Why we do what we do

In other words, the reasons for our super-obsession with criticising India!

The arguments were intense. Half of our editorial team was arguing for running a purely national Scrutiny section, as opposed to covering international stories too. And half was arguing against the premise, debating that we should cover even international stories. The only problem was, they were the same halves! In other words [if you’re not thoroughly confused already], while one half was arguing for and against the same issue, the other half was thoroughly disinterested in having to do anything with it! Well, we were tickled breathless – we kid you not, it’s the same case with India. While one half of us Indians are busy inanely arguing for and against issues without understanding what stand to take, the other (illiterate?) 600 million odd half is busier organising the daily meal, finding out a place to defecate, ensuring that the girl child & lady of the house don’t get raped, and of course, ensuring death doesn’t become a family issue this week.....Continue

Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri and Arindam chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).

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Sulajja Firodia MOTWANI... She made automobiles a fashion statement, and taught us the art of winning

Sulajja Firodia Motwani is perhaps the only woman in the top echelons of India’s automotive industry. She is solely credited with making Kinetic a major two wheeler player in the country. On the future strategy of her company, Sulajja Motwani revealed to 4Ps B&M, “Kinetic’s strategy is two pronged. One is to leverage its strong brand for its growing two wheeler business and offer exciting products. And two is to leverage the manufacturing strengths in Kinetic Engineering to build a world class business.” Designated as the Managing Director of Kinetic Motor Company, Motwani is an MBA from the most respected Carnegie Mellon and has been a high performer in all walks of her life. The high performance has naturally trickled down to the business side as well. After the phenomenal success of Kinetic Honda, the company has moved many steps forward. Under agreements with Korean motorcycle maker Hyosung, Kinetic has brought a slew of mainstream bikes such as Aquilla and Comet 250. Recently, Sulajja led Kinetic to finalise key partnerships with many global companies in an attempt to broaden its portfolio.

Today, Indian business women are hell bent on proving themselves and Motwani is one of the leading bulwarks in this context! Leaders like Motwani have made it big on their sole grit, and after the revving up, the blast off is just round the corner.

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Source: IIPM Editorial, 2008
An IIPM and Management Guru Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri's Initiative

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Taking Taj to places...

The hospitality industry will see more inflow of funds as Taj Group of Hotels will invest about Rs.10 billion for developing four hotels in Bangalore. Sumit Guha, Vice President-Development, Indian Hotels, owners of the Taj Hotels chain expressed his views as “We will invest around Rs.10 billion for building four hotels in Bangalore, of which two are already under construction, while the ones in Devanahalli and Yashwantpur will take three years to complete”. Beyond domestic presence, the Group is also foraying into overseas market in Maldives, Mauritius, Colombo, Boston and Sydney. The company has also expressed interest in modernisation of Delhi airport and to build a hotel in the national capital.

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An IIPM and Management Guru Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri's Initiative

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Metamorphing MEDIA’S Marauding Musketeers

For failed Buntys and Bablis, television anchoring is always an option. For wannabe Kishore Kumars and Lata Mangeshkars, Indian Idol is heaven. For bathroom singers who didn’t make it, FM Radio provides comfort. Dreamy poets can join newspapers; or write a blog. Driving them all are the marauding monsters of modern media; the super brand new conglomerates.

They say that nothing reflects Indian society and times better than those garish Bollywood movies. So once upon a time, you saw a Manoj Kumar movie called Upkaar where a humble radio announcer talks about war breaking out on the borders. That was then. Today, radio is symbolised by the vivacious and bikini-clad Preity Zinta in Salaam Namaste. You might just say, “Eggzactly”! Once upon a time, there was movie called Satyakam where a ravishingly handsome Dharmendra is an idealistic journalist. Today, the journalists are – (once again!) Preity Zinta behaving like well mannered Barkha Dutt in Lakshya, Konkona Sen Sharma in Page 3 and a pert and pretty Dia Mirza in Shootout at Lokhandwala. Once upon a time, media owners spouted socialism and justice in dingy basements while cranking fading newspapers. Today, media owners spout operating profit ratios in air-conditioned conference halls while cranking out spanking new balance sheets. If you had seen the Indian media sector till the 1980s and then gone into a coma to wake up now, you will be in a position worse than Rip van Winkle; so staggering, catclysmic and shattering have been the changes. Well and truly, media and entertainment is a sunrise sector that is witnessing unprecedented levels of frenzied activity. In print; in movies, in television, in radio and even in the overrated world of Internet. Statistics solidly back this buoyant perception.

