Monthly Archives: September 2007

BCCI and Indian Cricket – Monopolies are Never Good

Posted on September 30, 2007 by Basab Pradhan

Last week the returning winners of the Twenty20 World Cup, jammed up traffic in Mumbai. Sharad Pawar, the BCCI President and also Union Minister for Agriculture, cancelled all his appointments to receive the Indian cricket team. There was a big … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Economics, India | 4 Comments

I Hope You are Enjoying This!

Posted on September 28, 2007 by Basab Pradhan

I normally don’t post links if I don’t have anything to add to the matter. But this one is just so funny that I will. Business Standard’s Kishore Singh wrote a review (here) of a book called “Entry From Backside Only” … Continue reading →

Posted in Humour | 2 Comments

Indian IT Services – Right Turn Ahead

Posted on September 23, 2007 by Basab Pradhan

Is the Indian IT Services party over? Is a decade of growth and wealth creation coming to an end? And if that is so, what can we read in the tea leaves. There are three fundamental reasons why the IT … Continue reading →

Posted in Offshore Services | 10 Comments

Old Retail vs Farmers – Now It Gets Interesting

Posted on September 9, 2007 by Basab Pradhan

A couple of months back, I wrote about Kerela’s ban on organized retailing. Most readers agreed that it was wrong-headed. But there was some skepticism about my claim that organized retailing would be beneficial to the farmers. Well, here’s the … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Economics, India | 8 Comments

Auto-rickshaws in Mumbai

Posted on September 1, 2007 by Basab Pradhan

  There is much good to be said about autos in Mumbai. They are generally available in plenty at all times of the day. And to a lesser extent even in the middle of the night. They generally charge by … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, India | 22 Comments