Amid serious business, RBI Governors are known for tongue-in-cheek replies to media questions. When the media complained of late press and circular releases by RBI, Governor Sanjay Malhotra said with a smile: “we work 24×7”. Pointing to reporters he then asked: “What time do you want it to be released? Anyway, we will ensure all our press releases are issued by 6 pm,” he said. Banking reporters hope RBI keeps its promise.
Japan and quality
Quality is a must if India has to make progress. Recently, TK Balaji, CMD, Lucas TVS, emphasised this through an anecdote on how the Japanese, who generally don’t talk much, practice this. Long back, he said, a few Japanese officials had visited the company.
“In the closing session, I asked them : what are you doing in quality? One official went to the board and just wrote QI. ‘This is what we do,’ he said, explaining that ‘you are not doing a big deal in giving zero defect products to your customers. It is expected of you. QI is quality innovation, which is what you are doing that customers did not expect.'”
“I have never forgotten that session and keep repeating it to my colleagues,” said Balaji.
Obsession with UPSC
Despite news such as Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) imposing a penalty of ₹5 lakh on Drishti IAS (VDK Eduventures Pvt Ltd) for publishing misleading advertisements regarding the results of the UPSC Civil Services Examination 2022, the institute continues to be in business. Wonder why? So far, the CCPA has issued 54 notices to various coaching institutes for misleading advertisements and unfair trade practices. Penalties amounting to about ₹90 lakh have been imposed on 26 coaching institutes, along with directions to discontinue such misleading claims. But the institutes continue to thrive. “In India civil service still remains a major attraction,” said an aspirant.
Ground realities
The death of 41 persons in a stampede at Karur, Tamil Nadu, has got tongues wagging. The ruling DMK and the TVK, whose leader Vijay held a public meeting in the town where the stampede happened, are engaged in a blame game. Other parties, such as the BJP and the Opposition AIADMK, have also pitched in, though in a restrained manner. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has been urging the people not to spread wild allegations. However, what he is yet to grasp is the talk in Karur over the incident. An autorickshaw driver, who was in the town, says the ruling party in the State was up to something sinister. Wonder if the DMK is aware of the ground realities.
Women’s empowerment
It is so deeply ingrained in us that anything to do with kitchen is meant only for women. At a recent event to announce LG Electronics India’s forthcoming IPO, a woman media person asked whether LG was doing anything for women empowerment, and suggested that “if you go for dishwashers and robotic cleaners, that will be very useful for the ladies.” And the LG management’s reply was that while the idea of robots (in the kitchen) was premature to talk about, its dishwashers in India were made to help women accommodate the big and oily utensils used by Indian households. “We use steam wash, which is very effective for oily utensils.” So there, ladies, dishwashers are there to emancipate us from the slavery of kitchen duties.
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Published on October 5, 2025
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