Loved the title in today's Economic Times "Why 2014 will be the year of SCAM" - with so many scams around us why shouldn't IT industry be part of a SCAM - Social, Cloud, Analytics, Mobility - to succeed? Some highlights from the article, The $110-billion technology services sector looking for new growth engines will be shouting SCAM in … [Read more] about IT sector in India should be prepared to be part of a SCAM in 2014
GOSF 2013 shows Google is human
Last year India had its first edition of Great Online Shopping Festival (GOSF) on the lines of Black Friday & Cyber Monday. In 2013 GOSF was held during December 11-14. In the second edition of GOSF 240 websites participated compared with 90 in GOSF 2012. Some stats, The sale was extended by a day and ended on Dec 14 instead of Dec 13 … [Read more] about GOSF 2013 shows Google is human
Can Social Media Influence Elections in India?
My article was originally posted on Thinking Aloud site. India is set to witness a very interesting and tough election in 2014. Politicians, political parties not only have to fight it out on the traditional media but now even on the internet, particularly the social media. Social media got its recognition in elections from Barack Obama’s … [Read more] about Can Social Media Influence Elections in India?
Now Bengalis have yet another reason to visit Oneindia
It gives me great pleasure to announce the launch of Oneindia's Bengali channel. Bengali is our 7th Indian language offering on Oneindia after Hindi, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu. Starting Bengali was a very easy decision. Every year year I visit few Durga puja pandals in Bangalore, I heard there are about 12-15 pandals every year. … [Read more] about Now Bengalis have yet another reason to visit Oneindia
My memories from hostel days at SJCE, Mysore
Five us shared the hostel room (OB-3) for the first two semesters in SJCE, Mysore. We had nicknamed the room as "Draupadi" [read this]. 1. This was the first time I was going to experience hostel life. We had a senior by the name of Maruti Y Prabhu. He wouldn't rag freshers, no complaints here. His first question to freshers was "How much did … [Read more] about My memories from hostel days at SJCE, Mysore