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| Travelling desi |
| That familiar feeling in planes and on trains |
| “They have all new planes,” says my travel agent, “just give them one more chance, they are not like Air India of old times.” They are also cheaper by several thousand rupees flying to London, so I put aside my old reluctance and agree to give the na... |
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| Do not bank on them |
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Sir — Of late, many banks have made it a practice to compel customers to carry out transactions thr ... |
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| Odd numbers |
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Sir — The Kanchenjunga Express, regarded as an A category superfast train connecting two state capi ... |
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| In the dark |
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Sir — New Alipore has been blessed with the attention of the powers-that-be. Some of the roads are ... |
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| FALL FROM EXCELLENCE |
| The motto of the University of Calcutta reads, “Advancement of Learning”. At some point in its history, the university stoppe...|
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What’s great about this country is America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest. You can be watching TV and see Coca-Cola, and you can know that the President drinks Coke, Liz Taylor drinks Coke, and just think, you can drink Coke, too. A Coke is a Coke and no amount of money can get you a better Coke than the one the bum on the corner is drinking. All the Cokes are the same and all the Cokes are good. — ANDY WARHOL
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