Large scale anisotropy due to pre-inflationary phase of cosmic evolution
  We show that perturbations generated during the anisotropic pre-inflationary
stage of cosmic evolution may affect cosmological observations today for a
certain range of parameters. Due to the anisotropic nature of the universe
during such early times, it might explain some of the observed signals of large
scale anisotropy. In particular we argue that the alignment of CMB quadrupole
and octopole may be explained by the Sachs-Wolfe effect due to the large scale
anisotropic modes from very early times of cosmological evolution. We also
comment on how the observed dipole modulation of CMB power may be explained
within this framework.
