2021-05-13 14:58
The year was 1977. The venue was Vallabh Vidyanagar in Gujarat. At stake was the Barna Bellack Cup; the national trophy for the team Table Tennis Championships. As was the case those d… Read More
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2018-09-13 12:15
I have set off on a road trip again.Blogging about it hereDrop in there, if you fancy a travelogue Read More
2018-05-10 15:37
This blogger has reached a stage in life where he often turns nostalgic. Ahhh - the good old days ... Sigh ...Today it was nostalgia in ads. All from about 40 years ago. Colour television ha… Read More
2018-05-08 05:27
The war for the future of the retail trade in the world is going to be fought in India. It has happened by default, but happen it nevertheless has. The irony hasn't struck the policymakers i… Read More
2018-04-28 15:41
Many men of this blogger's vintage are seriously challenged when it comes to matters of fashion. This blogger is a card carrying member of the tribe who behaves like this when it comes to cl… Read More
2018-04-25 10:17
There are various ways to vent out road rage. I am trying a novel experiment here to douse the fire that is consuming me. By attempting to write a law !! Read on and see if you agree… Read More
2018-03-26 04:16
I received an email from a classmate of mine, who is now the CFO of a large Indian company. It was such a lovely story that I asked for his permission to publish it in my blog. It is contex… Read More
2018-03-20 07:11
It's very simple really to most people and that's why its such a complex problem. The problem of executive pay (lets just take CEO pay as a proxy to make it easier to analyse).For the left… Read More
2018-03-15 03:55
In democracies, the will of the people is supposed to be supreme. The forum for expression of the will of the people is the parliament. All laws and policies are enacted by the parliament an… Read More
2018-03-13 15:50
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong should go on TV and broadcast to his countrymen that Singapore has "arrived". The mighty US is scared of little Singapore. Perhaps a national holiday in Singap… Read More
2018-03-11 06:33
This blogger knows a thing or two about procuring visas , having had to endure this torture hundreds of times for nearly 30 years now. Indians, as is generally well known, are not welcome an… Read More
2018-03-05 05:11
(carnaticdurbar.com)This blogger is a recently turned fan of Indian classical music. Being the weirdo he is, it is only to be expected that he would turn his attention to the eco… Read More
2018-03-02 04:29
The US has been there before many times. And yet they do it again and again. Granted that logic and thoughtful action is not a feature of the current US administration. But still, you would… Read More
2018-02-27 02:51
Disclosure : This blogger is hopping mad and this post is written in a state of fury . Readers beware !Why is it so difficult for the United States to understand a simple principle - the law… Read More
2018-02-19 14:58
If you clicked on Business News from the US on Google, here's a sample of the news items that are featuredWoman seen berating flight attendant on viral video now placed on leaveMost KFCs in… Read More
2018-02-17 10:28
Here is uncontestable proof that all Fund Managers are a waste of time. They are (mostly) lavishly paid for nothing. If that sounds a radical statement, read on.Its a well known saying in fi… Read More
2018-02-13 14:03
Regular leaders of the blog know that this blogger is an unabashed admirer of Bill & Melinda Gates. He is of the opinion that they must be sainted - for they have have done more good in… Read More
2018-02-11 04:34
There are some basic facts about agriculture. One ; you cannot do away with agriculture; you have to eat after all. Two; However much you mechanise agriculture, there are large portions of i… Read More
2018-02-09 06:27
No No. PepsiCo is not foolish enough to launch Doritos for women. For Gods sake, PepsiCo is one of the greatest consumer marketing companies on earth. Sure, even the finest companies can lay… Read More
2018-02-06 13:54
This blogger has been fascinated with lululemon for some time. The Vancouver based company has been peddling fashion wear for yoga and been successful at it. Firstly this blogger is amazed t… Read More
2018-02-01 13:11
We've all made fun of Americans and their crazy law of torts. That's why you have such gems such as "Contents Hot" on a coffee cup or a "Remove baby before folding" sticker on a pram. In tha… Read More
2017-11-06 13:52
Well, John Oliver got on the bandwagon too Read More
2017-11-02 14:38
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2017-10-25 15:37
The title of this post is directly stolen from The Economist which ran a cover story by this name a year or so ago. They themselves were punning the quote from here.The much awaited China's… Read More
2017-10-16 14:12
If you are an American, here's a a nice issue to distract you from your fixation about you know who and direct your attention to a different issue you can get all worked up about.Witness eac… Read More
2017-09-27 15:31
Who is the person I hate the most ? No; not that one, whom I frankly don't care about . He is half the planet away and troubling other folks; not me. My visceral hate is reserved for somebod… Read More
