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Have Indians become Immune to Inflation?
How many times in India have we witnessed opposition political parties creating hullabaloo over high inflation against the ruling party? Take a recent example of the opposition stalling Parliament proceedings over high food inflation.…
Affordable Housing: The next best thing in Real Estate
Consider a case, Shyam is from Raipur - He has come to Mumbai for better opportunities is now earning a monthly household income is Rs 10,000 to Rs. 20,000. Can he buy a 1BHK home which costs around Rs.10 Lakh to Rs. 25 Lakh in Mumbai (for…
Our political parties – Money making machines quite literally [Earnings]
Money can buy you anything...
Paisa bolta hai (Money speaks)...
Money hai toh honey hai... (If you have money, then you will surely get your love)
You must have surely heard some of these phrases. Looks like our political parties…
IBM – The darkhorse in the Indian IT sector!
It is common knowledge that the IT sector is the largest employer of human capital in the country. TCS, Infosys, Wipro, Mahindra Satyam and Cognizant together employ more than 10 lakh people across the world. But as usual, their highest…
WTF ! Google does it again – Gives away half of Kashmir to Pakistan on its Map !
I am not sure why Google is doing this – Repeatedly Google has been messing around with India’s Map, especially the Northern India-Pakistan border. Google Insights, which offers analytics on searches done on the search engines now shows…
Documents, Web, Keyboard and Now even on mobile Handset – Indian Rupee Symbol everywhere !
Indian Junta has embraced the new rupee symbol with all its heart. We are increasingly seeing the new rupee symbol ( Rs. ) everywhere. An Indian company, Foradian Technologies was quick to come out with Rupee Font as soon as the rupee…
MPs Asking for a 5-fold Salary hike – Do they deserve it? [debate]
How do you see a job proposition with the prospects of a salary hike not more than once In a decade? Possibly, your heart will go out for such under-paid employees, isn’t it? But, what if I say that some of these people are none other…
Why Government of India is slamming so hard on Blackberry, 3G and other mobile services?
The tough attitude of Indian Government over Blackberry, 3G and other mobile services has left many people wondering over the probable reasons of such actions. Why is the Govt. cracking down suddenly on service providers companies over IMEI…
A Successor for Mr. Ratan Tata – Who will Fill in the Shoes?
Time has come for the India’s biggest and most respected business conglomerate – Tata Sons - to start a hunt for a new chairman in place of Mr. Ratan Tata, who retires at the age of 75. As most people are aware that the Tata Group is…
$35 Tablet revealed [Video]
The cheap $35 tablet released by MHRD (Indian Govt.) was probably the most talked about news last month. We were one of the first blogs to bring in that news and then it got covered wildly in online and offline media.
Till now the whole…
How dependent is India on Good Monsoon !
Since prehistoric times, Indian economy was often called the ‘monsoon economy’. It reflects the critical role of the monsoon in Indian agricultural economy. Few days back, I read this newspaper headline ‘ Higher planting and renewed…
3 Indian Projects amongst top 100 most interesting Infra projects globally !
One of the biggest hurdles in India’s ability to play a catch-up with the scorching pace of growth logged by China has been its infrastructural bottlenecks. In order, to tackle with this problem – India needs to fasten up its infrastructure…
What reality shows are doing for Indian society and some more ideas! [Media Monday]
Well, for quite sometime my posts have been more of news and less of insights. Hence today I thought of writing something which can make the left side of your Brain to work ;). Reality shows as we know today is favourite genre of all…
Want to use Rupee Symbol ( Rs. ) on your Webpage – Here is how !
By now I am sure you know how to use the New Rupee Symbol in your Word documents. (If not just download and install this font and press the key above ‘tab’ button and you are set).
However, using the Rupee symbol ( Rs. ) to show up on…
Why should you host international games?
By international, I mean games where participants are from more than 40 countries like the Olympics, FIFA World Cup, Asian Games , (our infamous) Commonwealth Games etc. These games are under the lens of camera and whole world watches this…
Indian Retail – The fall of Subhiksha and Vishal!
The Indian retail industry has been riding a wave for the last couple of years. According to a latest report, retail sales are expected to rise from US$ 343 billion currently to US$ 543 billion. Reliance Fresh, Subhiksha, Vishal Retail,…
Tablets: A cure for India’s technological illiteracy?
I often claim to be a technology aficionado keeping my self abreast with latest gadgets, tech news et al and trying to see what is the upcoming buzz and how it can be used in India. However, I was disheartened by the low usage of computers…
Can Power sector become the next Telecom sector?
Telecom sector in India evolved in India after the regulations made competition enter this industry. The National Telecom Policy (NTP) Act 99’ which deregulated the Group of Telecom (GoT) , raising Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) limit to…
Internet Usage: Why is India behind China?
Internet usage in India has not penetrated as much as it has in China. This despite various measures by Indian Government from low cost PCs to increasing competition among Telco’s. Lets’ draw a few comparisons between India and China to…
Security issues and Radiation concerns for Mobile handsets keeping Telecom Regulator on its toes !
In our earlier post, we saw as to how low-cost desi brands have been carving out a niche for themselves in the Indian mobile phone market. Most of this market share has been robbed off from the leading multinational brands such as Nokia and…