Concerned about the impact on those lucrative outsourcing contracts from the U.S., Indian CEOs are likely peeing in their trousers following Barack Obama’s victory in the U.S. Presidential polls. This is what Infosys co-founder and Chief Mentor N.R.Narayana Murthy had to say: We believe Obama to be a pragmatic leader who understands that American industry […]
Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group chief Anil Ambani has sued his elder brother Mukesh Ambani and the New York Times newspaper in the Bombay High Court for defamation and is claiming Rs 10,000 crore (about $2.18 billion) in damages, according to Mumbai newspaper DNA. Here’s an excerpt from the DNA story: Anil has alleged that […]
Tamil film star Kamal Haasan has been a fixture on the screen for as long as we can remember. In an acting career spanning over five decades, Kamal Haasan has performed a variety of roles in Tamil, Telugu and, occasionally, even Hindi films. While Kamal Haasan is no Marlon Brando, the South Indian star is leagues […]
At first glance, this seems straight out of the Ripley’s Believe it or Not book. Today’s Wall Street Journal (subscription required) has a piece on Apple in which a Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster attributed the 4% drop in Apple stock price Tuesday in part to concerns that Mr.Jobs appeared thin. But if you think about […]
Two desis have made it to the shortlist for the Man Booker prize for fiction books. They are Chennai-born Aravind Adiga (The White Tiger) and Amitav Ghosh (Sea of Poppies). The other authors on this year’s Booker shortlist include Sebastian Barry (The Secret Scripture), Steve Toltz (A Fraction of the Whole), Linda Grant (The Clothes on their Backs) […]
Unless you are a complete idiot or a troglodyte, you know who Craig Newmark is. Assuming for a moment that you are one of those out to prove that the dodo is not extinct, let’s introduce Craig Newmark to you. Craig Newmark is the Craig of Craigslist and the man single-handedly responsible for destroying the […]