Weekend Plans

First in Seoul is coming to an end and there is a host of activities planned for the 2 days.

Visit atleast one toursit spot in the city.
Try the much famed underground metro of Seoul.
Go to the foriegn food mall in ethewan (or something that sounds similar) and pick up some vegetables, Taiwanese rice, normal curd [...]

Seoul First Impressions

Its been a couple of days since I have arrived here. Some of the first impressions about the city.

The trees here are amazing. They change colours every season. Now most of them are yellow and leaves are falling. The kind of leaves you would have seen in Mohabbatein and wondered where on the earth [...]

Supply Creates Demand

The things I love about Chennai are many, filter coffee, trees, relaxed pace of life, amazing food, culture to name a few. But one of the important reasons is Landmark Bookstores.
During my second week in Chennai, Ashwin, one of my b-school classmates introduced me to Landmark. We went to the store located in the basement [...]

Lessons in Pricing from Murugan Idli Shop

Agreed I am great fan of food. And more so when the place is real value for money. So I have become a regular at Murugan Idli Shop during the weekends. That brings us to the topic of this post. What can marketers learn from a place like Murugan Idli Shop?Pricing.
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How too many dishes spoiled the cook…

Or, How Chandoo got hungry, cooked dishes and had a huge meal
Well, that was a poor attempt at copying an already copied book title nevertheless, the news in the town is that “Chandoo is cooking” or wait a second there; I think it should be “it has rained for a week in Chennai”. [...]

A date with my plate!

I would call it the Chennai’s food backbone, Saravana Bhavan as it is popularly known in this coastal city. As we enter this high-class vegetarian restaurant’s head office branch in Vadapalani, my friend was skeptical about the quality of the food and worried looking at the bustling crowd.
We opted for the AC room and even [...]

A bachelors guide to renting a house in Chennai

All you hopeless and wifeless bachelors, get up and start looking. With PHD releasing “the unofficial bachelors guide to renting a house in Chennai” today, you will never again get a “no, we dont rent to criminals, politicians, drummers, dogs, carpenters and bachelors” reply from your prospective landlords.
Where to look:

Never call a housing broker. They [...]