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Aug31
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It is not like Oscar but Asia Blog Awards has its own value to the bloggers from Asia. I am excited to inform all of my readers that this blog, IndianRaj, has been nominated as one of the 9 blogs in the Best Asia Biz/Econ Blog category. The other 8 blogs are:
Please, visit all the blogs and read them. They are indeed very high quality blogs about Asian Business.
By the way, in the list above, you can see that my another blog in Know More Media Network, SouthAsiaBiz, has also been nominated. Obviously, I am very happy that two of my blogs have been nominated.
I must admit happily that all the credit goes to the readers. These two blogs (combined) have received nearly 100,000 unique visitors until now. This is the thing that inspired me to work hard.
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Aug30
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China, with its cheap labor, may cause havoc to both Asian and European companies but sometimes Chinese companies are helpless too. Hutchison Port Holdings, a division of Hutchison Whampoa, is not even a fully Chinese company as it is...
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Aug29
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Asia is emerging as the leading player in world economy gradually. China, Japan, India and Korea are among the countries that have largest economies in the world. So, the demand for Internet bandwidth is growing rapidly and VSNL International...
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!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> This is perhaps another indication of the fact that Indian economy is growing fast. As a result of the continuous economic growth, many people can...
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Aug28
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I am sure that Indian poultry farmers would rejoice the fact that India has started exporting eggs again. A shipment of egg had started its journey towards Muscat. Indian poultry sector suffered a lot since February 2006 when bird...
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Rajasthan is the largest Indian state in terms of size. The state is famous for Thar desert that extends to Pakistan. Rajasthan was never famous for having flood but this year, the people of this region are dealing perhaps...
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BT bosses are happy now with the way they are going in India. BT has remained in India since 1995 and it has a strong partnership with Mahindra and the join venture between them is known as Tech Mahindra...
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Aug27
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Just one hundred years ago, many people in Europe and US believed that the rest of the world (mainly Asia and Africa) are uncivilized and it was the white man's burden to civilize them. The British poet Rudyard Kipling...
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The prospect of increase in H1-B visas will surely make a lot of Indian tech professionals and students delighted. It seems that US government is seriously considering the idea of increasing quota of H1-B visa for Indians significantly. I...
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Aug26
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What Indian economy desperately needs at this moment is massive foreign investment in the manufacturing sector so that thousands of jobs can be created for unskilled and semi skilled people. I am happy that Mitsubishi is planning to make...
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It is nice to see that Thailand is considering the idea of doing business in North Eastern part of India. This part is often considered as a neglected part of India because the 7 states of this area are...
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Aug25
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Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are famous for getting the endorsement of top celebrities around the world. In many countries in the world, we can find advertisements of these two cola giants being broadcast almost every hour in television. Many children and...
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One of the problems of foreign companies in India is that they often target big companies. They often overlook the immense potential of small and medium business (SMB) sector in India. With the positive continuous growth of Indian economy SMBs...
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Aug24
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Giving credit to the poorest among the poor is a great thing. Normally, main stream banks and financial institutions are not interested to give loan to the poor people because they feel that it is not profitable. So, poor people...
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If I am not wrong then India has the largest number of poor people in the world (nearly 30% of the population live in extreme poverty). Every year, many poor people commit suicide because of extreme poverty. Often they take...
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Aug23
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A few weeks ago, when Apple left India, many people were surprised. Although Apple did not state the reason clearly for its departure from India, it was assumed by some observers that the rapid increase in salary of tech workers...
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India's biggest challenge to sustain high economic growth is fuel. Yes, Indian government is now finding it in a tough position to meet the rowing demand of power in the country. The price of oil in the international market has...
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Aug22
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I am sure that Coca-Cola and PepsiCo officials in India could sleep in a much more relaxed mood for the first time after the cola controversy started. Today, Indian minister of health and family welfare, Anbumani Ramadoss, has stated in...
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In the last few days, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo were under immense pressure in India after accusation of pesticide. US government came support of the two cola giants and warned that US investment may suffer in India as a result of...
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Aug21
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A few weeks ago, Interbrand and BusinessWeek jointly produced a report Best Global Brands 2006 in which they the top 100 brand names. Coca-Cola was the top brand according to this report. Google has made significant improvement. 51% of these...
