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Another money making scam project: New 7 wonders of NATURE ?

by Arun Prabhudesai on July 11, 2007

This is stretching things a bit too much. With no affiliations from either UN or any other accredited organization Mr. Weber and his FOR-PROFIT Swiss organization – now called as NewOpenWorld Foundation – consider themselves “The One” for deciding all kinds of 7 wonders. Are you not satisfied with money you have already made by making a fool of millions of people and thereby filling your own pockets ?

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Comeback by Taj Mahal at New Seven Wonders Voting

by Arun Prabhudesai

I have been covering the flawed voting process for New seven wonders of the world quite frequently on this blog. I still feel it is a big money making activity. Earlier Taj Mahal was not in top seven,…

15 comments June 21, 2007 Continue Reading →

Yoga patents being granted by U.S Patents and Trademarks office: Does it mean anything ?

by Arun Prabhudesai

Yoga in India and Patenting by USPTO Patents Trademark office

I actually had a laugh when I read those reports last week. It is ridiculous for someone to go and file the patents on Yoga Postures, let alone granting them. If you ask any one who knows Yoga across the globe about who invented it, there is going to be unanimous answer. Yoga was taught and practised by Indian Rishis (sages) thousands of years ago. Patanjali Yoga Shastra was written nearly 5000 years ago in India. Most of the yogas performed today in India and West are mentioned in Patanjali Yoga Shastra. Infact, Yoga in its current form is not even 25% of what it was during that time.

3 comments June 16, 2007 Continue Reading →

New 7 Wonders of the World: Scam to make millions of profit !

by Arun Prabhudesai

Even with all this background, I had not doubt that Taj Mahal would be in Top 5 if not top 3, purely based on the population we have. But I guess, I was wrong. If you think deeper, you will realize that although we have a huge population, more than 60% of the voting has happened through Internet, and Internet penetration in India is next to zilch as of now. Not only that, more than 97% of Indian population do not even know that something like this exists.

33 comments June 4, 2007 Continue Reading →

The history and geography of India.

by Arun Prabhudesai

This is the 1st post in the 30 part series that I am doing on Key success factors for doing business in India – A 30 part series !, that I plan to do over next month.
The history and geography of India
For anyone who visits India, whether on business purpose or not it…

2 comments May 18, 2007 Continue Reading →