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Blog Break 27 Aug 2012 | 02:53 pm
For the past four years, I have been blogging daily. Somewhere, the ideas are becoming repetitive. So, I decided it is time to take a break. I will continue to write occasionally. Blogging has been so...
Blog Past: India’s Tourism Opportunity 26 Aug 2012 | 04:30 am
I wrote this a year ago: Having travelled to both Bali and Binsar in July, I am convinced that there is a much untapped tourism opportunity within India. India gets about 18 million foreign tourists e...
Weekend Reading 25 Aug 2012 | 04:30 am
This week’s links: No country for the young: by Manish Sabharwal in Indian Express. “India’s young care most about jobs. And a narrative that places job creation at the heart of policy synthesises the...
A Passion for Punctuality 24 Aug 2012 | 04:30 am
Just as the Rajdhani pulled out of the station, it came to a halt almost immediately. Apparently, someone had pulled a chain. There was much activity, and as one of the other engine drivers explained ...
Seeing Rajdhani Express 23 Aug 2012 | 04:30 am
Abhishek likes trains, so during one of our recent bus-train rides, we decided to go to Mumbai Central station and watch the Rajdhani Express arrive from Delhi. It came in right on schedule at 8:35 am...
An Empty Terminal 22 Aug 2012 | 04:30 am
I had recently gone to pick someone up at Mumbai Airport’s Terminal 1A – the one that serves Air India and Kingfisher. It was like a ghost terminal — a complete contrast to what used to be once upon a...
Yet Another SMS Ban 21 Aug 2012 | 07:30 am
Banning bulk SMS seems to have become the natural reaction to any law-and-order issue. The government did it around the time of the Ayodhya verdict and did it again last week. Leave aside the fact tha...
Finally, Some Rain in Mumbai 20 Aug 2012 | 07:30 am
This year has been disappointing for most of India on the rain front. Its been the same in Mumbai. The delight of sitting on a Sunday and watching the rains come down heavy and hard through the window...
Blog Past: A Book as a Context to Think 19 Aug 2012 | 07:30 am
I write this a year ago: I have experienced this so many times. A book that I am reading helps me think through a conundrum I have been contemplating and creates the space for coming up with interesti...
Weekend Reading 18 Aug 2012 | 07:30 am
This week’s links: 5 reasons why web publishing is changing (again): by Richard MacManus: “From Pinterest at the beginning of this year to the launch this week of a new product from two Twitter founde...
