Friends and family often ask us whether we’re waddling advertisements for the laughing Buddha, you know the one with the swollen belly. You see, like most Indians we relish our Malai Kofta, Navaratan Korma, Chicken Chettinad, Idli, Vada, Gojju, Masala Dosa and those delectable desi sweets like Jangir, Doodhi Halwa, Kesar Peda, Badam Halwa, Haigreeva et al. From […]
SearchIndia.com is a supporter of Barack Obama in the belief that, although not the best, he’s the lesser evil. Of course, our dream candidate is consumer activist Ralph Nader but sadly the man’s got no chance. As Americans, we’re considerably distressed at the decline wrought by years of Republican plutocrats at the helm. Today, America stands at […]
We’ve always been more fascinated with Apple than any other tech company. More than Microsoft and even more than Google, Apple has so inveigled itself into our mindspace that we went and got ourselves an iPhone in July a few months after we purchased a $49 iPod. Maybe because Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs has been […]
PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi said the cola company would invest $500 million in India over the next three years to triple its business in the country. In our opinion, many of the products PepsiCo sells like soda (carbonated cola drinks)Â and snacks are just not healthy for the people consuming them. Further, cola companies have also […]
Citing “serious manufacturing deficiencies” at plants belonging to Indian drug manufacturer Ranbaxy, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has banned import of over 30 different generic drugs from the company. The Ranbaxy plants under fire are located at Dewas and Paonta Sahib in India. The FDA also sent out two warning letters to Ranbaxy, the […]
At first glance, this seems straight out of the Ripley’s Believe it or Not book. Today’s Wall Street Journal (subscription required) has a piece on Apple in which a Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster attributed the 4% drop in Apple stock price Tuesday in part to concerns that Mr.Jobs appeared thin. But if you think about […]