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and Apple are charging anywhere from $13 to $30 to dispose off your old computer

Right now, manufacturers such as HP and Apple are charging anywhere from $13 to $30 to dispose off your old computer. That’s just enough disincentive to ensure that most of those systems will ultimately end up in a landfill anyways.

This is a huge problem—not just for users, but for businesses. Here, at PC Magazine Labs, we’re in the process of phasing out the last of our old CRT monitors and replacing them with LCDs. CRT monitors contain a huge amount of toxic lead. We’re talking 8 pounds a pop, if you consider all the glass, frit and solder in a big CRT. This isn’t something that we would want leaking into our water tables, would we?

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Source: IIPM Editorial, 2007
An IIPM and Management Guru Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri's Initiative

Who takes the blame for this?

The annual rate of depletion of vegetation is estimated to be around 1.5 sq. kms per year. The proliferation of stone quarries and stone crushers in India’s continuing quest to exploit its natural resources to the maximum has ensured that entire landscapes, erstwhile populated by various tribes, have regularly been converted into vast areas full of pits, where nothing can be produced and cultivated. Worse, the winds carrying stone dust from these machines, apart from causing cancer and other fatal lung diseases, pollutes the air, reduces the fertility of the soil and collectively gives rise to large-scale soil erosion, effectively hitting the tribals where it hurts the hardest. Who takes the blame for such tribal tribulations? It’s the butler, stupid! The government, of course!

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Source: IIPM Editorial, 2006

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3 bullets for one citizen... safe??

The dimensions related to the illegal arms trafficking have been monstrous. The United States by far is the largest supplier of ‘legal arms’ with an annual sale of $12 billion. The illegal sale of almost $8 billion annually comes from the satellite states of erstwhile Soviet Union. The UN member states in 2001 unanimously adopted the Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons which was to review progress in 2006. The move has run into rough weather as many countries, including the US, have made least progress in curbing the flow. As generations get mauled, consensus is urgently needed for bringing real time changes into the crisis.

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Crunchy & Cheesy bytes!

They were one of the first entrants peddling Italian Pizzas in a country of kebab & curry lovers. A decade has passed since then and Domino’s has enamoured millions, both with its quintessential Italian palette & desi toppings, as also with its ’30 minutes or free’ delivery concept. Recently, Domino’s unleashed the ‘Fun Meal for 4’ promotion campaign and is gung-ho on achieving a target of 150 outlets from the present 105, by 2007, with an investment of Rs.200 million.

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Lalu on a rollicking roll

When Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav announced that tea will only be served in earthen pots, analysts expected Indian Railways to plunge into another crisis. The fear was, Yadav and his populist moves could completely derail Indian Railways. Surprise, surprise, exactly the opposite has happened with the organisation. In a series of smart strategic moves, the wily politician from the Hindi heartland is transforming the organisation in such a radical way that he has become a case study for business schools. Like a typically focused CEO, Lalu has made moves to both increase market shares and improve profit margins. And he is doing a great job of it.

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If only muttering Vande Mataram could reduce poverty

Controversy is not new to the song. Similar objections had been raised in 1937 when the Congress had decided to take only the first two stanzas of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay’s immortal lyric as the national song. But that was then

And now? The pity of it all is that instead of focusing on most urgent debilitating factors of health, literacy and poverty, our politicians and our dear parties continue to garble out support (or opposition) for issues that can best be described as unlettered. If only simply uttering Vande Mataram could solve all the problems that India’s destitute suff er.

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