• One of the big factors in marketing is social influence. You are more likely to download a song if you know it has been downloaded by many others. Content does not matter.
• A big group of people is more likely to take a better decision if it has enough information.

No good Indian news website exists

• Gives good news analysis | News by issue, company, organization and person | News backgrounder


• Good web-tools


• Customized news


• Content by collaboration


• Freelance journalists | Bloggers | Some eminent writers


• Good style with illustration


• Sections | Politics | Business | Economics | Technology


• Good multimedia features | Maps | Slideshow | Tags

• Don’t confine yourself to strategy or some such thing. The crux of the matter is making decisions and leading people. Organizing people. Motivating people. Be a leader. Cultivate those qualities.


• First thing you need is discipline.


• Then focus on management. Read a lot about management.


• Follow industries.


• Make notes about them.


• Practice extempore.

My weakness I can’t take risks.

People complained about invasion of Indians and Brazilians in Orkut. Do people complain about all the middle class families in airlines? How that extra service from the beautiful air-hostess has vanished. Pune was good. rather damn good. Eye opening experience.

After a long time I am posting. I have got one writing on the Belur Reunion 07 which is here.