Tag Archives: Rapido
Sympathy for Rapido
From ‘Rapido draws flak for charging users extra for traffic delays, commuters term it ‘extortion’’, The Hindu, June 3, 2025: Ride-hailing platform Rapido is under fresh scrutiny from [Bengaluru] users for introducing a charge that penalises passengers if their ride … Continue reading
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Tagged autorickshaws, Ola, price rationalisation, public transport, Rapido, traffic management, traffic tax, Uber
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So many cynical ads on TV
I wrote about cynical ads airing on Indian cable TV a while ago. Since then I’ve started to notice more such ads and thought it might be useful to maintain a running list. To be continued…
Posted in Culture
Tagged advertisements, Fogg, Manyavar, PharmEasy, PhonePe, Rapido, Sony Ten, Star Sports, Swiggy Instamart, Uber, Vimal Elaichi, Voltas AC
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Marginalia: Romila on textbooks, Rapido ad, Nobel nonsense
We may go on deleting sections of our history but in the world outside where there are multiple centres of research into the Indian past, and many scholars, there these expunged sections from books used in India will continue to … Continue reading
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Tagged Ayurveda, Brian Keating, Charles Lieber, Elon Musk, Hyperloop, NCERT, Nobel Prizes, prestige bias, public transport, Rapido, Romila Thapar, Vedas
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Marginalia: Romila on textbooks, Rapido ad, Nobel nonsense
We may go on deleting sections of our history but in the world outside where there are multiple centres of research into the Indian past, and many scholars, there these expunged sections from books used in India will continue to … Continue reading
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Tagged Ayurveda, Brian Keating, Charles Lieber, Elon Musk, Hyperloop, NCERT, Nobel Prizes, prestige bias, public transport, Rapido, Romila Thapar, Vedas
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TV ads are becoming creepy
Have you watched the new ads of Magicpin, Instamart, Rapido and PharmEasy? Continue reading
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Tagged Aamir Khan, Allu Arjun, Instamart, Magicpin, PharmEasy, Ranveer Singh, Rapido, Swiggy
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