First there was the Bombay Rising article about the financial markets in india. Now, Newsweek has done a piece on the “The New India.” The India story just keeps getting more press and more visibility. Some excerpts from the article: “…The country might have several Silicon Valleys, but it also has three Nigerias within [...]
Entries from February 2006
India Rising
February 28th, 2006 · No Comments
2007 Mercedes Benz S Class
February 25th, 2006 · No Comments
The 9th generation S class was recently released, the 2007 S550 delivers 382 horsepower and 391 lb.-ft. of torque. The new S550, starts at USD 85,400 in the US and will start arriving in showrooms during February. To compare the Indian market to the US, in 2005 Mercedes sold 2019 cars in India. Fletcher [...]
Tags: Cars
Movie review: Enron
February 25th, 2006 · No Comments
I just saw the movie on the downfall of Enron - The Smartest Guys in the Room. It’s a documentary following the rise and fall of Enron. Not something to watch at an IMAX theater but very interesting to see the inner workings of the Enron culture of greed and arrogance. The height of [...]
Tags: Business
Only in LA LA Land
February 24th, 2006 · No Comments
Former Gizmondo executive Stefan Eriksson crashed his USD 1,000,000 Ferrari Enzo into a light pole and split it in two, while driving on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, Cali. There are only 400 of these babies made, so I can only imagine the others will increase in price. But, here is where the Hollywood [...]
Tags: Cars
India budget predictions
February 23rd, 2006 · No Comments
Over the past few weeks many of the financial institutions have been releasing their views on the upcoming budget that will be officially announced on Feb 28th, once released you can download a copy from the Ministry of Finance website. The Indian Railways budget will be released today, for some reason the Railway always has [...]
Ravi Shankar, Part 2
February 14th, 2006 · No Comments
The Times of India sucks, they will print anything and everything that most respectable papers would shy away from. Case in point, the Ravi Shankar and Zakir Hussain concert over the weekend. I was surprised to find no mention of the event in Monday’s paper, but figured since the Times of India was not [...]
Ravi Shankar and Zakir Hussain
February 13th, 2006 · No Comments
After being in India for over 4 months finally got the chance to listen to some live music and from none other than - Ravi Shankar, Zakir Hussain and Anoushka Shankar. It was awesome, it was the first time in 6 years that Ravi and Zakir played together and over 15 years while playing [...]
