The Everlasting One Minute

Residents of London would've surely noticed the recent spate of ads by CapitalOne in local newspapers, bus shelters and on the Internet promising a one minute response to your application…

Rewards of Choice

For many people, choice may be its own reward, but as I pointed out in my blog post "Cost of Choice" (click here to read this post), the choice offered…

Happy New Year 2008

I wish readers of Talk of Many Things a Happy New Year 2008. Thanks to the scores of readers who wrote back with comments (bouquets and brickbats) through 2007 -…

The True Worth of Business Class Travel

The recent Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing of MaxJet re-ignites discussions over the value proposition of business class travel in general and of business-class-only airlines in particular. Any discussion over value…

Cost of Choice

To use a well-worn cliche, the Internet has changed everything. Especially shopping. Nowadays, whenever you set out to buy something, there're so many choices, there's so much information available and…

Inheritance As A Hot Topic

Here's one on cultural differences, a topic I'd promised to cover while launching Talk of Many Things (read the introductory post here) but one to which I haven't done much…