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Jab Do Dil Pyaar Karega

This post is about this Sindhi Group Saving Girls from Falling in love . Obviously this was the most obnoxious thing that I had heard for a long time. And there were some obvious reactions. http://www.ibnlive.com/news/sindhis-fuming-over-fatwa/38506-3.html . But things were not supposed to stop at that point. Those so called social leaders were also ready with rules for the girls. http://www.ibnlive.com/news/sindhis-set-rules-for-bhopal-girls/38392-3.html. All that was for this http://www.ibnlive.com/news/hc-blesses-hindumuslim-couple/38339-3.html Now this certainly created a sort of a storm of electric discharges in neurons in my brain. First of all, there was no hue and cry from well known shouters, the Muslim fatwa generators(Muslim Personal Law Board). Probably smart guy Umesh/Umar already saw it coming and converted to Hindism. But then why the hell is Bajrang Dal against it. Damn it you have one more Hindu and one less Muslim. Bloody hell what do these guys need more. Now came ...

The Art and Culture of Salesmanship

I wonder if salesmanship has anything to do with the genes or the environment we are brought up in. But my belief in this becomes more and more stronger as I travel across India . I would to particularly mention that the best salesmanship that I have encountered was in Calcutta and Bombay . Both places had one thing in common, most of the shops (at least those which I visited were owned by a Marwari). Of course Marwari shops are a legend of sort, consider at almost all the places and the people I have met as the most intelligent sellers. Its just the way the sales psychology works. I had never thought about it ever. But the trip to Gopinatham(details of that I will be giving you soon) made me think in this direction. There was an old man(He said he was 75). He spoke fluent English. I was initially shocked by his fluency. Not that it was a BPO style English but none the less good enough. He told me that he had learnt English from a variety of places and people. He understood the psyc...