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Why are tech giants falling all over themselves wooing the UID babe?
There have been recent reports of tech giants like Yahoo and Cisco showing their interest in the UID project and trying to woo the Indian government and especially Mr. Nilekani, and trying to convince that they be given the contracts based…
Power Shifting from West to East? Think Again..
Okay, on this blog we have been talking about constant rise of India and reasons on why India will become the next super-power. There are thousands of articles on the web talking about power shift from West to East, where Chindia (a new…
Online MBA offered by Corporates – Will this become a Trend?
Now here is something I think will be really a big win-win situation for employees as well as corporates. If you have not understood what I am saying, here it is – IBM has announced a innovative partnership with Boston based…
Cricket crazy nations gets a new stock exchange – for cricket
Building a temple is the ultimate glory in India and is the pinnacle for admiration for a person. Few celebrities and cricketers have this privilege. What should people do in a world of new found of capitalism? They will start a stock…
India needs a smart grid too
I am hearing news about smart this, smart that and smart everything where every device has some kind of intelligence built in. Not the I Robot kind of intelligence. At least not yet. But, Smart Grid which is intelligence for electricity…
The rise and fall of Subhiksha
It is only a week since I blogged about Indian retail in for a heady mix. Now, we have the case of Subhiksha which is battling for survival. Subhiksha which was started with 1 store in 1999 has grown to more than 1000 stores by the end of…
The wall is cracking, which side are you on?
The wall is cracking. I am not talking about Berlin Wall (that would be nostalgic) though, and I am not talking about Rahul Dravid either. I am referring to the famous Wall Street (Dalal street equivalent of USA). A 158 year old company…
ISD at Rupee 2 per minute, STD at 50 paise!
Couple of months back, most of the mobile companies slashed their local and STD rates by as much as 40%, making STD calls rates at 1.50 paise per minute. India already has the cheapest call rates worldwide and I did not expect the rates to…
How to get Admissions in Top Indian B-schools, IITs & IIMs
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Dish TV, Tata Sky and now Big TV: Consumer satellite-based direct-to-home television taking off in a…
Just couple of years back India did not have a single household with Satellite television connection. Consumers had to be satisfied with arbitrarily-laid-poor-signal terrestrial cable connections to watch their favorite TV shows.…
WIMAX: Wireless Broadband Access throughout India by 2010!
There is no doubt that Indian Telecommunication Industry is currently growing at an unimaginable pace. Normally, growth of Internet subscribers is directly relative to growth of telecom subscribers. However in India, Internet penetration…
Indian Mobile Commerce set to grow in leaps!
Mobile commerce in India is gaining quite a bit of momentum, and why not. India currently boasts more than 200 million mobile subscribers growing at nearly 100% yoy. Online E-commerce is yet to catch up, but it also has started picking up…
Should you have a mobile version of your website / Blog?
If you walk on the any of the city streets in India, you will rarely see people without mobile phones. More than half of these people have new generation mobile phones sporting big screens and GPRS having internet access. Infact, as per a…
Rupee, Sensex and India: too fast too furious?
I was talking to an American friend of mine yesterday about India. He mentioned something that really intrigued me. He said: ’India is growing too fast and furious, it is not good. It can boomerang India back where it all…
Top 5 reasons why Indian IT professionals return back to India
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Largest Reebok Retail store…in India
Reebok today announced that they are setting up the largest retail store of Reebok Worldwide in Delhi, India.
The first question that struck me when I read the news was, whether India has such a big market for premium shoes that it should…
Will Indian Consumers pay to buy music online?
I will give you my own example. I visited India last year. During my stay I was going to drive long hours along with my friends visiting different places. What better thing to make that travel comfortable than to play some songs with Nasal…
Top 10 reasons why you should be an Entrepreneur
A lot of folks ask this question: Why should I become an entrepreneur? Is it worth all the trouble of going through hardships and uncertainties of starting my own business? What if I fail ?
Here are the top 10 reasons according to me why…
China to overtake Indian IT Industry by 2011: Are you kidding ?
Outsourcing of work to low cost developing nations is growing rapidly even after constant challenges it faces from government and lawmakers of developed countries.
Last 6 years have seen India become the Outsourcing hub of the world and…
Opening a business – First think of Shortage of Electricity !
One of the biggest head-aches that any new company starting its business in India has to face is- Shortage of electricity. Especially, if it is a technology oriented business, you have no choice, but to put a lot...