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How to get Admissions in Top Indian B-schools, IITs & IIMs
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The real estate numbers speak otherwise
Contrary to popular belief, recently released real estate numbers suggest that the property market is not slowing down, Infact it is still rising. I am really surprised and not really sure if these numbers reflect the reality of situation.…
Authorstream: Online powerpoint presentations on Steroids
When I came across Authorstream, the immediate thought that came to my mind was it is an exact replica of popular online presentation site Slideshare. However, after a closer look it was clear that Authorstream has number of additional…
Reliance Retail winning battle against Bharti- Walmart !
Last year I had written about interesting Test match between 2 retail giants who had announced their plans to open hundreds of stores across India.
Bharti Wal-Mart had announced their wholesale cash-and-carry and back-end supply…
The Five Most Important Things About Growth in India
This post has been written by Bruce Greenwald and reproduced here with his permission
Indian growth is going to depend overwhelmingly on what happens locally in India.
The reason India and China went from being peripheral players in…
Internet Poll Verdict: Indian Broadband connections are expensive…but why ?
I had set up a poll a fortnight back on this to understand why Indian Internet penetration is lagging behind so much so that a country of size of Hong Kong beats India, even when we out number them in population by over a billion people.…
Advocatekhoj: Present your case, get a lawyer, Win your case
No, the last part of the title is stretching it up a bit too much. But this new startup AdvocateKhoj helps users to find well qualified lawyers to fight out your case. A good lawyer is half battle won !
Legal system in India is…
Dollar winning the battle against the rupee
I have been following the rupee dollar battle since I started this blog last year. It had been one sided battle through out last year. Last year was won by Rupee hands down. Rupee was valued at nearly 45 rupee at the start of last year and…
Advertisement India: Online classifieds for offline world
In this web2.0 age we are increasingly getting used to online classified sites, however, even in today's world, offline newspaper classifieds have more than 90% of the market share. Online ads do not generate even fraction of a response…
Tales of Indian real estate and the common man
I have been having some very interesting comments to my articles I have previously written on Indian real estate specifically targeting the Pune market. However, the situation seems to be common across most upcoming cities and Metros in…
How cheap can your mobile tariffs get?
Way back in late nineties when I procured my first mobile phone (a.k.a brick), I used to think more than 10 times before making a phone call from my cellular.
Do you know why?
Each minute of a outgoing call used to cost me a whooping…
Mumbai gets smartcards for local trains and BEST buses
During my train travels from New Jersey to New York via Subway, I used to always think of how it would be to have a similar ticketing system for journey in crowded Mumbai local trains. The first thing that came to my mind - it was just not…
The big difference between expectation and reality!
The real estate prices in India have soared to gigantic proportions in last few years. The prices have soared as high as 300% in last 3 years. Although, consumer earnings too have grown, it is no match for the steep rise in real estate…
Virgin Mobile sets foot in India with 2 great TV advertisments
Image from WikipediaI have said this repeatedly earlier and I am saying it again. I love Indian TV advertisements. They not only pass across the message in those limited 10 seconds, but the fun element in it keeps the viewers wanting for…
Is mall culture capturing India?
Absolutely, without any doubt the mall culture has gripped Indians and they seem love every bit of it.
Few days back I visited a newly opened 2 million square feet everything-under-one-roof mall in Pune. I was shocked to see the number…
Cleartrip.com: The most user-friendly OTA in India
Last year I did a comparison of 10 OTA's operating in India. The comparison was done based on 5 different parameters like Ticket fares, Flight options, Destinations, User Friendliness and value added services. In that comparison IXIGO…
Recession and Indian IT services industry
Mark (name changed) wanted to outsource some of his development work. A typical outsourcing process starts with bidding, where companies from different cheaper countries including India would bid for projects. He asks one of his manager (An…
Global Top 100 best outsourcing service providers of 2008
It is been a long time since I have published a top lists. During the starting days of this blog, I regularly published quite a few lists which are great reference point to the readers. However, over last few months I have not been able to…
Fast rise and even faster fall
India's stock market and Rupee growth has been fast and furious. The fall seems to come even faster.
I have been going gaga over the rise of Indian stock market as well as the rise of Rupee against dollar in the recent past. This blog…
Two Million Minutes: Comparison of school education standards between Indian, China and USA
Do you know one of the main worries Indian parents have with children studying in US schools?
It is how will their kids will cope up with Indian education standards if they move back to India.
Ask any parent who have returned to India…