February 2012
4 posts
January 2012
10 posts
Good bye 2011, Welcome 2012!
2011 was the most happening year for me in the last twenty years. Many things happened during the course of the year when I laughed and I cried - sometimes both at the same time! At times, I also cringed with fear. But, there is one thing that I am proud of - I never lost hope. One of my friends from high school told me this famous saying many moons ago - “When the going gets tough, the...
December 2011
15 posts
Is India the broken BRIC?
An interesting insight by Fareed Zakaria on India’s performance.
New Delhi has for years expressed pride in being part of the BRICs. If it doesn’t get its act together, 10 years from now people might still be praising the BRICs, except that the “I” in BRIC might stand for Indonesia, not India.
Details on CNN
Better data for a better Internet →
Quantitative, trustworthy research on Internet use is essential for policy making and freedom, writes Jonathan Zittrain and John Palfrey in their latest article in Science. Here is a brief summary:
When people took to the streets across the UK in the summer of 2011, the Prime Minister suggested restricting access to digital and social media in order to limit their use in ...
RT @kydoh: “Brand is a reward, not a goal. It is bestowed upon a product by a consumer. Not the other way around.”
November 2011
11 posts
RT @sardesairajdeep: FDI in retail is becoming like Indo-US nuclear deal. BJP/left on same side, Mamta the oppn within, Cong MPs worried …
RT @ryanspoon: Change the trajectory rather than optimize it: “Incrementalism is innovation’s worst enemy.” Nic Negroponte, MIT Media Lab.
Now, the game begins ...
Now, the game begins.
Indian government has approved 51% FDI (foreign direct investment) in multi-brand retailing. In plain english, it means that retailers like Walmart and Tesco can enter India and create the next big revolution in Indian retail space.
I strongly believe that local players along with big retailers will take Indian retailing especially in the online space to a whole new level....
“I wish when I was younger I knew what I know today, what I feel like today, a...”
– Sir Anthony Hopkins
“Designing a product is keeping five thousand things in your brain and fitting...”
– Steve Jobs (via Daring Fireball)
Extraordinary times!
Excellent advice from John Gruber in his keynote speech at The Çingleton Symposium:
One simple way to look at it is that there are far more people who’ve never bought an iPhone and who’ve never bought an iPad, who will in the next five years than all of us who’ve already bought at least one to this point. And I don’t see how anybody can deny that, unless something...
October 2011
4 posts
September 2011
7 posts
I’ve just created an infographic of my CV. Check it out! http://t.co/r1RxEjbR (via @vizualizeme)
The 'Wall' departs ...
The ‘Wall’ has departed! Rahul Dravid (‘Wall’) showed his class in his last one day international cricket match against England. He showed ‘how’ it is done under pressure. Indian cricket will miss him. I will miss him.
I still remember his first one day innings at Singapore many years ago. I was visiting my friend Ankur Garg who used to live in a small town...
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the...”
– Margaret Mead
“Go as far as you can see. When you get there, you’ll be able to see...”
– Thomas Carlyle.