Status Symbols in Today’s World

In the corporate world today, cellphones are more of a status symbol than a device to be used in case of necessity.

Listen to what a Mumbai-ite has to say about this development and how it is affecting his work-life.
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Snippets of a Conversation for Lunch

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Overheard during Lunch hour:

(All names changed to protect the identity of the speakers)

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Tom :  It looks like every developed country ought to have a developing country to support its economy. USA has Mexico, Singapore has Indonesia. So the developing countries have a ready market for their goods while the developed countries can live in their own bubble of consumerist economy.

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