Indianomics

Category: Reviews

  • Places I want to see before I die…

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    Places or events I want to see before I die – this was something I was planning for so long, but was never able to sit and pen down. Many thoughts, many reasons for these places or events to be in list of must do things before my immortality comes to an end. If you…

  • The Two Germans who championed F1

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    Two of the most famous champions in F1 are Germans. And that speaks something about Germany. Both drivers dominated the world of Formula1 but never with a German teams. But outside of F1, some of the world’s best cars are also made by Germans. While Michael achieved his record of 7 championships of which 5…

  • My First ever Xtreme Drive: Safari Storme

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    Call it the Call of Duty or Meeting a Beast. You can pick one, but both, I did with pleasure. The new IndiBlogger meet in Mumbai had something never seen or experienced before at any previous meets. As with every IndiMeets, I set off on my trusted and abused TVS Wego from Dombivali to Andheri…

  • 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…