Archive for the ‘india’ Category

What will Starbucks look like in India?

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

[caption id="attachment_2502" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="Starbucks in Center World, Bangkok"][/caption] Coffee giant Starbucks from Seattle (home of Microsoft) finally enters India through a joint venture with Tata. TeenagersĀ (including those who have never been to Starbucks before) in India were looking forward for Starbucks . Initially they will open their cafes only in Mumbai ...

Internet and Digital Media Freedom: Where does India stand?

Friday, April 22nd, 2011

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 ...

Elections: By-polls should be banned in India

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="67" caption="ECI"][/caption] 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?

Friday, November 28th, 2008

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..

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

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...