India

Our national television, Doordarshan like everything government owned has always lagged behind the other popular private channels such as Star, Zee, Sony etc. Even though in terms of reach it has and will always be the best, the quality of…

To be honest with you, I generally do not check Yahoo Maps – Infact, it is for the first time in years that I logged into Yahoo Maps. It was only after one of our readers sent me an email showing me the error, did I login to Yahoo Maps. If…

Commonwealth Games is in news for all the bad reasons and it would be unfair if we don’t cover this over here and present our views regarding the same! No. We don’t want to cover the illness of games or the Media’s exposure of Corruption,…

India’s over 600,000 villages and a rural population of over 700 million present a very unique and challenge opportunity for various organizations. The fact that this population has completely different needs, wants and desires compared to…

Esha Deol, Hema Malini and Ahana Deol talking about clean water! Kajol and Ajay Devgan promoting the importance of purifying the water one drinks! Smrita Irani saying that it’s every mother’s responsibility to provide clean water!…

Our politicians are coming up with new and weird ideas by the day. Kapil Sibal would surely go down in the history of Indian politics as one of the most active education ministers in terms of work. When I say active, I mean that he has…

Even as talks of Outsourcing centered around recent ban by Ohio state – India remains at the top and most preferred Outsourcing Destination by large private U.S Corporations. According to recent survey released by Cap Gemini in partnership…

The Indian Institutes of Technology have since long been the barometer of technological development in our country. However I or many of my fellow readers may disagree to this fact but the truth is that for the world they have been the most…

Last night, I was reading about Professor Jagdish Bhagwati (renowned professor on Indian Political Economy at Columbia University) who quotes that ‘we will more or less become what China is today and that will make us the fourth…

I was recently talking to an Indian friend who resides in America – he has been harping about coming back to India (Majority of them do, but very few actually come back). During our conversation, I realized one thing – He (like many others)…

According to Bank Statistics monthly report released by RBI yesterday, HDFC Bank stands at number one position when it comes to number of e-transactions taking place in India, while SBI is ahead in terms of value of transactions. ICICI…

Although, Nokia has been loosing its Mobile handset market share in troves, it has not stopped it from becoming the most trusted brand in India, 3rd year in succession according to Brand Equity survey. Nokia first debuted at 71 in 2004,…

India registers highest quarterly GDP growth in 2 years – Expects 9 % Growth going forward After couple of years of recessionary phase – India is back on a fierce growth path. Last Quarter’s GDP growth of 8.8 percent is highest since…

The much-awaited Direct Tax Code (DTC) Bill was approved couple of days back and few more clarifications have come out – some positive, some negative. In fact, there is difference of opinion among various analysts. Some say that the new…

Research in Motion, maker of BlackBerry have finally bowed down to Indian Governments demand to allow access to their messaging system – RIM will provide full data access to the Indian authorities. To be honest, I did not think that the…

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has played a big role in the development of space technology in India. Vikram Sarabhai and Homi Bhabha are regarded as the two pioneers of space research in India. A large number of satellite…

Finally, India is warming up to broadest tax reforms in the form of Direct Tax Code (DTC) and Goods and Services Tax (GST)  . The former is centered around expectations to minimize tax exemptions, but widen tax slab on personal…

Ok, so mainstream media has given wide coverage to the fact that Google has changed their maps in Google Insights section to show full Jammu & Kashmir as part of India. Apparently that’s not the case – Google Maps on insights still…

Whenever I discuss anything about India, people site excessive population as the core cause of almost all the issues faced by Indians. I always try to make a case as to why I think having a huge population might work for our benefit if its…

Recently I went to a super-fancy mall GAP Inc retail store here in US and bought a couple of shirts (priced above Rs. 2000 easily). I came back and noticed the tag on the inner side of the shirt said “Made in India”. It may not be an…