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What will Starbucks look like in India?

bgmahesh — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:11:32 +0000

Starbucks in Center World, Bangkok

Coffee giant Starbucks from Seattle (home of Microsoft) finally enters India through a joint venture with Tata. Teenagers (including those who have never been to Starbucks before) in India were looking forward for Starbucks .

Internet and Digital Media Freedom: Where does India stand?

bgmahesh — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 07:58:24 +0000

Internet has become a very important part of democracy across the world. We have seen social media put to peaceful use in Egypt and very recently in India for its fight against corruption. Many countries have put a leash on internet to suppress the democratic rights of their citizens. At the same time we must recognize how bad elements misuse the internet to bring harm to the society & nation. But who decides if a particular country provides sufficient ‘Internet Freedom’?

Elections: By-polls should be banned in India

bgmahesh — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:02:09 +0000

ECI

Rs 10,000 crore is going to be spent on General Elections 2009. For every election there is a ‘side effect’ in India – bypoll I wrote a small piece on Oneindia.in about by-polls,

Should NSG first attack the TV cameras and politicians?

bgmahesh — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:04:19 +0000

The Wall Street Journal has come down heavily on the UPA govt. I guess every international and domestic media house will attack the current government in the wake of these attacks in Mumbai.

I wish it was Wednesday, not Thursday..

bgmahesh — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:19:19 +0000

Today’s Mumbai hostage drama was a big blow to our democracy. I have written a small article about my thoughts, “I wish it was Wednesday, not Thursday” [Hindi], which has been published on Oneindia.in few minutes back…

Happy Birthday India!

bgmahesh — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:31:52 +0000

Today India celebrates it’s 61st Independence day and it happens to be a Friday, so it is a long weekend! At least in the urban world in India the long weekend has taken off.

Google News launches Tamil channel

bgmahesh — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:09:51 +0000

Google India has been very serious about their language effort in India. Their tools are gaining popularity but I believe the usage will increase with the increase of internet usage in Tier-II cities.

Happy Republic Day..

bgmahesh — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:38:48 +0000

While we were growing up as kids, I never recall we wishing each other “Happy Republic Day” or “Happy Independence Day”. It is very good to see the euphoria of these two holidays. Since morning there have been so many emails wishing everyone a “Happy Republic Day”. I received this email from my classmate Freddi,

Hindu Gods bitten by telecom revolution in India

bgmahesh — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 04:46:09 +0000

Yesterday I was reading about Bill Clinton running for President in 2008. The banner on that page was..hmm..you decide – funny/ok/offending/tasteless.

The banner is for promoting an atlas (was seen on http://www.theonion.com/ ). Not sure what is the exact connection with Malaria.

Technology SUCKS :-(

bgmahesh — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 08:42:58 +0000

I guess I may get be fired for making such a statement, after all Technology is my bread earner! Hang on..

I read in the papers (Times, Deccan Herald etc) today about International Women’s Conference being held at Art of Living International Centre. Few statistics which will worry you (and me),