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Image: source B2B and B2C Customers For the longest time, Retail, or Business-to-Consumer (B2C) 'customers' have been accustomed to, and driven by, fads, hype, distorted facts and price wars, to influence their buying choices. Busines-to-Business…
Image: source This is a heads-up for Tata Sky satellite television provider customers. Here's something Tata Sky has been doing as standard procedure, that I find questionable. If you're subscribed to an annual plan, and say you…
Image: Robin Williams in the Bicentennial Man Yuval Noah Harari paints an interesting and arguably grim picture of the future, in his book Homo Deus. He runs through possible ways in which the world and we humans…
Benjamin Franklin | Image: source How open or rigid, would you say your views and beliefs are? Here's an excerpt from Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, in which he mentions the following interaction with someone: I was acquainted…
Imran Khan is a decent actor. Delhi Belly was probably the best of the lot he has churned out. Then there's Babita Kumari. A Silver medalist at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Then a Bronze medalist…
In his book Homo Deus, Yuval Noah Harari mentions Russia's greatest short story writers Anton Chekhov having once said that a gun appearing in the first act of a play will inevitably be fired in the third. Yuval says that…
One of the early screening processes to make it to the defense forces, is that of physical fitness. It is one of the more fundamental requirements of the job. Of course, subsequently, those who make the cut…
We are all familiar with the three colours on traffic lights. They remain a classic example of universally recognizable design. But are the colours effective and safe, or do they need a re-look? Colour blindness has…
Image: source A few years ago, my dad had pointed out how refreshing it was to hear All India Radio. All India Radio is India's national, public news radio station. He said it was a welcome…
"What makes America so much more entrepreneurial and innovative than India?" That question has been in my head for many years now. Obvious recent contributions including Facebook, Tesla, and the immortal giants, Google, Amazon and Apple come first to mind.…
Let Our Work Drive Our Energy There is so much we can learn from the views, experiences and beliefs of others; especially if our own values have strong roots in light of the learning of…
Why Indians Need Real Idols, not pretentious ones The pretentiousness and shallowness of many Indians can be really overwhelming. sultan may have been a great movie, but I won't know because I won't be watching…
Image: source Human behavior, never ceases to confuse. Or amaze. We have had a maid coming for over two decades to do the dishes and mop the floor. And ever since I can remember, she…
The Farmer Murders A farmer committed suicide at an AAP rally, and the hypocritical Mr. 'Aam Aadmi' Kejriwal didn't let that stop his rally. Policemen on scene laughed, as an AAP volunteer tried to save…
Hope you don't have a Rolled Model? We all have role models? Well, at least most of us do. And can we ever admire them enough? While it's great if you have idols or role models, something I…