Timeless!

It has always irritated me endlessly, the quintessential Indian lack of respect for time. Here’s Satish Dey‘s piece: Let’s Have More Watches To Make Up Lost Time Modern life demands that man should be strapped to a time-machine. Can you imagine managing your life without a watch? I remember the tension and inconveniences experienced on

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Nobel Peace Prize to Dr. Yunus

Dr. Yunus has won the Nobel Peace Prize. He could just as well have won the Economics prize. Here’s a video that you must watch. NY Times article on Yunus.

Micro-finance and Rural India Marketing

This week’s Economist has a great study on India. I strongly recommend you read it. I wrote a piece over a year back presenting the thesis of merging the models of home based sales reps and micro-finance, called, Tupperware Party Around The Village Pond. One of the the Economist stories describes “Project Shakti” by Hindustan

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My instincts are with Bill

Gates prefers cell phones to $100 PC: Analysis.

n-logue: A Great India Bet

Connecting Rural India – A Great Investment Opportunity.

Move Product Marketeers to India

Cisco’s $1.1 Billion investment in India: Analysis

India’s Hardware Prospects

Hardware System design or manufacturing has never been India’s sweet-spot. However, as the country becomes a major consumer of electronics systems, especially computers, consumer electronics and cellular handsets, it makes more and more sense to do more hardware design and manufacturing locally. EETimes reports on a couple of acquisitions: PCB manufacturer Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik

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Amidst the VoIP action

https://www.rediff.com/money/2003/nov/03it.htm