Right product for the right market

I am currently in Khobar and am pleased to see Indian automobile Brands here but on the other side quite disappointed as sales are poor. The reason is simple and a no brainer... can TATA cars meet the quality of the Japs ? the quality may be good for Indian type driving condition and are not suitable for high speed driving conditions.

Should Indian Car makers attempt to sell in developed markets or shouldn't they wait for the right product to enter a market?

PINK CHADDI

I was surprised to see how thousands of peoples were sending pink chaddi's as a mark of protest to the self proclaimed moral police, i personally feel that this is a very cheap way to protest. I agree with Mark Tully who said that response to stupidity can not be stupidity.

Why couldn't people send flowers instead? 

Technology changing farmers lives

Many think that technology is only for the rich or corporates or developed nation. No. Farmers are benefiting from technology, they are now selling vegetables and other agri produce on commodities sites http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2008/06/02/stories/2008060250861700.htm . Farmers in ooty are really getting a better price and have realised that they were being cheated by the middle men till date.

Use and Get Paid

I was reading an article last week and was impressed by the business model, its a usual practice around the world to have Pay and Use toilet but in a small town in Tamil Nadu (india), you get paid to use the toilet. The person who came up with this idea is going to make use of the urine waste to create manure. This concept has made the locals use the toilet instead of their usual practice of using the open fields.
This seems to be a great idea and should be used to bring about a change in people as it cost not more than Rs30/person/month i.e. less than a $.

IPL - what is the ROI

There was so much hype about IPL, rather the most hyped cricketing event, even more than World CUP but as we come nearer to the day it seems to be fizzling out and giving gitters to all the investment. I don't think investors will make enough or actually make losses.

Too much of any thing is bad, even cricket and even if it is India where Cricket is a religion and players GOD.

BCCI- if you are listening, too much cricket is bad for the game or may be its good as Indians will get bored and will start focusing at Hockey.

Meghalaya - Flowering Draught

Bamboo flowers every 50 years and as a result of this no. of rats increase and they destroy the crop. This is what has happened in Meghalaya and because of this 10000 people in villages are getting only 1 meal a day.

Last week I was seeing reports in news that rice is rotting in godowns, Isn't this irony?

If a few handful decide they can resolve the Meghalaya problem.

No Honking Day - 7th April

Mumbai today announced No Honking Day, did it make any difference? NO. Its a shame that we have all become insensitive and people could not restrain themselves from honking even for a Day. Over 6200 people were fined today for honking.
Honking is a big menace in India and we don't realise the damage it is doing, it makes people hyper and irritable and this leads to health issue and also effects relationships.

Request all Indians to stop honking. Police should also have a drive to educate the people and also ensure that all the vehicles with higher decibel be fined.

I think ARAI and department of transport should come up with an amendment in the rule and reduce the decibel level for manufacturers to use.

Hope India can someday become a NO HONKING COUNTRY