I had to report on the pungent case of pirate deo attracting rented dicks:

… big cosmetic manufacturers are hiring foreign detectives to hole out hawkers selling fake deo on the pavements of Churchgate… “We are also contacting international detective agencies to help us get rid of retailers using our labels to sell spurious goods…”

An original Nivea deodorant comes for Rs. 145, but a fake sells for just Rs. 30. [Link]

Let’s keep our nose on the real issues. It is easy to find deodorant in Bombay but tough in my experience to find antiperspirant. ‘Woh nahin chalta hai’ (it doesn’t sell), the shopkeepers tell me. But mere deo spreads our perfumed aroma among cow orkers at the gym.

And what about the elephant in the room (again, not necessarily a metaphor in Bombay): is loss of sales really the main problem in heavily scented Bombay trains?

Let a billion deodorized armpits bloom.