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Permalink Reply by Shiv Senthilvel on November 10, 2010 at 12:59pm

Hi Alok,
While i broadly agree with you, even secular companies like mine do diwali gifting as an aide memoir. We always send out something to eat (sweets, nuts et al) and typically the customers/suppliers call back to thank us for remembering them. Hardly a bribe as there are no strings attached ! I would buy you a beer or coffee if we met too. That said this year there was no gifting as no one had the time to do it :) We will probably move it to the New year or Christmas.

shiv

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Permalink Reply by Azhar Hasan on November 10, 2010 at 8:10pm

gr8 post.

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Permalink Reply by Gaurang Bhatt on November 15, 2010 at 1:39pm

I think the bribe part of gift is directly proportional to the cost of gift.

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Permalink Reply by bhanu on November 16, 2010 at 2:29pm

are you against bribes or gifting?

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Permalink Reply by Alok 'Rodinhood' Kejriwal on November 16, 2010 at 8:14pm

bhanu said:

are you against bribes or gifting?

Bhanu ... I don't like bribes, And enjoy only genuine gifts....those usually come from very very dear ones and well wishers....give without an agenda...like a parent gives a child...

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Permalink Reply by Prajith Nayar on October 21, 2011 at 9:39am

Indian realities....well west does in some even more weirder ways...funding college education through scholarships for senators childeren, soft dollar exchange in wall street between hedge funds and brokers, disconnected freebies included as product/service ancillaries, contributions to political parties and campaigns, equity investments managed very cleverly by colleagues either ex or future for heads of regulatory bodies, journalists giving bright coverage for a price paid through corporate honchos with apparently no connection to the public figure being covered, except oh yeah probabaly sharing a dorm room in law school etc etc etc.

Lets not be too harsh on parents who want well being of their girl child. Idealism comes to nought when your cherished daughter has to shed even a single teardrop specially when you are loaded and can actually do give a gift. Also I have heard, not seen, but heard many marriages in India are also a form of bribery or a form of joint ventures more than actual love. So obviously it needs investments after the intial seed funding as well.

.....Also an "Ewwwww" moment while reading your blog....comparing Jet Airways and Apple/Google. Impact of relative performance I guess. Iam not an avid traveler so I cant comment authoritatively. But Jet for me has never had a Aha moment..... ever.

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