As part of a monthly review of Indian advertising and marketing which I do for a far-east publication, I have been watching Indian political advertising very closely for some time now. I specifically mentioned the review, because if it wasn’t for it, I would have simply missed/ignored the ads… which is what I think most [...]
Archive for the ‘Indian Economy’ Category
It’s just Economics, stupid…
Posted: May 1, 2009 by noshtradamus in Advertising, Common Sense, Indian Economy, Marketing, Politics, What Were They Thinking??0
India 2008: Working Harder, Working Smarter
Posted: April 1, 2009 by noshtradamus in Advertising, Brands, Indian Economy, Industry Review, Marketing2008 was a hard-working year for India. As perhaps it was for the rest of the world. Not only did businesses strive to keep costs down and revenue up, people worked hard to keep their jobs alive and companies afloat. The Economic and Industries Perspective In terms of the economy, some sectors did very well, [...]
Incredible India: Incredibly callous? Incredibly corrupt?!
Posted: August 27, 2008 by noshtradamus in Advertising, Brands, Common Sense, Customer Service, Debate, Indian Economy, Marketing, Public Relations, Strategy, Talent & Assets, Thinking AloudTags: Brands, Corruption, Democracy, india, Progress
I am not a negative person. I am not anti-India. It is in my blood to B+. And truly, I Love India. Which is exactly why I am writing this from the heart, with no holds barred. What is Brand India really about? What is the India beyond what we see in doublespread ads and [...]
Tata, West Bengal. Bye-bye, blackmail?
Posted: August 24, 2008 by noshtradamus in Common Sense, Indian Economy, Learnings, Stargazing, TrendsTags: Capitalism, Communism, CPI, Progress, Singur, Tata
I was most happy to read about news, that the Tatas are considering moving out of Singur in West Bengal, and setting up the Nano plant elsewhere! It is about time the corporate world stops cowering to pressure from mindless mobs led by out-of-portfolio politicians, and stands up to say: “hey! we bring money into [...]
India rocks the world’s richest people list!
Posted: March 7, 2008 by noshtradamus in Indian EconomyTags: Ambani, Billionaires, india, infrastructure, Mittal, wealth
Forbes just released its annual billionaires list. And guess what..? ‘Poor’ India has 4 individuals in the top 10 list; 6 in the top 100; And 43 others down the line; bringing the total number of acknowledged Indian billionaires to 53! The top 10 list includes (the Indians are in italics): 01. Warren Buffet US$ 62 bn [...]
What Comments on the Indian Budget really mean!
Posted: March 1, 2008 by noshtradamus in Humour, Indian Economy, Thinking AloudAs Finance Minister P. Chidambaram revealed the Budget 2008 in the Indian Parliament yesterday, an expected lot of reactions were heard from politicians all around. Without naming names, here’s some of the key comments and a tongue-in-cheek take on what they really mean: When they say: It’s a populist budget, aimed at the elections What [...]
Government of India acknowledges Advertising as “speciality design”
Posted: February 1, 2007 by noshtradamus in Advertising, Indian EconomyThis is good news and bad. The Directorate General Service Tax in India has announced it plans to increase the burden of Service Tax on specility design services including advertising (the others are industrial and jewellery design). The good news is that someone’s finally acknowledging that what advertising people create is special, and not something [...]
The Indian Economy: News that caught my eye this week # 002
Posted: December 15, 2006 by noshtradamus in Indian EconomyInfosys in the Nasdaq-100 Index: On 18th December 2006 Indian IT giant Infosys (market capitalisation on nasdaq – $5.6 Billion) is set to join the likes of Adobe, Apple, Cisco, Dell, eBay, Google, and Microsoft in the Nasdaq 100 Index – becoming the first Indian company to do so! Infosys is one of the great [...]
While we and the world talk about Indian IT, Indian BPOs, our growing global competitiveness and our expanding local consumerism, we usually fail to recognise other industries and indicators of potential. In the last year or so, I’ve spent a lot of time studying the Indian economy and its various industries – and have discovered [...]
The Indian economy: news that caught my eye this week!
Posted: November 15, 2006 by noshtradamus in Indian Economy8% Growth: According to the Centre for Monitoring the Indian Economy (and hints from the Indian Finance Minister) the Indian economy is expected to grow by 8% in the financial year ending March 2007. This comes in the wake of plenty of new capital investments, high credit growth, and improved profitability in the corporate sector. [...]