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Aug20
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Indian economy is shining and its GDP is growing very fast. In fact, India is now just a little behind of China in terms of GDP growth and we all marvel at Indian success. However, India is now suffering from...
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It seems that the controversy about Coke and Pepsi in India has become a little bit pale. For the last two weeks, the two cola giants were forced to be in a defensive position. Now the storm has become quiet...
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Everyday, we read news of board room battle in the big companies and most of the time the battles are about running the company. It's not only on India but also in the west too. Owners and their children want...
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Aug19
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Fiat is now taking the Indian market seriously and now FIAT India Pvt. Ltd. has opened 7 service stations in different pasts of India. The 7 service stations are located in the Indian cities of Calicut, Madurai, Coimbatore, Thiruvananthapuram, Jamshedpur,...
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Indian economy is shining and for this Indian influence in the global economy is increasing. Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma feels that it is high time United Nations take India seriously and include Hindi as one of...
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Aug18
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I hope that by this time, you all know that Reliance Industries Ltd is going to start its journey in the retail industry by opening a giant store in Hyderabad next month. If you want to know more about it,...
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Getting married is perhaps a common problem everywhere. For people of Indian origin living in South East Asian countries it is becoming even a bigger problem. There are now 400,000 singles of Indian origin in South East Asia. And many...
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India has been trying to have a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with ASEAN countries for quite time. However, until now, there has been no substantial progress and ASEAN leaders have blamed Indian reluctance to open up its market in this...
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Aug17
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Time and again observers are saying that if India wants to sustain the high economic growth then it must invest more on its infrastructure. One area India can improve is building an all-India expressway. Good news is that Malaysia is...
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India is the land of tea. A cup of tea with biscuits is perhaps the most popular snack in this country. Since a cup of tea is very cheap, every one can afford it. So, until now, coffee could not...
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Aug16
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One of the key factors behind Indian success in outsourcing is the fact that India could produce thousands of graduates who are skilled in English language. Indian universities are often thought of to be among the best in the world...
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Unlike most people in South Asia, I am a big fan of football/soccer. I always dream that football will become more popular than cricket in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. For making football more attractive, professionalism is needed and...
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So, 2020 is going to be a very significant year for India. Indian economy is expected to become the third largest in the world. India will be after China and USA that time. So, it is a great news for...
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Aug15
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It seems that the controversy about Coke and Pepsi is not going to die down easily in India. Every day, we can see new claim and counter claim from the two sides. I have been writing about this issue almost...
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Aug14
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I just read a very nice article written by Claude Arpi titled 10 things I love about India. A few weeks ago, he wrote another interesting article titled 10 things I hate about India. Claude Arpi is now settled in...
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I know about Judi (Simran) Silva from Absolute Write Forum (perhaps the most useful forum for freelance writers). What made me interested about Judi was that her passion about India and Bollywood. I really got surprised to know about her...
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Aug13
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India has witnessed perhaps the most impressive growth in the number of Internet users in the last 6 years. According to InternetWorldStats.com, in 2000, India had only 5 million Internet users but now the number has increased 10 folds to...
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US warns India of investment fallout from Coca-Cola, PepsiCo row This is the headlines of a report in Forbes.com. Clearly, American government and the business community are very unhappy about the problem regarding Pepsi and Coke in India. The situation...
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Aug12
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N R Narayana Murthy is perhaps the most respected figure in Indian IT sector. He is one of the pioneer figures behind Indian success in outsourcing. He feels that the benefit of economic reforms (that started in 1991) is not...
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It's official now: India is free from bird flu. This news has brought much relief to the Indian people. These days we do not hear much about bird flu. However, this of just 4-5 months ago- everyone seemed to be...
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Aug11
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No news is indeed good news for Coca-Cola and PepsiCo in India at this moment. If you don’t believe me just do a search in Google News with the keyword India and then you will understand what I mean. Some...
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No news is not good news for Coke and Pepsi in India. Their products have suffered ban in state run educational institutes and hospitals in several Indian states and may be some more to follow. So, it is bit shocking...
