Nokia awakens from a deep slumber...

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...launches low-cost handsets, but success is still far!

In the 4Ps B&M issue dated 8-26 December, our cover feature titled Nokia – Disconnecting People, had talked about how Nokia’s over emphasis on hi-end models in the Indian market would not bear fruit and that the company should focus on the entry-level market. With competitors like Motorola and Sony Ericsson belligerently charging ahead on one hand and Nokia’s market share witnessing further dilution, on the other, the Finnish handset-maker seems to have realized the wisdom in our words. On May 3, Nokia launched not one, but seven new entry-level mobile handsets. Of these, Nokia 1200 & 1208 are aimed at first-time consumers, whereas, Nokia 1650, 2660 & 2505 are CDMA-based handsets. The balance two are Nokia 2630 and 2760. All these handsets will cost anywhere between Rs.2,200 to Rs.5,000 and are expected to see the light of the day by the third quarter of 2007. Soren Petersen, Senior VP-Mobile Phones, Nokia avers, “Innovative phone sharing technology, contemporary design and easy to use features combine in these products.”

Soren also sang paeans about the importance of the Indian market to Nokia, underlining the need for the mobile giant to put into motions some urgent strategies to somehow stop the decline in market shares. From a high of 78.8% in February 2006 to about 67% at present, Nokia’s market share has fallen considerably since the launch of Motorola’s stylish, yet low-cost handsets. Unveiling these 7 new babies seems a last ditch rescue operation by the Finnish giant. But it is an uphill task. While close competitors have roped in Bollywood hunks Hrithik and Abhishek to entice consumers, Nokia’s marketing blitz still lacks the requisite Indian punch. Is Helsinki listening?

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Spidey casts a magic web

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Spider-Man 3 is already on the prowl and has been doing some great business globally (having had the best ever opening on Tuesday in countries like France, Italy, South Korea and Hong Kong). In all, it has already picked up $29.15 million in 16 overseas markets and has beaten the opening day collections of the previous two “Spider-Man” films in each market. In India, the movie was released on May 4 and is doing well.

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Truckers to be careful on the highway... in ways more than one!

AIDS is that four letter word that usually spells death or a short life of extreme pain, and not always physical alone, as the body withers away against the onslaught of the killer. With no known cure, the disease that has reached pandemic proportions in some parts of the world, is so debilitating that the infected are usually left with little option other than awaiting their fate – their final date with death. Against such a determined killer, the logical response should ideally be of similar, if not greater, magnitude but alas, from our political parties and busy ‘culture police’, that would be expecting a little too much.

What happened in New Delhi on 16th April during a campaign to create awareness about HIV/AIDS amongst the trucker community was an apt demonstration of putting the cart before the horse. The absurd brouhaha raised over the Richard Gere-Shilpa Shetty kiss while the original hero of the truckers – Sunny Deol – looked on, turned out to be nothing better than what Gere described it himself before the apology – a ‘circus’! Not only did our self styled ‘culture cops’ scoff at what was nothing more than an exaggerated gesture of friendliness, they also ended up trivializing the cause for the benefit of the assembled 4,000 odd truckers, losing it in the moral melee.

AIDS is a growing problem in India with 1 in every 200 already infected, making it the country with the second highest number of HIV infections after South Africa. This pernicious proliferation owes a lot to the 6 million truckers and their helpers plying on the national highways. Away from homes and wives for long periods, the promiscuous ways of these truckers, added to which their ignorance and reluctance about condoms, render them at a high risk of contracting AIDS. They, in turn, go on to infect their wives, and later, children. This mirrors the classic pattern of the spread of AIDS in Africa, where it was the lorry drivers who first contracted the disease and then passed it on to their families. Even today, in parts of Africa, where there are lower incidences of HIV and AIDS, are those that have no or fewer highways. According to UN estimates, India is not far from surpassing South Africa at the dubious record of maximum AIDS and HIV cases in the coming decade.

At Sanjay Gandhi Transport Nagar, Asia’s largest transport hub on the outskirts of Delhi, 7,000 truckers from all over India converge each day to haul freight to and fro from the capital. This is also where they solicit the services of prostitutes operating from the truck stops for as little as Rs. 30! With most of the intimacy being unprotected, it’s not uncommon to see long queues in front of the solitary STD clinic of the area. Gonorrhea and Syphilis are common, but in recent years, AIDS too has joined the list. About 15% to 18% of truckers tested here have been diagnosed to be HIV positive, which isn’t any less an alarming prospect considering the scenes at many other such transport hubs across India. What is needed, perhaps now more than ever, is to combat this looming catastrophe with creating awareness among truckers about the risks unprotected sex exposes them and their families to. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what Richard Gere wanted to do.

