Internet in India
September 5th of every year is celebrated as "Teachers Day" in India. What is Teacher's Day about? 5th September is the birthday of a great teacher Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, who was a staunch believer of education, and was the well-known diplomat, scholar, President of India and above all, a teacher.When some of his students and friends … [Read more] about Teachers Day: The student – teacher relationship should be a holy & fun one
August was a busy month for Indian languages in digital media. There was a sudden spurt of articles related to this subject. Next 300 million internet users in India won’t use English Google India managing director Rajan Anandan says the next phase of growth for the Internet in India will be driven by local-language content. I think that we’ve … [Read more] about Indian language users to dominate next set of new internet users in India
India has the third largest online population in the world after China and the U.S. But we still have a long way to go, by now, India should have had over 250 million internet users. Comscore counts surfers from home and work only. They don't recognize users from cyber cafes and mobile devices (in India). Highlights from Comscore's "2013 India … [Read more] about 75 percent of internet users in India under the age of 35
During my stay in the DC area for close to a decade, I have read the Washington Post every day. There were other newspapers, but the obvious choice was to subscribe to the Washington Post. Amazon.com Founder & CEO Jeff Bezos bought the prestigious signatory newspaper Washington Post from Washington Post Company [market cap of $4.38 billion … [Read more] about Amazon’s Jeff Bezos acquisition of Washington Post – a compilation of reports
The other day, I was driving around the city with my colleague, who pointed me to this poster of the Indian Badminton League. It's totally awesome. Kudos to the creative brain(s) behind this poster.The only sport that has clicked in India is cricket; within cricket, only IPL seems to be rocking. Hopefully, IBL will not have any issues of IPL6 … [Read more] about Indian Badminton League – awesome posters