Ratings and Reviews: Are there too many influencers influencing me?
The system of reviews and ratings is a double-edged sword. While 10 positive reviews can propel your services or products, 1 bad review can break them!
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Celebrity Endorsements: Is this a big deal?
I am sure you know by now that Sachin rejected a huge ad-deal (supposedly the biggest yet!) with an alcohol manufacturer. While it’s a great gesture to me it sparks the debate of whether it’s ethical for celebrities to endorse such…
Indian cars have to start drinking alcohol!!!
Well... not our regular beer but bioethanol. According to CIA factbook, India is 5th largest Oil consumer and 6th largest in oil imports with both figures around 3 million barrels consumed per day. With its relatively low per capita…
Unique Innovations in India
Someone once told me that Innovation isn’t thinking about bright new ideas but using ideas from one section and applying it to another. Several innovations that I came across in India truly fits the description. Let’s see some of them and…
Are Indians time insensitive?
Remember Maggi commercials and the eternal promise of making noodles in 2-minutes ? I adore the commercial yet have never met anyone who claims to cook it in 2-minutes. It got me thinking - Are we really not concerned about time? Being…
Indian Stereotypes: That’s how we are
Yesterday in one of my classes at B-school we had this discussion over how Bollywood movies are a Hollywood story with songs, dance, and how kissing is a strict no-no in the movies. It wasn’t offensive because of the context but it made me…
Impact of Technology Trends on Businesses
There has been a lot of talk about how consumer technology has evolved and its effect on our lifestyle etc. Here are few examples of how technological revolutions have impacted (or will impact) on the way we do business. Cloud Computing:…
Population: Root of all our problems or a blessing ?
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…
My shirt says “Made in India”
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…
Thank-You Mr. Zuckerberg India says “Like”
Facebook owner Mark Zuckerberg, recently blogged when the site crossed the 500 million users, “I could have never imagined all the ways people would use Facebook when we were getting started six years ago”. Indeed, we all know the…
