a price of Rs. 49/99/149 any thing with that "Made in Amreeka" tag sets your pulses rising!(Like 7 Cans of Stars & Stripes for Rs.99.)

Even though most of these items are also locally available, the sheer thrill of Amreekana is palapable, going by the hep/yuppie crowds that throng this shop! I spent around 2 hours in one of these outlets 9 ( how bored I could have been?) for a customer-product analysis:

Most people buy age defying cosmetics,

many buy beverages & choclolates,

and some, even buy detergents!!

(incidentally most of these detergents arefor for winter clothing to be used with warm water in washing machines !)

On the flip side, considering the fact that the Indian Rupee is currently riding an 9.5 Years high breaching the 39 mark vis-a-cis the greenback, the dollar shop seems to be totally unaffected by this! I eevnasked one of the counter guys as to why the benefit of cheaper import cost is not being passed to customer, to which he cheekily replied- most items were imported half an year ago!!!!!!!!!

I think that sums it all up!!!!!!!

Gandhi Vs Gandhi

Alright Alright..
I have been away (from blogosphere) for a while.., for a long while rather. Sometimes work pressures puncture your zest and zeal to pen your views in the web. Back with a blast now!

The occasion of International Non Violence Day yesterday were marked by several events across the globe. Yesterday, Congress Chief and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi encountered strong protests from various associations of Indian-American community in New York after she delivered her speech in the UN General Assembly. Considering the International History IQ levels of American people and their representatives, it is not hard to understand why this "Gandhi" chose to speak about Mahatma Gandhi!.

On the telly, I could not take my eye off one of the protestors' placard which read :
Sonia :Secret Bank Account of $2B in Swiss Bank Account.
I'm sure our CBI would have turned a blind eye to this ! I'm not sure if they had the required IQ but they never had Q !!!

Elsewhere in Sweden, Executive Director of the Nobel Foundation Michael Sohlam made a public apology for not awarding the Nobel prize to 5 times nominated Mahatama Gandhi, saying that the decision not to extend him the prize was a mistake.
"We missed a great laureate and that's Gandhi. It is a big regret," he told a News Channel.
"I usually don't comment on what the Nobel Committees or prize awarding institutions decide. But here, they themselves think he is the one missing," he said.
Gandhiji was nominated in 1937, 1938, 1939, 1947 and finally a few days before he was shot dead in January 1948.

In the final analysis, this expression of regret seems to be a greater reward than the award itself , for the World's greatest proponent of Peace and Non-violence !!