2017-09-25 11:13
The world's richest woman just died. If you didn't know this, please stop focusing on the tweets and turn your attention to more weighty matters of the world.Liliane Bettencourt passed away… Read More
2017-09-17 11:09
Anybody who predicts what the next Standing Committee and the Politburo will be is almost certain to be wrong ! This is why most newspaper columnists are content with naming possible candida… Read More
2017-09-16 14:25
Every country faces challenges and China is no exception. But by global yardsticks, China's issues are less critical than what most other countries face. It is after all the one countr… Read More
2017-09-15 12:30
The man in the street simply does not care ! At least politically !!In a country of 1.2 billion, such a sweeping statement is an outrageous generalisation. But it is broadly true. The… Read More
2017-09-14 10:55
Xi Jinping, the current Chinese leader is easily the most powerful leader that China has had ever since Deng Xiaoping faded away in the early 90s. But in order to understand his power, we ha… Read More
2017-09-13 07:18
On October 18th, or immediately thereafter, a small line of people will walk in into the Great Hall of the People in Tiananmen Square. That will be the new Standing Committee headed by… Read More
2017-08-19 11:24
When your child is born, it is probably the greatest moment of your life. It's your child. It is the creation of you and your partner. It's a new life created out of the blue. And only becau… Read More
2017-07-23 15:18
My good friend who goes by the moniker of Vaingluory, at least on my travel blog, messaged me drawing attention to this story . The opinion piece from a headhunter is titled 'Expe… Read More
2017-07-15 11:06
So says the Finance Minister of Nigeria. Beggars will have to pay taxes. Apparently some beggars are earning millions in Nigeria. Perhaps its fair enough that Mrs Adeosun , the Finance Minst… Read More
2017-07-13 12:09
The extreme left , as this blogger is wont to repeat ad nauseam, is as bad as the extreme right. The champions of the hard left - Bernie Sanders in the US and Jeremy Corbyn in the UK h… Read More
2017-07-10 03:48
Regular readers of this blog know that this blogger rather likes railing against Ramamritham. Ever so often, there has to be a post yelling at this cursed individual.This time it is on the D… Read More
2017-07-08 11:13
Humans love eating meat. Vegetarians and vegans (this blogger is a vegetarian) don't stand a chance. In quite a few countries in the world, you simply have to starve if you are a vegetarian… Read More
2017-05-13 03:51
If you cut tax rates, will companies invest more ? This is almost a religious belief in a certain party in a certain country in the world. Is it justified ?The answer, in my opini… Read More
2017-05-08 15:34
In the normal world of business, companies are supposed to treat their customers with kids gloves. And customers are supposed to be very partial to the brands that they buy. It's all suppose… Read More
2017-05-01 03:54
Lucy Kellaway of the Financial Times is one of my favourite columnists. One of her specialities is to roast companies that spew out meaningless bullshit in their communications and press rel… Read More
2017-04-25 09:52
Did you see the news item about a flying car, revealed by Kitty Hawk, a Silicon Valley startup funded by Google's founder, Larry Page ? If you didn't , watch the video belowI now petition Ki… Read More
2017-04-23 15:11
I am an Indian citizen. I have no right to vote in the US elections. That's fine - US citizens can make their own choices on who to govern them. But when the US starts passing laws that affe… Read More
2017-04-22 12:09
France goes to the polls on Sunday to elect a new President. If you haven't been following this election, then you are missing something. It's a very crucial election and is much more fun fo… Read More
2017-04-21 02:48
When this blogger started blogging in 2009, his very first post was titled "What is American goods, anyway ? " Eight years later, when returning back from a two year hiatus in blogging, &hell…Read More
2015-05-20 02:35
The opposition from labour unions in the US ( and labour activists everywhere in the world) to the TPP is that it will lead to the loss manufacturing jobs (read in the US) and therefore it i… Read More
2015-05-19 02:25
One of the big issues in a trade relationship involving multiple countries is what happens if a country unilaterally decides to ban a product, or raise import duties astronomically, or take… Read More
2015-05-18 06:02
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a trade deal that 12 countries bordering the Pacific Ocean are negotiating. The countries include the USA, Japan, Australia and Canada, but exclude Chi… Read More
2015-05-12 15:33
The most unlikely of bedfellows can come together in the business world. Consider this rather unusual "marriage".The bride is the city of Detroit. We shouldn't be uncharitable to a bride… Read More
2015-05-09 12:15
Just in case you were not following the British elections, a small earthquake happened. The Tories won, the Lib Dems were wiped out, Labour performed poorly, and UKIP performed well but got… Read More
2015-05-07 15:56
