Mallya gulps Air Deccan?

Economic Times always gets a thumbs up for headlines..

'Spirited' Mallya luring Gopi into ras leela - Mallya inches towards gulping Air Deccan.

Well..all this noise is about the impending Vijay Mallya's KingFisher deal with AirDeccan.

May be..Moon was up for sale indeed..

No Tobacco..Please

Today, Radio Mirchi had organised an interesting program at Anna University bus stop. A group of volunteers were seen coaxing smokers to put their cancer sticks into a special Hundiyal, in exchange they got chocolates & pamphlets on tobacco's ill effects. The anti-promotion was organised as part of World - No Tobacco Day.

Also, on air was an interview with Dr.Vidu Balan, a doctor at Adyar Cancer Institute. A pragmatic question asked to her : All smokers don't get cancer, heart attack, but at the same time, non smokers do get cancer. Why so? The answer is probability. The gene pattern decides whether you get cancer or not. It is just that the probability of smokers getting cancer is much higher than non smokers.

Another fact: Passive or second hand smoke is as bad as active smoking. The probability of a smoker's spouse getting lung cancer is 20% higher than that of a non smoker's.

There were many banners having the caption "Your Smoking is injurious to my health".

Sivaji - Trailer

Even the trailer of the movie is hitting the headlines. CNN IBN aired an exclusive trailer of Sivaji - The Boss Trailer, yesterday.

Rajini Rocks...What else to say...Already the songs have become a super hit (My Fav: Sahaana Pookal - Udit & Chinmai are just amazing). Hope the deadly combination of Rajini, Shankar & A.R.Rahman will deliver..

BOSS - Bachelor of Social Service. (ada!..ada!..)

Trillionaire

Hmm...still counting the zeros in a Trillion..

Mukesh Ambani is the only Trillionaire in India..has over Rs 1,00,000 crore of Big M in his companies’ shareholdings.

O.K..Finished counting - 12 zeros.

Mrs & Mr Iyer - Rahul Bose

Any actor worth his salt can gladly take a leaf out of Rahul Bose's superb subtle performance in Mrs & Mr.Iyer.

Centenary Celebrations of Plastic

Belgian-American chemist Leo Baekeland created his phenol-formaldehyde polymer resin, Bakelite, in 1907. Although scientists had long tinkered with plastic-like materials, such as vulcanized rubber, his was the first fully synthetic material ever made.

I swear..I didn't know this geeky stuff before...NDTV covers Britain's celebration of 100 years of Plastic.

Velachery - Amazing Growth

A year ago, I had buzzed about Velachery being a marketer's delight while blogging about Ratna cafe's outlet.

Velachery is actually a marketer's delight. But unfortunately, there aren't anybig names in any sphere - be it hotels, theaters, hospitals, textiles, schools, shopping malls, etc., With new apartments, (50 to 100 houses) springing up every now and then, the demography of velachery has completely changed from a sleepy suburb to a haven of software professionals & their likes. Albeit no facilities. I always wondered, why the biggies in the business didn't tap the market that is waiting to explode? a Saravana Bhavan would be a killer in velachery, Hmm.. Ratna Cafe seems to have more market acumen. But I'm sure the rest will follow suit.

[How long can you keep quoting others ;-)) ...Anyways back to the topic...]

The scene is now rapidly changing with a new store getting added almost on a daily basis.

Try this..

Reliance fresh has opened TWO retail stores on the two parallel main roads - Velachery Main Road (near velachery bus stop) & 100 feet road (in the new KG Building). Spencers is on its way to open its second retail store ( Good marketing tip: Put up the neon name board even before you hit the first nail for the store). Nilgiris has found a place in the narrow & crowded velachery bus stop area. Naidu Hall (on taramani raod), Nathella Jewellers (opp. Sutherland, on the way to pallikaranai) have their foot prints here. Coming to eatouts - Karaikudi, The Dhabha, Freezone, Pizza Corner, Nalas, Dominos Pizza and lot more have found their way to velachery..

Friday Ads come out screaming - 'Now at Velachery'.

Last heard, real estate land rates are at an all time high price of 4500Rs. per Sqt. Hope the rains don't take away the sheen from vibrant velachery.

Update: People have asked me to add Kalavara (Kerala speciality - near metro water station on 100ft bypass rd) , Deli Express (Briyani speciality - near AllSec) and BeeVee's Hot Kitchen (u buy bulk Briyani here - near Deli Express)