Category Archives: India

Mumbai Terror

Posted on November 28, 2008 by Basab Pradhan

Got news of the terror attacks while on vacation. Some random thoughts while its still not over. Never watch an India related news event through the eyes of CNN or any other US TV channel. Thank goodness for NDTV Live … Continue reading →

Posted in India | 7 Comments

Setting Targets or Expectation Setting

Posted on April 22, 2008 by Basab Pradhan

Indian Finance Minister P. Chidambaram in an interview about India’s slowing GDP growth, to the Wall Street Journal says, “We must aim at 9%, as I will, and we must be happy if it’s between 8% and 9%.” This begs … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Economics, India | 8 Comments

Haryana and Orissa lead Investment Tables

Posted on April 7, 2008 by Basab Pradhan

Ila Patnaik reviews CMIE data on state wise per capita investment in 2007. The states with the leading investment per capital are Haryana and Orissa. It just happens that I am quite familiar with both states since I am Oriya … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, India | 11 Comments

The Dharma Indexes

Posted on February 9, 2008 by Basab Pradhan

Stock indexes are an important part of the stock markets. A Wikipedia entry here will give you a good overview. Last month Dow Jones launched a family of indexes called the Dow Jones Dharma Indexes, in association with Dharma Investments.

Posted in Finance, India | 5 Comments

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

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

Number Games – BEST TV Advertising

Posted on August 26, 2007 by Basab Pradhan

Among business newspapers in India, Business Standard is good and is constantly improving; Mint is new but very good too. Both have an online presence [B-S Mint] and do not have irritating pop-up ads. The B-S site is not password … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Economics, India | 12 Comments

Sound and Fury – the 123 Agreement

Posted on August 19, 2007 by Basab Pradhan

I’m in India right now and over the weekend have been on a forced diet of the news channels. Top of the news menu is the possible fall of the government over the 123 Agreement on civilian nuclear cooperation between … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, India | 8 Comments

The Importance of being Articulate

Posted on August 5, 2007 by Basab Pradhan

If you happen to travel in the US-India corridor, as I do, next time watch CNBC in the US and then go watch CNBC in India, or vice versa. You’ll immediately notice some differences. One difference is in how the … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, India | 27 Comments