Category Archives: India

Meter Jam

By admin | Published: August 26, 2010

Originally posted as a comment on Shreeni’s blog There was a strange campaign in India a couple of weeks back called Meter Jam. To put it in their own words: Say No to Autos and Taxis on August 12th Because they say “No” to you whenever they want Shreeni thinks that banning auto stands is [...]

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Did India really get the Copyright act right?

By admin | Published: April 23, 2010

Boing Boing and Ars Technica are talking about how India got the copyright act right. Essentially, they’re comparing the bill introduced in Indian parliament to current US law on the issue of DRM. I’m going to touch upon a different aspect of the draft bill, however, one that livemint picked up. The bill seems to specify that [...]

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The hidden side of Nano economics

By admin | Published: March 28, 2009

Normally, manufacturers fret about losing potential sales due to insufficient production volumes. In microeconomic terms, a profit maximizing firm should produce until the marginal revenue (MR) becomes just equal to the marginal cost(MC). It is being reported that Tata actually loses money on every Nano at the Rs. 1 lakh price point (the price of [...]

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Coming to India this summer – Disinflation

By admin | Published: January 17, 2009

India is very likely to have a short spell of disinflation sometime during this year. Inflation in India has already more than halved in the last 6 months from a high of 12.91% to just 5.24% according to the latest figures. During June – August 2008, price levels and inflation were very high. This means [...]

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Dumber or Smrtr?

By admin | Published: May 17, 2008

It seems like you just can’t miss Deccan Chronicle’s advertising blitz in Bangalore. In case you don’t live in Bangalore or are too much of a safe driver to look up at the hoardings, here is what the hoardings look like: If you want to imagine how your news articles are going to look, take [...]