Indianomics

Author: hemal

  • Blackberry is not in a mood to put down the fight

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    From a company that is in doldrums and in the ire of its stakeholders for not keeping up with its competition, mounting losses each quarter and job cuts and losing their developer base to iOS and Android – this was something I never expected.

  • The New Dawn

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    I am sure regulars at blog are no longer regular any more, because it’s been ages since I posted my last blog post. Things have been both difficult and challenging for me of late, both personally and professionally. It’s the phase of life and I am happy that it is happening to me. Seriously it…

  • Aviation: a century and a decade

    Aviation: a century and a decade

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    What led me to write about it? I stumbled upon a wikipedia article on Concorde and had the time to read it through. The most interesting part is what I read afterwards. Over the coming weeks, I am planning to research a bit about these and compose them for all of us to read. I…

  • My Vacation to Kerala

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    I am set sail to my home town finally! Yay! Its been 4 years since I have been to my home town and it was finally today that I could travel to the place where I spent my beautiful childhood. My home town, Alleppey in Kerala. Yes for most of you who do not know…

  • SpiceJet becomes first to import fuel

    SpiceJet becomes first to import fuel

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    It came to me as a surprise! It was SpiceJet and not Kingfisher that got the nod first to import Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) among all the airlines in India. This will enable Spicejet to substantially lower its operational costs which is an estimated saving of approximately 10 per cent. Another surprise was that it…

  • Kutch – my favorite place to be!

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    Kutch (or Kachchh) Kutch, by far is the largest district in India. Kutch literally means something which intermittently becomes wet and dry and it is called so because large area of Kutch is shallow wetland which submerges into water during rainy season, and is known as Rann of Kutch. The Rann is famous for the…

  • India's most innovative companies

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    When I saw this news, I was surprised at first and then when I read more about, I felt proud. Two India’s youngest companies which made it big found their names into this prestigious list prepared by FastCompany. Redbus.in and Narayana Hrudayalaya. “Narayana Hrudayalaya is Walmart meets Mother Teresa” is what FastCompany has to say…

  • Stepped nose cone spoils the lookers!

    Stepped nose cone spoils the lookers!

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    After the recent announcements about the car launches at Jerez, the new design of the Formula 1 car that I saw didnt force me to make a Wow! epression. Further, the formula1 cars started looking ugly. Except for the McLaren’s MP4-27, almost all cars started to look ugly. More so our own Force India F1…

  • Weekend Mania

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    My definition of weekend is lazy. Yes that is what I love the most abt my weekends. I love to sleep for long times, lying on my bed still after I have woken up and having my beloved iPad in my hands, listening to my favorite numbers, even to the level of having my food…

  • Starbucks finally opening stores

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    After I had mentioned on my blog earlier about Starbucks coming to India, yesterday it was announced that the iconic coffee chain will be opening 50 retail outlets by the end of this year. If memory serves me right, its been more than 6 years since Starbucks started thinking of putting up their chain in…