Thursday, November 22, 2012

Something refreshing

Looking to bust that stress or simply want to try out something refreshing, sign up for a Pilates routine, or take refuge in a spa and rejuvenate yourself with the experience

Soul SPA

After weekend getaways, shopping sprees and a drink at their favourite lounge, the upper middle class is increasingly catching up to spas. With the increase in disposable income and exposure to the western culture, spas are not only emerging as the fastest growing interests of the neo rich, but as a major lifestyle trend too. Traditionally, a rich-man’s interest is now no longer restricted to the privileged few. Many companies, like Amatrra and VLCC are cashing in on this trend and have opened up spas at strategic locations in various cities. In fact, these companies have not only come up with a new concept of day spas, but places like A+ MediSpa (from the house of Amatrra) is where Ayurvedic massage therapy, advanced medical skin care and aesthetic surgery are blended together seamlessly. Says Anita Kalsy Bhartiya, Brand Manager, A+MediSpa, “We combine modern medicine with ancient Ayurveda to give you clinical, meaningful results in an unhurried, peaceful spa environment.” With numerous spas sprouting in the country, people have many options to choose from. While some look for a trip to their nearby spa for rejuvenation and a nice oil massage, forgetting their hectic daily schedules for a few hours, there are others who not only come for rejuvenation but also for getting a good Ayurvedic treatment. VLCC and others are offering courses in different treatments, keeping in mind the growing spa culture. There’s also no dearth of couples signing up to make the most of a spa while enjoying each other’s company, free from the monotonous daily chores of life.


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Wednesday, November 21, 2012

BS YEDIYURAPPA: PROFILE

Battling huge odds and crass opportunism, Yediyurappa has shown time and again why he is the king

According to the agreement, power was to be shared. But JD(S) supremo H.D. Devegowda, intervened and Yediyurappa’s first stint as CM lasted for a mere seven days. But after that the rest is history.

“As an RSS member, my father came to Shikaripur (Yediyurappa’s constituency) in the mid-seventies. His day begins at 5.00 a.m. and ends well after midnight,” Vijayendra Yediyurappa, the CM’s son told B&E. He has fought for the rights of ‘bagar hukum’ (unauthorised cultivators), peasants and bonded labours and has exposed the food-for-work scam. “Without doubt, Yediyurappa is the face of BJP in South India,” concurs D.V. Sadananda Gowda, BJP state unit president.

But the road ahead is not easy. BJP’s powerful General Secretary, Ananth Kumar, has no love lost for him. Also, there are six Independents, who are currently the main pillars of the BJP Government in the state. But the unseemly squabbles over portfolio distribution could hardly be described as fortuitous.


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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

HARKISHAN SINGH SURJEET: PROFILE

Surjeet will be remembered for countering BJP at the height of its saffron surge

Surjeet was elected to the Politbureau of the undivided CPI at the Third Party Congress in January 1954. The CPI spilt into CPI and CPI (M) in 1964 and to quote General Secretary, Prakash Karat, Surjeet was one of the ‘navratnas’ who founded the CPI (M). Among the ‘navratnas’, only Surjeet and Jyoti Basu are around.

When Surjeet became General Secretary, India had already entered the era of coalition politics. The great polarisation and emergence of regional political parties enhanced CPM’s position at an all India level. It is no surprise, as General Secretary of CPM, Surjeet became the most important architect of coalition politics at the Centre.

Stepping into the rather large shoes of CPM’s greatest ideologue, EMS Namboodiripad, Surjeet more than others in the Left, has the ability to get along well with bourgeois politicians. Little wonder, he is hailed as the most pragmatic and flexible leader in the CPM, a party marked by the presence of dour conservatives.

Surjeet, despite requests, has been denied a superannuation by the CPM. The party web-site last week noted that “owing to his political activities he was jailed several times and had to spend 10 years in prison – eight years during British regime and two under the Congress rule after country became independent.” Most importantly though, he will be remembered as someone who played a decisive role in keeping the BJP at bay.


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Monday, November 19, 2012

Too Lee’ttle, too...

Lee’s exit looks positive, hopefully the law will take its course

‘Once bitten, twice confident’ – Though antipodal, the tad goes well with Lee Kun-hee, Chairman of the world’s largest electronic company – Samsung Electronics. Lee, son of Samsung group founder Lee Byung-chul, resigned from his post on April 21, 2008 following his alleged involvement in the slush funds scandal. And along with him resigned his son and heir to the company, Lee Jae-yong and Vice Chairman Lee Hak-soo. But before one thinks that the allegations against Chairman Lee might be a mite too heavy (as being opined by company insiders and even some analysts), one perhaps forgets that in 1996, Lee was fully convicted on the charges of bribing ex-presidents of South Korea. It was only a presidential pardon (!) that allowed him to return to the company, and that too, at the helm of affairs! But the bigger question now is, will Lee’s resignation actually work positively for the group? Or is it the clichéd tale of too Lee’ttle, too late?

