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The call for free market pricing for petrol and diesel is back. This time with a twist
With the new mandate, the new government and the brains behind the government are thinking about introducing the market controlled petrol and diesel prices. Simply put the petrol prices will work exactly the same way as it does in the US…
Shut the telly mate. We aint watching IPL
I strongly feel the IPL matches are fixed and it is not the players who are doing it. If I have to put in our lousy cricket commentator's words I just get the feeling that most of the IPL matches are fixedâ€. Guess the commentator?…
Fake IPL Player and the future of blogging in India
My guess is - 95% of people reading this are also reading Fake IPL Player blog. If not, here is a what fake IPL player in 140 characters or more. Â
Fake IPL Player is a blog started by a (allegedly) of Kolkata Knight Riders team and is…
India needs a smart grid too
I am hearing news about smart this, smart that and smart everything where every device has some kind of intelligence built in. Not the I Robot kind of intelligence. At least not yet. But, Smart Grid which is intelligence for electricity…
IRCTC biggest e-Commerce contributor – Over a 3rd of the total e-Commerce pie in India!
Did that come as a surprise? To me it didn't. IRCTC is the first transaction I have done online in India. It is convenient and saves a lot of time. The charge they levy on the ticket booking is very minimal when compared to the waiting time…
Next war is for water and India needs to fight it!
Need an idea for a startup in Bangalore? Dig a borewell, rent or buy 4 water tankers and you are in business. You might want to lease 4 more tankers in summer. It might not be the exact startup idea you are looking for or not even the most…
Is it high time we got some Casinos in India?
Where is the biggest casino in India? I bet many of us cannot answer that question. The closest answer is Goa. The reason it is the closest answer is because there are no casinos within India.
Goa considered as India's only casino hub…
Now Indian Railways introduces Chartered Trains to boost tourism!
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.…
Work from home goes rural. Farmers can work from home too!
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,…
The paradox of alternative energy
Alternative energy is any energy that does not depend on oil of middle east. That seems to be the apt description. It could be Solar, Wind, Nuclear, Bio-Fuel and everything else in your imagination except oil
In his book "Hot, Flat and…
The year that was 2008 !
Today is the last day of 2008 (am I glad it is :).
This year has been a roller coaster ride for Indians – Starting the year with a bang when Sensex crossed 21000 mark and launch of Nano, that gave global recognition not only to Tata,…
2008 is a year Tata’s would like to remember
The media went berserk after the Mumbai attacks. Taj Mahal hotel was under siege for 60 hours by a handful of gunmen. That had hampered the reputation and induced fear in tourist's mind. Would the business and atmosphere at Taj be the same…
Pustak: Online bargain book store – primarily for International editions !
Online shopping is yet to take off in India but with the increasing Internet reach and scarce parking space, I bet it would soon see a revolution. Until now, for lack of better options I take a list of books to either Landmark or Sapna Book…
Domain jacking at its best….airtel.com forwards to Vodafone !!!
Have you ever tried going to airtel.com domain name. If you have not...try it now - The name is forwarded to vodafone website. Yes, it may be a spanish Vodafone website, it still is the competitor's website !
Nice domain-jacking I must…
My image of America has changed with Barack Hussein Obama winning the presidential campaign –…
American President – Barack Hussein Obama !!!
Yes, John McCain, an American Hero and War Veteran has conceded defeat to America’s now the first African-American president Barack Obama.
Till couple of years back, I thought America…
Now Windows based laptops for 14,999 and Desktop for 11,999
Computers are getting cheap, really cheap. Zenith, the second largest PC maker in India has come out with Windows based (either Vista starter or XP home edition) Laptops for as low as Rs. 14,999/-. These will undoubtedly the lowest Windows…
1.2 billion people – 1 Gold Medal – and we rejoice like we have topped the Olympic Medal…
Since the news of Abhinav Bindra winning a Gold Medal at Beijing Olympics has arrived, every news media – from TV to news papers to blogs have been in utter jubilation .
Taking nothing away from Abhinav Bindra, he has achieved…
Want to get home early from work? Spend some time on looking good !
Yeah..that's what has been revealed in a recent Synovate survey on beauty.
More than 55% of the people think that well groomed and good looking people can get away with less work at workplace than their peers. Now, I have my doubts if…
How to get Admissions in Top Indian B-schools, IITs & IIMs
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South Indians are the leading Beer guzzlers!
During my visit to Chennai this January for Proto.in, I was really surprised to know that Chennai does not have restaurants that serve Beer or alcoholic drinks. Not only that, it does not have any pubs or Disco's. If you want to go out and…