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Ø In Pune, an apartment is called a ‘flat’, In Mumbai, an apartment is called a ‘block’ or a ‘flat’, the Page 3 folks call an apartment a ‘pad’



Ø In the US, there was some negative criticism regarding the release of ‘Death of a President’ in 2006 which was a fictional documentary type film showing the assassination of George W Bush. Some multiplex chains had even refused screening this movie in theatres, but ‘freedom of expression’ was maintained. In India, there is big uproar regarding the upcoming book ‘Red Saree’ by a Spanish author – about Sonia Gandhi – some sections in the book do not match with the image the Congress wants to portray

Ø Road side ads – the charm of seeing beautiful gals selling soaps, perfumes is gone. Neither can you see ads showing TV actresses promoting their soaps – mostly all the road side signs are now composed of ads selling flats, row houses and other real estate stuff- time to bring back the beautiful ladies on the the advertising boards.

Ø Public transport – the planned Pune metro seems to be going in endless rounds of planning, replanning, and blaming each other – while the Mumbai monorail/metro project (Phase I) gets ready for a launch later this year!!

Ø Why are South Indians leaving Calcutta - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/21099823.cms