An alumnus of George Washington University, Lee took over the baton in 1988. It was under his leadership that Samsung Electronics became one of world’s leading manufacturers of semiconductors. In January 2008, a special investigation was carried out, instigated by Samsung’s former Chief Lawyer Kim Yong-chul, after he issued public allegations of financial irregularities. Lee has been charged with hiding 4.5 trillion won ($4.5 billion) slush funds & clandestinely using it to bribe influential South Koreans and politicians. He has also been accused of siphoning off 112.8 billion won ($113 million) to his personal accounts.


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Thursday, November 15, 2012

The SIMI swoop

On their hitlist were L.K. Advani and Narendra Modi

Several among the 18 activists of the banned Students' Islamic Movement of India (simi) who were held following the Intelligence-mounted swoop in Indore and other parts of MP have reportedly told police that their targets this time were BJP leaders L K Advani and Narendra Modi. Their provocation: the Babri Masjid demolition and the post-Godhra riots that, according to the fanatics, the saffron parivar “facilitated”. The prime catch is Safdar Nagori, who led SIMI’s operations in MP and whose name figures in nearly every major bomb blast to have rocked the country in recent times. Equally significant is the nabbing of the feared Shivli, the outfit’s Kerala chief, and Hafiz Hussain, who had charge of Karnataka.

All of them, say the Intelligence sleuths, had also played a key role in planning and executing the 7/11 Mumbai train blasts. Just now police teams from several states, including Kerala, Karnataka, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Haryana, are probing other possible targets on the immediate SIMI to-do list.


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Saturday, November 10, 2012

Hairytale

Finally, a fairytale ending for a timeless ‘hairytale’ ?!

This gene causes a rare form of baldness (Hypotrichosis Simplex). It was found to inhibit receptor structures on hair follicle cells from forming correctly. Previously unknown, such receptors play a specific role in hair growth.

Captain (Dr.) Dhruv Dube is a facial reconstructive surgeon with the Indian Army. He has seen and examined numerous cases of reconstruction of nose, jaw, chin and the scalp. He exclaims, rather confidently, “Discovery of this gene will prove to be the next big thing in the field of dermatology. However, Hypotrichosis Simplex is extremely uncommon and discovering its culprit gene is only half the job done. The other half will be to successfully stall this gene so it does not interfere with the regeneration of new hair.”

Captain Dube also states, “For a person to lose around 100 hair strands a day is very normal. They are replaced immediately. However, baldness arises when hair fall occurs faster than their revival.”

But then, how much hair is too little? And why is baldness and thinning hair such a taboo in our society? It’s either nature’s decision or a rebellious streak that a person is bald. With having a completely bald look, Hollywood actors (Vin Diesel, Jason Stathom) are already making a unique fashion statement. And though villains like the late Bollywood actor Amrish Puri have been going bald to look the part, it will be a long wait before the likes of Hrithik, Saif and King Khan can be seen running around trees with a bald head.


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Friday, November 09, 2012

Microsoft should takeover Yahoo!!!

Over the past few days, the internet search turf has been heating up. And the evolving dynamics are changing at such a fast pace that it is becoming increasingly difficult for analysts to predict the final outcome. The recent bid by Microsoft on Yahoo would not have come as a surprise to anyone as for long it had been talked about. It all started on the 1st of February, when Microsoft, the software giant, made a staggering $44.6 billion offer for Yahoo (at $31 per share – a 61% premium on Yahoo’s previous week’s closing price).

For long, Microsoft, a compulsive monopolist in the software market, has been feeling very uncomfortable with Google’s growing dominance in the internet space. It is no secret that in the internet space, Google had been a clear market leader cornering almost 60% of the web searches on the internet, followed by Yahoo and Microsoft’s MSN Live at a distant 20% and 7% respectively. This enviable position that Google has been commanding has given the company an indisputable control over the advertisement market. And much to Microsoft’s displeasure, Google has been using its monopoly position in controlling the online advertisement revenues to such an extent that it alone manages to corner almost 42% of the ad dollars, which Microsoft, Yahoo and AOL put together earn. And that’s not all, Google’s online ad revenues have been growing almost at 30% annually! Such is the growing dominance of Google that Microsoft for long had become a follower in this virtual duopoly market. So much so that since 2004, for every acquisition that Google did, Microsoft did another.

So as Google bought Marratech, YouTube, Android, Orkut and the likes, Microsoft followed it up with Unified Communications, Soapbox, MessageCast Inc., Facebook respectively. But that’s not all, Google had been giving sleepless nights hitting into Microsoft’s bread and butter software business by offering free solutions. Consecutively, for long, Microsoft had been eyeing an opportunity to strengthen its own position; and what better than this opportunity to bid for Yahoo, and that too exactly when Yahoo had shown disappointing results in January when its share prices fell to a four year low, wherein the company announced its plan to retrench 7% of its workforce.


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