Monthly Archives: September 2008

Transforming India

India is certainly getting transformed. For instance, according to one estimate, by 2010 RIL, in which Mukesh Ambani holds a 52 per cent stake, would overtake companies such as Boeing ($66 billion), Dell ($61 billion) and Microsoft ($51 billion), and … Continue reading

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The Indian Champions

As back in India Indo-US Nuclear Deal had made big news, I was amazed not to find any coverage in US media. Ultimately, I found ‘Business Week to carry a report, ‘Wall Street Threatens India Nuclear Pact’. However, in a … Continue reading

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Krish Arrives Today

Valleycare Medical Center, Pleasanton 7.58 AM Thursday September 2008, Krish arrives. It is a great day for the family and us. Emma gets a brother. Anand and Shannon get a son. Let the Almighty give Krish a very long life … Continue reading

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Mobocracy Kills an IITian

I was shocked to read the news of the death of Lalit and that also here in US. He worked for me when I joined Harig Crankshafts, Noida as President after retiring from Hindustan Motors in 1997. Harig Crankshafts had … Continue reading

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A Lesson from Americans

We are in USA at a time when the campaign for presidential election is at peak. A close observation helps me to firm up some views about this democracy and its people. A very clear uniqueness of American leadership is … Continue reading

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Replacing Oil- Indian Story

While going through Friedman’s ‘Hot, Flat, and Crowded’, I started pondering how’s India performing and preparing for the Energy Climate Era. There are certainly good news from different areas. I have at east one story to share. Latest ‘Economist’ has … Continue reading

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US in Turmoil: Where is Hope?

It is seven days that we are in USA. These seven days had also shook the stock markets all over the world. USA is in turmoil. While the campaign for the election of the new president on November 4 is … Continue reading

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Thomas L. Friedman’s ‘Hot, Flat, and Crowded’

Few days before we left India, Anand had informed that Friedman’s new book is waiting for me. Perhaps both, Anand and Rajesh, are his fans. I did also join them after my last visit to US in 2005, when I … Continue reading

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Foreign Media and Nano

Mamta mayn’t realize but she is helping many of the automakers world over who got amazed and somewhat scared after the showcasing of Nano at auto shows from Delhi to Detroit and the great applauses it received. Tata Motors and … Continue reading

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Singur: Tata Must Get Involved

Mamta’s continued tirade against the Nano Project is just annoying. It has already raised questions in the minds of the business managers all over the world if India can any day become a powerful economy. On short term it has … Continue reading

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