Businesses are often considered as machines without a heart. But even businesses face some gut wrenching ethical issues , where the "right" course of action is by no means obvious. Tak… Read More
2015-04-24 05:14
It would be really churlish to sing anything but the loudest praise for Dan Price. And yet this blogger is falling short of raising three cheers for him.Dan Price is the CEO of a privately h… Read More
2015-04-21 11:09
In a free world, the price of anything is a reflection of its true worth to people. Something is valued high if it is important to a lot of people. It is valued low if its not so importan… Read More
2015-04-19 03:49
Walmart closed down five stores in the US. What's new ? This happens all the time - stores are closed and stores are opened. So what ? What is strange is the reason it was done and th… Read More
2015-04-14 09:24
Last Friday, the world shook. You can be forgiven for not noticing, for, it was the business world that shook. GE announced it was going to virtually sell all of GE Capital. GE is one o… Read More
2015-04-10 12:27
Sometimes the world of finance is utterly incomprehensible to , well, even finance guys. Take for instance what has been happening in Europe.A few governments in Europe have been issuing sho… Read More
2015-04-07 04:04
This blogger is of an age when being called an uncle is rather a compliment. He is precariously close to being called a grandpa. So much so that he cannot understand the brouhaha that the te… Read More
2015-04-01 03:14
I never thought I would never agree with anything in Mr Miliband's economic policy. If you are wondering who Mr Miliband (or Red Ed as he is sometimes called) is, he is the head of the Labou… Read More
2015-03-29 11:15
What do you call something who is passed from hand to hand ? Used goods ? Probably something worse ? Well, that is what we have to call Kraft these days.With a touch of slight (?) exaggerati… Read More
2015-02-02 11:51
I am on my annual road trip and this blog will go to sleep for a while.I will instead be blogging on my travel blog which is here.Business can wait until I return !! Read More
2015-01-20 15:55
Sometime in 2015, or more likely 2016, or maybe 2017, India will overtake China as the fastest growing large economy in the world. It could potentially be a historic moment, for India… Read More
2015-01-11 10:21
Stock markets tumbled last Monday. Investors claimed they were worried by two things - Deflation and the possibility (yet again) of a Greek exit from the Euro. Even Rajalakshmi, she who is s… Read More
2015-01-08 04:11
The United States believes, sometimes, that it is so unique that it exists in Planet HIP 116454b (discovered yesterday). Some of its laws and practices are completely unintelligible to other… Read More
2015-01-05 12:23
What do you think the purpose of agriculture is ? To feed people, right ? Wrong ! The purpose of agriculture is to feed pigs. Very shortly more than half the crops grown in the world will be… Read More
2015-01-03 07:04
If you go to a McDonald's in Japan, be prepared for no french fries (freedom fries ?). Or, at best, if you smile nicely at the young girl, you might get a small fries. No wolfing down the on… Read More
2015-01-01 05:58
India is an outlier in terms of economic development. Traditional economic theory suggests that in the beginning all economies are dominated by agriculture. As the economy develops, manufact… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The dinosaurs missed a trick when the comet (asteroid ?) hit the Yucatan peninsula 65 million years ago. They should have taken refuge in India. They wouldn't have gone extinct. India is v… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Readers of my last few posts on TPP would have noticed my complete disagreement with one Elizabeth Warren - junior Senator from the Bay State of Massachusetts. In this blogger's humble opini… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
In this post I'll tackle the issues raised against the TPP in the areas of environment and intellectual property.The opposition to the TPP from environmental activists comes from two c… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
One of the biggest criticisms of the TPP in the US has been that the negotiations with other countries have been carried on in secrecy by the US government. US politicians have been falling… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
In the previous posts developing the economic manifesto, we had parked the issue of corruption to be discussed separately. We now address the tackling of corruption, arguably one of India's… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
If you saw India's financial position in the previous post, you could be excused for opining that we must cut expenditure. For most other countries, that would be the answer. But not for Ind… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
After considering the revenue side in the previous post, let us turn our attention to expenditure. This is important, as the pattern of expenditure reflects our priorities and the debate rea… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Where the mind is maybe with a little fear but the head is held highWhere there is no Blogger to corrupt the thoughtsWhere there is no Facebook to waste timeWhere there is no Twitter to info… Read More
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