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Airtel and Tata Indicom the providers of broadband Internet in India are trying to cap the broadband speeds. There are also talks about policing the content which you read. Your Internet will be monitored for both the content and download…

We have earlier written about rise and fall of Subhiksha, which generated quite a buzz. Many of the commentators on that post are referring to Mr. Subramaniam as self styled "Sam Walton of Indian Retail". Have you thought how…

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…

Chartered : hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers; "a chartered plane"; "the chartered buses arrived on time" I tried looking for the meaning of 'Chartered" using define:chartered in Google and that is what I got.…

62% of Gujarat's 60 million population live in villages. If that is the case villages should be able to feed that population to avoid mass migration to the cities. When diamond polishing industry of Surat took hit in the global recession,…

Success of a country will depend upon capital it has and the capital it can generate. Capital is mostly generated by innovation. Whenever innovation comes down or the countries stop investing in education and research the result shows…

To the Board of Directors Satyam Computer Services Ltd. Dear Board Members, It is with deep regret, at tremendous burden that I am carrying on my conscience, that I would like to bring the following facts to your notice: The Balance…

Most of you may have heard about the Air Car that has been in much news over last year, thanks to the Tata backing the project. If you read the comments on my earlier post on air car, you would find many people have reservations about the…

This blog has been silent for last couple of days, Sriram is on a break and so am I. Not much to write about so thought of posting a Top list which has been missing for last few months. So here it is: The top 10 NRI Newsmakers of the Year…

It is double bonanza for Maharastra. Just a few weeks back, a study showed that Pune would be the 7th Indian metro. Now, its Mumbai's turn. Mumbai is the top Indian city in the list of 65 financial centres of emerging economies. This is for…

There are total 6 metro cities in India. Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad. The population in these cities has already saturated and most of these cities are crumbling under their own weight. Their perennial problems…

Diwali went well. We might have contributed to the global warming in a significant way, but who is checking? Muhurat trading went very well with Sensex regaining 9000 levels. That is the good news. Though it is not the topic of this…

I got an interesting comment on one of my previous posts on Pune Real Estate. The commenter – Ranjeet – provides a story of how a bubble builds up especially in real estate space. I found it quite interesting and thought it would be…

Indian Aviation industry is seeing a lot of turbulence since last year. The airline industry has already seen $2bn losses. Crude at $140/barrel did not help their cause. Rising crude prices and falling domestic demand has been the two…

blockquote> “Get the DVD at your doorstep the same day” The DVD rental market in India is expected to touch 2100 crore by 2010. DVD sales market in India is expected to touch 2000 crore by 2010. Current market is at 800 crore.…

Nasscom forecasted a 21-24% revenue growth for IT industry till April 2009. This is valued at $50 billion. Not the expected 30% growth, which the industry saw for the past 3 years. I think the final figure would settle down at 20%. Satyam…

Toyota Prius uses the energy produced from braking and tries to replenish it for running the car. It also uses the kinetic energy produced from the spinning of wheels on a downhill to replenish some of the energy required to run the car.…

Already crowded telecom space is becoming over crowded - 6 more operators will join the scene. Though Bharti in GSM and Reliance in CDMA dominate the space, the new operators will add to the competition. Indian telecom industry is seeing an…

I hate to paint a gloomy picture but things certainly are not going well for India Inc. Started with Singur's Nano plant shutdown, lynching a Noida CEO by the labour . Though these are not as catastrophic as what is happening in the US,…

Don’t we all love to be in a world where everything is dynamic? Aren’t we all sick and tired of carrying credit cards, debit cards and cash in our wallet? Don’t we all dream of a day where every transaction is done by a common…