Category: India

  • Tracking Santa: Combined List of Countries

    Since I was tracking Santa’s path through the world using Google Santa Tracker, I had this data collected in an excel sheet and in a true corporate style, I created Pivot table / Charts using the data to bring to you an interesting information. This post has been tagged to show below my current post,…

  • Attitude towards women and men in India

    Attitude towards women and men in India

    I have to agree to what Karan Thapar says in today’s HT Mumbai edition. The issue and all the protests are to seek justice is a phenomenal feat, but the main point is its men who rape. And because the teaching at home is not in the right direction. A boy is always seen superior…

  • The effects and ill-effects of the protests over rape in Delhi

    The effects and ill-effects of the protests over rape in Delhi

    Wake up India! She is dead. The title for todays HT is to the point. And hell yes, we all have to be awaken to what is happening. Its not only Delhi, the decorated rape capital of Independent India, and also the Capital of Republic of India. For one, the whole agenda of protests is…

  • Why my family stopped giving alms

    Being emotional at heart many a times has its own consequences. Such are people in my family, having seen our own worse times, it does not take us longer than a second to feel for someone else in dire situations. Especially when other person seeking help has a kid tucked to the waist. Since last…

  • Aviation woes

    Aviation woes

    Having followed two of country’s biggest aviation debacles of this decade, I have started accepting the fact that they may not last long. Of the two, Kingfisher is already in doldrums and I have already covered it many a times on my blog. And the other one is Air India. Why Air India now? Because…

  • Political Slug Fest 2012

    Welcome to Political Slug Fest 2012! Its a Political Slug Fest approaching and every politician is making his or her presence felt. After all, its the 2014 elections approaching. I started wondering why so early? We are yet to live through 2013, and are not even sure if we will live through this year according…

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

    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.

  • Aviation: a century and a decade

    Aviation: a century and a decade

    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…

  • SpiceJet becomes first to import fuel

    SpiceJet becomes first to import fuel

    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…

  • India's most innovative companies

    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…