A chariot that wins, but you can’t buy

This is a season for Ramayana, once again. Thanks to the most expensive Indian movie ever ($500 M) in town – Ramayana Part I. I won’t talk about the movie. My favorite writer and movie critic Suvika does that here When Ravana got a story, and Rama got a summary. My favorite renderings as aContinueContinue reading “A chariot that wins, but you can’t buy”

Of Eggs, Chickens and waiting to hatch or lay them

Digital Media Outlook 2009, a report on digital media industry based on a survey of top advertisers in India has the following findings: Traditional media spend has dropped by 10% while digital media spend increased by 44% (base is smaller, but still !) Big advertisers including consumer goods companies are still skeptical about usefulness ofContinueContinue reading “Of Eggs, Chickens and waiting to hatch or lay them”

Last man standing ….

I was driving back home a little late last week. It was 10:45 in the night … and all stores on 24th Main, where we live, were closed. Well, not all !! Balaji Medical stores our local store here was open. Actually they are the first to open and last to close in our area.ContinueContinue reading “Last man standing ….”

My predictions for 2009 …

Every TV channel now has people predicting the future, so I can’t resist doing that myself ! Here are 5 things that I predict will happen in 2009. #1. America will shut itself from inside – President Obama will re-institute an inward looking and closed to world politics American foreign policy … like it wasContinueContinue reading “My predictions for 2009 …”