People at Pepsi and Indiblogger after gulping down bottles of Pepsi decided to run a Youngistaan Ka WoW contest. Yes, you would have seen the Ranbir Kapoor – Sanjay dutt starring advertisements bombarding your TV screen and this is part of the promotion.
So the contest rules are simple:
1. Throw a challenge to Ranbir Kapoor....
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Youngistaan Ka WOW! Contest
A trip and a lesson or two learnt…
Few days back you would have seen no updates in GingerChai for couple of days. I had been to Modern India’s Land of statues – Uttar Pradesh. Chetan Bhagat went ahead with 2 states: Story of my marriage before I penned my 2 states story. Well, All izz well! Every story is unique, may...
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A Fiasco-Filled Week And Life’s Lessons Learned
After I went out and bought the carton of Ginger Chai tea bags (yes, my friends, there’s one for each one of you. I promise!), I made a cuppa and allowed my mind to wander around – wanting my first post on this site to be really, really impactful. And naturally, as with...
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Now Running: Alice in GingerLand
With GingerChai having completed it’s 6 month run, we decided to have a creative promotional TV advertisement. We could not afford renowned ad makers like Alque padamsee or Prahlad kakkar nor the slot in TV space but will that deter creative chaiwalas that we are? ManiPadma decided to script our own play. So...
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Your children are not your children
When Sandeep Unnikrishnan, 26/11 martyr, expressed his intention to join army, his father tried to talk him out but in vain.Eventually he joined army and died as a hero. As I read about this in an article my mind recollected a Khalil Gibran poem I read recently.
Your children are not your children. ...
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Alone – a surreal experience
Disclaimer: A lot of stuff in the passage of text below is non-fiction. It’s entirely up to you to decide which portions of it are… That might kind of speak in volumes about the kind of person you are!!! The below passage is also meant to have a surreal feel to it and...
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Family that eats and plays together, stays together!
A recent news from a Malaysian province is that the government is offering free honeymoons package to rekindle the romance between married couples on the brink of divorce. Divorce rate is increasing in every country and culture. We know the gossips and what celebrities eat, talk and shop but clueless about happenings in the...
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Be a nice kid and do your homework
I am 25. I wait with bated breath, tension gripping me. For the last three years, there have been tense moments like this at least 3 times a week… No, I am not on weed!!! What I am talking about is something really ubiquitous for anyone who went to school. Homework assignments!
The...
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Quarterly Newsletter Oct’ 09
Last week GingerChai completed 3 months. We have made baby steps but in a quiet remarkable way.
The journey so far has been very interesting and has been a wonderful experience. Exactly on June 27th, Coffee became Chai literally. What was earlier a one man’s blog “Xpress Coffee” gave way to GingerChai. It opened up...
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(Contemporary) culture and language
Did you notice the parentheses in the title? If you didn’t, now is the moment that you would want to look at the title and recognize them by their usual, ubiquitous curvy nature. Are you wondering why the parentheses are in the title? Do they mean something? Or is it that the author has...
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