10 reasons why Dinesh Trivedi should be screwed not praised for across the board hikes

I didnt see the budget.  I do not really know where Mr Dinesh Trivedi is coming from. I have only seen the bottomline of what he has done. That bottomline reads-  “Fares hiked across the board “. The media is going Ga Ga over what a progressive step. He is a brave man. etc. See [...]

Advertising Agencies -3 reasons why the consumer doesnt believe you.

Dear Advertising agencies, I am a consumer and you chase every moment of my awakened life with your creations trying to derive the longest mileage of the budget your lords give you. It pisses me off. You started encroaching my privacy everywhere. You dig deep into what I search on google. You check every little [...]

Does how you appear, decides the price you pay in a store?

2 years ago when I was beginning to raise fund for my startup, I met a person who was christened Einstein in Bombay. We had 2 hour long discussion with him and told him how we had thought through various scenarios on how WiC can work. Having heard all aspects, he had said – “  Consumers may [...]

Vidhya Balan Beware! Congress is out to play Dirtier picture

Vidhya Balan you have an immediate competition. You just can get dirtier than Congress. We know that state polls are on. Swept by trust deficit, the ruling Govt  stands slimmest chance in any of the states. The  demographic surveys conclusively indicate that results will be decided by OBC/ MBC voters. This class just has narrow [...]

Do we have enuff of political branding? Keep politicians name off the NITs

Recently ,I came across profile of an investor on Linked in . When I looked for his college, I found that he had neatly written it NIT- State. When I thought deeper on it I got some really crazy thoughts. We have all IITs which are suffixed by their city name. We have all IIMs [...]

Anna Babu,Yeh hai Bum bayee meri jaan

Disclaimer : This is a biased monologue of a highly contrarian thinker who is too lazy to do research. The author takes no responsibility of heartburns after reading this. You are advised to buy adequate antacids before reading this Bombay probably is a city of hip shakers. No just hip shakers but gaudy hip shakers. [...]

User Interface(UI) and User Experience (Ux) explained in 10 seconds flat

In my journey of entrepreneurship I have learned a lot of terms, techniques and methods.  6 months ago a very senior  tech person came to my  office and said , ”  The implementation in WiC is good but it needs  a lot of Ux improvement” .  Ux!!!  is this another nerdish term I am hearing [...]

14 things about buying today that SUCK, What the F ?

When I try to find the cheapest price for some product today, I literally scream WTF. 1.      Google always returns millions of results none of which helps me buy something locally or electronically.  WTF? 2.      The e commerce stores like ebay or India plaza show only the prices listed by their screwed up affiliates. WTF? [...]

Why Anna talks will keep failing and it needs more to make lokpal succeed

We don’t have an eternity to realize a corruption free India. Even if we had, little will be realized when the pests (read politicians) have sucked our nation dry. If we recollect our freedom struggle, though Gandhi is most credited and publicized, he was only one of the  major cogs in the wheel. We had [...]

Deal sites, media and why we should smell the rotten fish in them

Recently there was an article in Economic times about, “How you can save a lot of money by going online and using the sites like snapdeal, taggle, sosasta etc.  It makes its advertisements look like they are news items. Wikipedia on ethics in media campaign talks about making advertisement look distinct from news items. Often [...]