Thursday, December 10, 2009

High-end brands make their Pune entry!!!

Mango, Promod, Aldo, Charles & Keith, Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Tie Rack London - just some of the high end premium luxury brands that have finally added Pune to their India growth stories.

The newly opened Jewel Square mall houses over twenty-two such brands in a 100,000 sq feet built-up area and is located in the high-profile shopper catchment area of Koregaon Park. But even as it is (prematurely) termed the retail-revival story of Pune, what does this addition to an already cluttered space have to offer to shoppers like you & me?

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

R.I.P Haley Hotchner - '100' Criminal Minds

Over the years, I have seen my fair share of TV show characters being bumped off to take the story further. Bumped off cuz either the character lost its value (Preston Burke, GA), or the actor playing the character was moving on (Grissom, CSI) or something just had to be done to jolt the show out of its complacency (Tim Speedle, CSI Miami). Just a thought - all this doesn't apply to Indian television cuz the only way for them is to age the character 20 years for pseudo-makeover stories.