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Singita Private Game Reserve, Cape Town, South Africa

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Finishing first in the Travel and Leisure awards, 2006, the Singita Private Game Reserve boasts of everything African with a tinge of the West to suit all penchants & proclivities.

THE VIEW: Located in the spellbinding Sabi Sands area, the Singita Private Game Reserve is situated right in the heart of the Kruger National Park.

ARCHI-TYPE: Comprising five luxury safari lodges in the heart of the pristine forests – the Ebony Lodge, the Boulders Lodge, the Castleton, Lebombo and the Sweni Lodge – Singita redefines ‘fierce’ magnifi cence by the hour!

BON APPÉTIT: Countless cuisines abundant, the Singita kitchen remains fragrant all day long with delectable flavours and ingredients, typically African. And the wide array of exquisite wine matured in the temperature-controlled cellars for that perfect taste render the best culinary experience ever!

AROUND THE CORNER: The Sand River, Sweni, the Kruger National Park and the Lebombo Concession, thriving with elephants, wild buff aloes, prides of lions, leopards, antelopes et al make your safari worth its while!

FROM UNDER THE CARPET: A malaria vaccination and mosquito repellent is recommended on all occasions…

IN ESSENCE: You’ll watch in bewilderment the sheer variety and profusion of the most exotic flora and fauna that you could ever have imagined!

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Now you see it...

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...now you don't! Democracy still a mirage for Bangladesh
It is not only the floods and droughts that cause havoc in Bangladesh. Politics too is capable of causing chaos at a decent enough scale to keep the country in a constant state of flux. For more than three decades after independence from Pakistan, the tiny South Asian nation has been struggling to establish a viable democracy based on the rule of law. The latest in the series of misfortunes afflicting Bangladesh relates to the stalling of the election process. Thanks to that, the very survival of the political parties and democracy is at stake.

The army-backed puppet caretaker government, headed by former Central Bank chief Fakhruddin Ahmed, added a fresh dimension to the existing political turmoil by asking the political chiefs and the former prime ministers belonging to the two prominent political parties to seek exile in foreign land. Both the Awami League leader Sheikh Hasina and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party chief Khaleda Zia were being urged to remain permanently out of the country. However, intense international pressure made the emergency government retract this undemocratic decision. The net result is that Hasina, who was stranded in London for more than a week, is now permitted to return. And bizarre is the word that one would use to describe the working of the interim government, which just doesn't have the mandate to take such sweeping decisions. That such ad-hocism could ignite the simmering discontent was totally ignored by the authorities. Sanjay Bhardwaj of Jawaharlal Nehru University told B&E, “In their urge to get back the lost power, the two parties might get into a street-centric political system."

Those who understand the Bangladesh military, are hardly surprised at the current political impasse. The so-called government is merely acting as a handmaiden of the army, which intends to keep the entire polity under a tight leash. In order to avoid opprobrium from the international community, the army is using the interim government's shoulder to fire the shots. The primary aim of the army behind curtailing politicians' powers is to perpetuate a military dictatorship. And this precisely is the worry among the analysts, who feel that the army will demonise the political class to an extent that people will have no choice but to accept the junta as a fait accompli. Ayesha Kabeer, Editor at Probe, a news magazine in Bangladesh, told B&E, “The two parties are weakening and the leadership struggle might split them.”

But this is not to suggest that the politicians being booted are above board. It is a sad story that for the past 35 years, the two political dynasties of Bangladesh have been milking the country dry (it's estimated that the two dynasties have been amassing wealth at the rate of about $5 billion a year, over the past 15 years, through their corrupt practices). The mendicancy of these politicians has reached such heights that foreign aid (to the tune of $40 billion) is estimated to have been siphoned off over the past three decades.

To obliterate the rampant greed inherent in the system, the government now plans to launch a “new brand” of democracy to encourage & promote competent people like Nobel laureate Mohammad Yunus into the political arena. Although the intention is good, the methodology being adopted is far from satisfactory. While some moves of this government are appreciated, a consensus building approach is critical. At this rate, the country is slated to be either moving towards a ruthless dictatorship or total anarchy with no "Mukti Bahini" in sight.

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Unleashing The Power Of Sound

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Imagine you want a glass of water but are feeling very lazy and how nice it would be if you can lift the glass sitting at your place... Sounds like a sci-fi Hollywood movie? But it’s true! Acoustic levitation is the technology that can actually lift objects, fluids & gases with the help of sound. Used majorly by scientists, it is fast becoming commercially viable too. Though, till now, only 1 kg has been lift ed via acoustic levitation, but scientists claim that the technology has the potential to lift tons of weight. So the day is not far when we will transport goods with the help of acoustic levitation.

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