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Do you know who is India's Greata Garbo? Frankly speaking, I did not know who is India's Greta Garbo. So, I did a Google search on it and found that after Suchitra Sen was nominated for the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke...
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Aug10
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There are 3 question marks on the title because, it is not a confirmed news yet. I found out a report of Times of India. There is no official news from Google yet. However, there is high possibility of a...
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Every recognition is enjoyable. It was a nice feeling to see that Times Online featured this blog, IndianRaj in its 'The click' section. This is what they wrote about IndianRaj: " The click While everyone is sure of China’s impending...
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Man on moon is not a new thing. Neil Armstrong did it in 1969 for USA. Well, this may be old news but it is still a hot one in South Asia. No Asian country could achieve this. India is...
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Aug 9
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This strong show of support for Pepsi has come from Bollywood's top actor, Shahrukh Khan (SRK). SRK is unhappy that many people in India are now trying to ban Pepsi and Coke over the pesticide issue. This has really become...
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$5 billion is a cool amount of money for any country in Asia. So, you can easily realize the contribution it makes to the Indian economy. This remittance is coming from GCC countries in Middle East. I am quoting from...
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I always knew that soft drinks were very popular in USA and Coca-Cola is one of the larges companies in the world. However, I could never imagine that Americans consumed so much soft drinks. Indian economy may be growing fast...
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Aug 8
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India has now a mobile phone user base of 108 million. On last month (July 2006) 5 million new users have embraced mobile phones. Well, it is a very impressive growth and the growth is likely to continue for many...
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Aug 7
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I do not know of any other time in history in which Coke and Pepsi forgot to fight against each other but had a common opponent. It has happened in India now and with each passing the writing in the...
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India embraced free market economy in 1991 and in the last 15 years India has extended the idea of this kind of economy in all the industries. Before 1991, foreign products were like rare commodities in India and now you...
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Aug 6
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Beautiful actresses have many fans everywhere- there is nothing unnatural about it. Specially, Hollywood and Bollywood actresses are like dream girls to millions of people in many countries. Take the case of Indian actress Hema Malini. She is now almost...
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For the moment, Indian economy is shining and everything seems to be going on India's way. Not everything however is rosy. Yes, Indian economy is growing at a rate of 8% but keeping this high growth rate intact is a...
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Aug 5
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A few weeks ago, I wrote that Indian government had forced huge losses to oil firms by fixing the price of oil in the local market that was lower than the price of oil in the international market. Today, I...
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We live in the age of airplane and traveling from one country to another is becoming more of a pleasure trip. Who wants to spend 2-3 weeks in a ship when they cover the same distance within a few hours?...
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This is very good news for India. These days, outsourcing success is catching all the media headlines for Indian economy. I am quoting from a report published in Business Week: " India's outsourcing revenue rose 32 percent to US$6.6 billion...
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Aug 4
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BPO (Business Processing Outsourcing) is more familiar to us than KPO (Knowledge Processing Outsourcing). We have heard many times about Indian success in BPO. Now, perhaps, the next big thing is KPO. I found in several Indian newspapers that according...
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Aug 3
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India with 100 million mobile set users has become one of the largest telecommunication markets in the world. All important and well-known telecom firms like Nokia, Sony and Motorola compete to get high profits from this huge market and for...
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Poor beggars! You must know how to create impact. Media loves those people who can create impact.
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India is a huge country with over one billion population. So, it is natural that India should hold a lot of world records. However, it is not the case. Take the matter of sports. India is not the best in...
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Aug 2
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What would you do if a monkey attacks you? I am sure many of us would get scared. There is nothing unnatural at this part. So, how you can stop monkeys from attacking you! Naturally, you will expect the police...
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With the rising price of oil, alternative energy sources like wind power is getting more and more relevant for many countries in the world. Countries like India and China are now finding increasingly difficult to meet the growing energy demand....
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Aug 1
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This is an interesting news item. Orange is going to recruit 300 call center workers without cutting any job in UK. Normally, western companies send their call center jobs to India to save money and this has created a lot...
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More than 80% Indians don’t have Life Insurance! This is a terrible statistics, isn't it? Well, the funny thing is that many of us are too much obsessed with shining Indian economy and forget the reality of India. I...
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