Indianomics

Category: Food and Travel

  • Aviation woes

    Aviation woes

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    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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Onions are made for ever!

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    This one is an interesting photoshop edit that I had come across today. Directly aimed at the frustration of Indian consumers, the Onions are bringing tears to every one without peeling off even a single layer of its charmed skin. The humble King Onion has become a strong political pot-boiler of late thanks to its…

  • Starbucks coming to India

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    The Coffee retail gaint Starbucks is now coming to Indian shores with in next seven months. This is a news for many who flock to the coffee joints like CCD and Barista for two sips of coffee. So now we have the best brand representing coffee in India. The “tea loving” Indians have been turning…

  • What is your favorite topping for a Pizza?

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    Fascination of fast food in India is ever growing and am sure almost every one who will be visiting my blog would have had some day or other ordered a Pizza at least once in their lives. Except my mom, coz I always had ordered it for her :P. Having said that, there are many who live now…