Indian Middle Class
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Analyses
Layoffs and Left Shifts in the Indian IT Industry
Once upon a time, the Indian IT world was the promised land where milk and honey flowed, the sun was…
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Analyses
Why do People Pay a Couple of Lakhs a Year for Kindergarten?
It looks like most people aren’t aware of the fact that primary school tuition fees for one year of LKG-UKG…
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Techonomics
On Dynamic/Surge Pricing: There is no Free-Market
There are a lot of things in the world that we obey and take for granted without questioning, many of…
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Opinion
To All Those Who Deride BMTC and Public Transport
The general contempt and hate the so-called new-generation upwardly mobile, MNC-employed, high-flying, English-speaking, car-driving, snobby, westernized self-appointed hypocritical middle-class Indians (but who…
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Opinion
India, Do NOT Reduce Petrol Prices Please!!
As we all know, Crude oil prices have reached historical record low levels with prices touching $30 a barrel for…
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Careers, Investing
IT is Getting Old, as are the “IT Guys”
Towards the end of the last century, the world suddenly went abuzz with the talk of a new, fantastic, futuristic…
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Analyses
A Humble Historical Analysis of the 2014 Election Results
On the clammy evening of the 3rd of June 1991, during one of the most tumultuous periods in the history of independent India,…
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Transport
Driving Like Dummies 8 – Diesel vs Petrol
When it comes to vehicles and general Indian populace, the saying “Little knowledge is a dangerous thing” acquires new dimensions…
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Life in India
The Mango People – Who Are They?
There is a widely quoted and talked about elusive race of people in India, who everyone seems to love, care…
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Transport
Driving Like Dummies 5 – Story of the Indian Car Buyer Part 2
For many, especially the neo-liberated Indian in small town India, buying a car is a dream come true, the process…
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Transport
Driving Like Dummies 4 – Story of the Indian Car Buyer Part 1
A car is a must today. No doubt about that, especially when there is little effective public transportation in India.…
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