Jet AirwaysPosted by Gul Panag on April 22nd, 2009
My tweet “Jet airways food is going from bad to worse. Had excruciating stomach pain with in ten minutes of “snack” consumption.Will carry tiffin next” got a lot of responses on twitter. Here is the rest of my experience for those who care to know.
Jet Airways food had stopped being appetizing a long time [...]
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Celebrity Social ResponsibiltyPosted by Gul Panag on April 22nd, 2009
I was invited by Screen ( an Express group publication) to a panel discussion on Celebrity social responsibility: does it go beyond lip service? . My co panelists were Imran Khan, Diya Mirza, Raju Hirani, Priyanka Sinha(editor of Screen Weekly) and Radhika Bajaj from UTVi. Panel discussion. Here are some (not all) of [...]
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Voting for national parties vs regional partiesPosted by Gul Panag on April 20th, 2009
6.55 am, on board Shatabdi express en route to Delhi
I had a very interesting topic raised on twitter by Sandip, about the need to do away with regional parties by encouraging people to vote for national parties. I often find parties ( regional and national)nominating candidates that I personally would not vote for. The [...]
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Slow startPosted by Gul Panag on March 5th, 2009
So I have got off to a rather slow start blogging this year, and I hope this pace is now behind me. I meet a lot of people who seem surprised that I blog( albeit irregularly) and even more so when they find out that I don’t talk about Bollywood. My answer is , why [...]
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Seasons GreetingsPosted by Gul Panag on December 24th, 2008
Seasons Greetings… Wishing everyone Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
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What next?Posted by Gul Panag on December 9th, 2008
Agreed that the recent terror attack had a “foreign hand”. It is debatable , whether the state of Pakistan is in any way responsible. After a long time, there is some sort of a democracy in Pakistan, a country that herself has been a victim of terror on countless occasions. It is extremely unlikely that [...]
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Few words on Shekhar Gupta’s summarisationPosted by Gul Panag on December 8th, 2008
By far Shekhar Gupta’s is the best summarisation and assesment of the current scenario by any one worth his or her pen. The one thing that I’d like to add is, that yes this new found outrage of the middle class is a step in the right direction, but neither will it bring down the governent down nor will it change the system( specially by the ‘methods’ suggested) UNLESS they bring on board to support them the people whose voice really counts-the countless living in densely populated areas such as Dharavi, Ghatkopar, villages , rural areas and other places where the elites have never set foot.
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Terrorists and TerrorismPosted by Gul Panag on December 1st, 2008
Me and you only take notice of terror when it enters the malls or the hotels. But if the same thing happens in the slums we are ok with it. This is a much larger issue than it looks.
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Mockery of HockeyPosted by Gul Panag on April 5th, 2008
Cricket players set hair trends. But does any even one know about our celebrated hockey players?
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We the peoplePosted by Gul Panag on March 11th, 2008
If Richard Gere decides to show his affection for Shilpa (in no way endangering National Security) it becomes an issue.
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