According to the latest reports, the Indian Government led by the Congress Party is all set to announce Foreign Direct Investment in the retail sector. Earlier, the government proposed 51% FDI, but now seems to have settled with 49%. What this essentially means is any foreign company will now be able to set-up their retail shop in India with 49% ownership of it. It was sad to see India dying a slow death but the government has now accelerated...

Have you ever wondered why do we have so much air pollution in India? Why are we left with no choice but to breath air contaminated with all harmful & toxic stuff? Let’s not talk about the pollution contributed by the industries. Rather, we’ll talk about it later once I’ve made my point. We can all talk about the pollution the roads – caused by all our vehicles. The first thing that comes to my mind is that because...

I recently wrote about my Gadgetophilia which often results in restlessness and feeling of superiority. Now, before I write further, let me tell you tablets aren’t incredibly useful devices which will replace all your computing needs. Actually, it’s just an internet browsing & movie watching device when you are on the move. However, the best use of any Apple iDevice is the get the “Mine Is Better Than Yours” feeling...

Unlike most of you – I am serious about my country’s development. But the more trust I put in people, the more disappointment I get. I sometimes wonder whether there’s any talent left in India. I’ve been looking to hire talented people and all I get is copy-paste masters who think they can quickly fool any system and get away with it. The most disappointment comes from people who you think are ‘really’...

Couple of days ago, I had an online encounter with my friend who went to USA for post graduate studies. To fund his education he works as a night watchman. He told me he bought a brand new laptop in just 10 days’ salary. Then followed a long discussion on why I shouldn’t be staying in India because life in USA is way better than in India. I’ve been hearing this from almost all my friends who went to USA. They want me to be...

Most of my close friends are in USA. They left to study, for jobs, onsite opportunities etc. None of them wants to come back. …and why should they? One of them said, “K, its amazing here! Feels like you’re in heaven!”. Its exciting there. I know. I don’t deny that. Who wouldn’t want cleanest roads, beautiful buildings, good customer service, posh work environment, posh cars et. all? Most of my friends bought...

I sometimes wonder why India lacks creative people. I was driving behind a Red Bus (no, not the ‘STAR’ bus) and wondering if the people who designed the Red Bus were drunk.   First of all, the Red Bus looks ugly. I hope you will agree with me on this. Second, its painted “Red-Yellow” from the outside and dark “Green” from the inside! Disgusting! Third, cushion-less green/blue seats? What the heck! Fourth...

In my last post, I broke the news to you – we’ve a new HDTV! I’ve been spending quite some time watching TV shows. Most of the TV shows are reality shows in which middle class boys and girls beg for the SMS votes. Anyway. Recently, a leading channel launched yet another reality show for the singers. No doubt India is a country of talented people – look at the number of singers it has started producing! Everyone is either...

 Who am I to comment? I’m an Indian with a first class degree in Electrical Engineering & I love my country. Engineers are the nation builders, they say. But when I see 90/100 engineering students (who visit Engineers Forum ) don’t even know how to construct a simple sentence in English, I feel bad. When I see them asking for “ready made code/idea/topic for my engineering projects”, I feel bad. I feel terribly bad....