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The Word Cloud in Analytics

Analytics – a word that I didn’t have much idea about a couple of years back. Come today, this is something which interests me and a field in which I would like to pursue my career. So what is so fascinating about Analytics? What is it that makes it the toast of the entire business [...]

Tata AirAsia: Waiting for a Smooth Take-off

15th October 1932 was a historic day in the history of Indian Aviation. That day J.R.D. Tata flew a single-engine De Havilland Puss Moth carrying air mail (postal mail of Imperial Airways) from Karachi’s Drigh Road Aerodrome to Bombay’s Juhu Airstrip via Ahmadabad. In 1938, the airline was named as Tata Air Services and later [...]

Spotty Spot Market: NSEL Fiasco

The NSEL(National Spot Exchange Limited) settlement crisis has brought Jignesh Shah and his FT(Financial Technologies) group into the limelight one more time. However, this time it is for all the wrong reasons. Last he hit the headlines, was by the virtue of his heroics in waging a successful battle with SEBI to open equity exchange [...]

Falling rupee against dollar: Reasons and possible remedies

The rupee has plunged to an all-time low against the dollar and its fall has become a subject for debate. The usual discussions on the fall of the rupee bring up macro economics matters such as slow economic growth, huge current account deficit, rising imports etc.
At the time of independence when India had no foreign [...]

Why BJP will do better in 2014 Loksabha elections

Economy is not doing well. The situation is gloomier than what our politicians will think. And India, UPA (United Progressive Alliance) in particular, has experienced it the hard way. Our nation has been going through rough waters and this time there have been more hiccups than before. Some of the renowned economists have gone to [...]

28 years of agony… Corporate Personhood in View of Bhopal Gas Tragedy

This was night of 2nd – 3rd December, 1984 when poisonous gas leaks from Union Carbide India Ltd’s (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. As described in the words of Satinath Sarangi, famous Bhopal activist:
“It came without warning in the dead of the night. Most people drowned in their own body fluids… It was [...]

Dr. Verghese Kurien and his contribution to the nation (Part 1)

Inception of Amul
About some 100 kms from Ahmedabad lies a small city named Anand. The city is known as the Milk Capital of India due to presence of the famous Amul Dairy there. Amul – one of the most famous Dairy brands of our country came into existence in 1946. During that time there [...]

Gal Baat: Rainy Freakonomics

Days have changed since I joined this company for my summer training. I see my colleagues; these days they are keeping a constant watch on weather reports. Everyone in office, bus, rest rooms and cab- halting point is discussing the scanty rainfall this year. Most of the guys in my company were a native [...]

Fall of Rupee: Causes, impact and the role of RBI

The fall of rupee vs. Dollar has created the same conundrum what the rupee appreciation caused in year 2007. However, the impact has reversed this time with exporters making appreciated revenues and the importers feeling the heat. The increased demand for dollars vis-à-vis the India rupee has led to a sharp depreciation with rupee falling [...]

A quid pro quo agreement in Marketing