Curious Log

Archive

Older writing from 2008 onwards, kept for the record.

  • Organic farming – tough road ahead

    I went on a trip to Sikkim, with a pal who works for organic farming certification in that state. And while I was doing my sightseeing, managed to…

  • Will anyone buy Satyam ?

    Its been a not so great start to 2009 for India world over. The economic crisis just keeps getting worse. I had last written about a how the…

  • Global slowdown- right time for cherrypicking?

    Its known to the kid next door (a keen stamp collector) that its a good deal if a stamp which was worth five triangular stamps (in the network)…

  • And Honda does it Again !

    Honda has always been like the Intel of the automobile market. It has had a steady stream of products coming out of its shop which has meant that…

  • DTH Games begin- Elephants will win

    The arrival of the telecom giant Airtel has made the DTH arena crowded and fun to watch. Not only was the Airtel’s teaser used by BIG TV, the…

  • In the business of breaking (the) news…

    I dont spend too much time infront of the idiot box, but I have been a witness to the news blitzkrieg that Indian consumers are forced to live…

  • Why Google launched Chrome ?

    Google launched its very own Internet Browser- Chrome- and die hard fans apart, early experimenters also say- that its cool ! While the industry pundits discuss the features…

  • Floods in Bihar- India’s lack of focus towards Infrastructure

    The flooding of Kosi has brought to fore the apparent lack of focus government after government has had towards Infrastructure development. Lemme explain why. The Kosi it seems…

  • TRAI on overdrive ! Telecom business to see a complete overhaul…

    The last 7-10 days have been filled with a lot of action in the Telecom sector, and the regulatory authority TRAI seems to be at the centre of…

  • Kashmir : Business or Politics

    Many keen observers of the J&K situation say that the current state of affairs has thrown the valley back by atleast a decade or so of development. It…

  • Killer Apps in motorbike industry

    Was reading an article in the ET today, which talked about how Bajaj was trailing behind Hero Honda in the Motorcycle sales in the country. The article went…

  • 3G now in India… immediate impacts on Telecom Sector

    Today’s biz papers were all shouting out loud about the 3G telecom policy now finally being here. For the uninformed like me, it meant too much excitement about…

  • Economies around pilgrimage spots

    I remember reading this short note about how Shirdi- the pilgrim destination for Sai Baba devotess- quickly evolved from a small-hamlet-nowhere-in-the-map to a prominent-travel-destination-within-Maharastra…. all within the author’s…

  • Fuel costs leading to Closed economies ?

    Read a very interesting article yday- wherein the author built a case for changes he predicted in manufacturing services due to the increased crude prices. According to him…

  • Washing his way to moolah !

    This is the first in my series of odes to the spirit of entrepreneurship at the grass root level… At my place we had a “dhobi (washerman)” who…

  • Reinventing the Wheels

    There was a time when the best car models in India came with Maggi- Hot Wheels- thats what they were called and I remember myself trying to raise…

  • The Changing Business of Cricket

    Cricket has always been the only rich game in the country- with rights being sold for an unimaginable amount- BCCI has always been flushed with funds. But with…

  • The long tail of grocery retailing …

    Grocery retailing is considered by most as the toughest nut to crack in any new market. More so in India where Reliance’s Fresh initiative ran into some serious…