Infomercial Gurus

Somethings defy commonsense – India’s obsession with Gurus is one of those. Superstition in this day and age being the other.
Bombay Stock Exchange listed Aastha Broadcasting Network (AABR.BO) calls itself “India’s No. 1 socio-spiritual-cultural television channel”. I found yesterday that it charges 5,000 Pounds (they do not bill in dollars) per month for the 30 [...]

Gemütlichkeit

Wearing failure like tight underwear, that makes one walk funny with a perpetual wedgie wedged close to the ass, world trots on. The rich are richer, the poor poorer, the disconnect between the stock markets and those close to foreclosures as vast it ever was, maybe the chasm harder to bridge than ever before.
Bhutto is [...]