Category Archives: India

Aadhaar Under Attack for Specious Reasons

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Basab Pradhan

A parliamentary committee is about to reject the National Identification Authority of India Bill of 2010. Here is an article from The Hindu about it. Here is my post from a few months ago on the UID project. The success … Continue reading →

Posted in India, Technology | 9 Comments

End of an Era at Infosys

Posted on August 20, 2011 by Basab Pradhan

Yesterday, N R Narayana Murthy retired from Infosys. In a touching farewell in Bangalore, friends and colleagues, present and past, bade him goodbye. There were breaking voices amongst the speakers and moist eyes in the audience. It was a great … Continue reading →

Posted in India, Personal Updates | 17 Comments

Can You Write a Full Sentence of More Than 140 Characters Anymore?

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Basab Pradhan

In the IT Services industry you have to be able to write code. And English. In fact, not being able to write code may be alright. But without English you just can’t function. And yet, it is surprising how little … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Education, India | 14 Comments

In Which Basab Gets UIDed

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Basab Pradhan

A couple of weeks back, I was in the Infosys Bhubaneswar offices. On Friday, which was my last day at work before my vacation, UID enrollment was going on on campus. SBI, one of the agencies entrusted to enroll people … Continue reading →

Posted in Government, India | 10 Comments

Bollywood Digital Music and the Galapagos Effect

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Basab Pradhan

Today was Mother’s Day. My gift for my wife was a compilation of Bollywood songs on a CD that she can play during her commute. I spent a good bit of time on Saavn and iTunes to put the compilation … Continue reading →

Posted in India, Information Products | 10 Comments

The Role of English in Modern India

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Basab Pradhan

The New York Times has a piece India Faces a Linguistic Truth by Manu Joseph English is the de facto national language of India. It is a bitter truth. The article goes on to depict this battle between people who … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, India | 4 Comments

Bollywood Music – the Android Opportunity

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Basab Pradhan

Can Indian digital music become a legitimate business? Or will it stay stuck with a 20th century distribution model? You might say that Bollywood is already digital. You already get popular music on iTunes and amazon.com outside India. But the … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, India, Technology | 9 Comments

IIM Ahmedabad ranked 11th by FT

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Basab Pradhan

The Financial Times has its Global MBA rankings for 2011 out. IIM Ahmedabad is ranked 11th. It was not ranked in previous years. So this is completely out of the blue. The Economist recently also published their MBA rankings. IIM … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, India | 7 Comments

Tiger Moms and Indian Parenting

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Basab Pradhan

Amy Chua made waves with this piece in the Wall Street Journal. She also had a very successful Davos visit where she found herself debating Larry Summers, which is a daunting task, even on a subject that you might think … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Economics, India | 1 Comment

TVU Immigration Scam

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Basab Pradhan

From The Hindu This could become one of the largest immigration frauds to ever hit the U.S. university system With 95% of the students involved said to be of Indian origin, hundreds may face deportation Tri Valley University, here in … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, India | 3 Comments