An assortment of stuff I came across in cyberspace, offered second hand, for anyone who may be interested.
If you haven’t read it already, Thomas Friedman’s penultimate op-ed 9/11 Is Over, is a must-read.
China has now started blocking all RSS feeds as well.
A woman has been sentenced to death by stoning in Iran for committing adultery. Kamangir …
India’s Kerala state government is counting on open-source software to boost its IT literacy rate.
“Kerala has always been a leader in literacy, and now we want to make Kerala a leader in e-literacy,” said Kerala Chief Minister V. S. Achutanandan. “We believe that free and open-source software is an essential component in our drive to democratize …
Mumbai’s dabbawallas never cease to amaze me. They have received temendous publicity in the last few years, mostly because of the Six Sigma certification by Forbes, the Prince Charles visit and wedding invitation, and the support of Virgin’s Richard Bramson.
But this was news to me: “Microsoft has tied up with Dabbawallas to Offer ‘Asliwala PC …
Nirmalya Kumar, Professor of Marketing at London Business School, and a renowed marketing guru:
“Q: Do you think the growth of retailers — like Reliance, etc — and the advent of biggies like Wal-Mart could kill the small grocer or kirana shop in India? A: It’s very simple: no competitor can kill another competitor. A competitor gets killed only when the customers stop visiting him. Because of India’s …
While Wade Rathke is mobilizing an anti-Walmart campaign in India — to “fight for the rights of the poor” and “protect small businesses and communities” - a different group of small businesses has a different way of
responding to the corporate big-business “threat”.
Small chemist shops across India, who’ve enjoyed a monopoly all these years, are gearing up to big pharma companies
operating chemist stores with value added services. They’ve hired none other than E&Y and Accenture to “modernize their traditional chemist outlets”. Now, would anyone argue whether this is good or bad for consumers?
