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The tagline for Hypercity is very appropriate - “There’s more to discover.” I had a chance to visit Bombay’s answer to the “big box” format (ala Costco and Carrefour) and it is spread over 100,000 square feet. If you were blindfolded and taken to the center of the store you would have no idea [...]

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Shiro is the newest hot spot in Bombay and it’s impressive. It’s located in the Bombay Dyeing Mill Compound in Worli next to the Hard Rock Cafe. And, when i say next too I mean they share a common wall. Shiro is massive on the inside and has a very Buddhist/zen look similar to [...]

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If you are on an Indian visitors visa, then you know that any single trip cannot be more than 180 days at a time. You can either ignore that and take your chances or you can visit the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FFRO) and register with them. Since, I’m based in Bombay I had [...]

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The dreaded Friday the 13th has come and gone. It seems the equity markets in the US and India have benefited from it. On Friday, both benchmarks Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) and the BSE’s Sensex hit all time highs, the DJIA hit 11,960.51 while the Sensex hit 12,719.53. But, there is still no [...]

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A couple weeks ago I blogged about a new Apple store that opened up in Bombay, a couple of my friends and relatives visited and their first response was “Apple is pricing their products too high in India.” I recently had a chat with someone from Apple India and he went through the pricing structure [...]

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Most of you probably heard that YouTube was bought by Google for an astounding USD 1.65 billion. The numbers floating on the web say each of the 3 co-founders - Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim might take home USD 100-200 million and the VC firm - Sequoia Capital which invested USD 11.5 [...]

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On October 1, 2005 I landed into India and the last 12 months have been a blur, I figure this is a good time to reflect on my experiences in India. When I first landed I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I told myself I would spend the next 12 months in India [...]

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