My Writings

Some of my writings on the net:

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1. 'The Oligarchs Valley' by Yasha Levine and the parallels in India (April 5, 2018)
2. Battle in India for e-commerce market leadership is no longer between just Amazon and Flipkart (Mar 7, 2018)
3. The Attention Merchants, by Tim Wu - book review (Feb 14, 2018)
4. Big Data Introduction - Workshop (Feb 5, 2018)
5. What We Celebrate Is What We Value  (Dec 27, 2017)
6. Book Review – 'The Sacred Sword: The Legend of Guru Gobind Singh' By Hindol Sengupta (Dec 6, 2017)
7. Of Rahul Gandhi and Aurangzeb – A striking similarity of Dynasties (Dec 4, 2017)
8. Book Review: Black Money and Tax Havens by R Vaidyanathan (Oct 14, 2017)
9. Book Review: Aadhaar, A Biometric History of India's 12-Digit Revolution (Oct 3, 2017)
10. Infosys, NRN Murthy, and Vishal Sikka - No One is Smelling of Roses Here (Aug 22, 2017)
11. Book Review: The Corporation that Changed the World by Nick Robins (Aug 12, 2017)
12. Book Review: Natural Enmity, by Ashay Naik (July 15, 2017)
13. Six Plus One Types of Interviewers (July 23, 2017)
14. Flipkart and the Art of Brand Mis-management Escapades (July 13, 2017)
15. The Dark Cloud of the H1-B Fallout for Indian Companies: Layoffs or Reduced Valuations (May 2, 2017)
16. Oracle Looking to Buy Accenture? Stranger Things Have Happened. 9 Points (April 1, 2017)
17. Flipkart and the Revolving Door  (Feb 21, 2017)
18. Kurukshetra, a travelogue – 1 (Jan 24, 2017)
19. 'Rama and Ayodhya' and 'The Battle for Rama', by Meenakshi Jain (Jan 19, 2017)
20. Evangelical and FCRA Infiltrations in the WCD Ministry and NCPCR? (Nov 3, 2016)
21. Great Derangement Syndrome: The new bogey – Diwali and sexual abuse of children (Nov 1, 2016)
22. Satire: India in the Secular Era (Feb 8, 2016)
23. Insights From the Mahabharata- IV: Jarasandha, Kalayavana, Vishwakarma, and Krishna! (Dec 7, 2016, Hindi translation)
24. Book Review: Harivamsha, translated by Dr. Bibek Debroy (Nov 22, 2016)
25. Book Review: Sati by Meenakshi Jain (Oct 6, 2016)
26. Book Review: The Ocean of Churn by Sanjeev Sanyal (Sep 20, 2016)
27. Insights from Mahabharata-III: When Kunti met Karna (Aug 13, 2016)
28. Insights from Mahabharata-II: Karna, Krishna, and the Fear of Abandonment (July 8, 2016)
29. First Things First - A Lesson Karna Forgot (Mahabharata Tales) (June 21, 2016)
30. ‘Rama and Ayodhya’ by Meenakshi Jain- Part I (June 8, 2016)
31. Money Talks and Walks – Even in the Virtual World of Twitter (March 15, 2016)
32. Was Ford Foundation Culpable In Aborting Female Foetuses In India? (2nd Jan, 2016)
33. Six Habits Of The Chakravarti Adarsh Lieberal (28th Dec, 2015)
34. The Maratha Military Genius: The Battle Of Palkhed (25th Dec, 2015)
35. Book Review: The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa In Theory And Practice (18th Dec, 2015)
36. Book Review -Being Hindu : Old Faith, New World And You (14th Dec, 2015)
37. Mahabharata And Charity (19th Nov, 2015)
38. Book Review:- India: A Sacred Geography—A Disturbing New Front (28th Sep, 2015)
39. Book Review: "Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now", by Ayaan Hirsi Ali (9th September, 2015)
40. Book Review: "Rearming Hinduism", by Vamsee Juluri (21st August, 2015)
41. With Amazon Launching Prime In India, Can Flipkart Stay ‘First’? (July 28, 2016)
42. Amazon Launches Prime in India. Can Flipkart Stay ‘First’? (July 26, 2016)
43. InMobi Pays $1M Penalty for Privacy Violation (June 23, 2016)
44. Alcohol —Latin, Arabic, or Indian/Hindu? An Etymology (May 1, 2016)
45. Flipkart: Million-Dollar Hiring Mistakes Translate Into Billion-Dollar Valuation Erosions (Apr 15, 2016)
46. E-Commerce in India - A tide lifting many boats (Dec 18, 2015)
47. For Flipkart, app-only was a distraction (Nov 30, 2015)
48. How to Add Skills to Your LinkedIn Profile (12th August, 2015)
49. Rise of the Robots Part 3 – Three Wise Friends and the Fool (15th Aug, 2015)
50. Robots and how they impact India’s IT industry – Part 2 (13th Aug, 2015)
51. Robots and how they impact India’s IT industry – Part 1 (9th Aug, 2015)
52. Review: Hinduism And Its Culture Wars (22nd July, 2015)
53. When Words Failed Bhima (Mahabharata Tales 15) (2nd July, 2015)
54. Flipkart, Focus and Free Advice (27th June, 2015)
55. "McDonald's as the torchbearer of hygiene" (22nd June, 2015)
56. Creepy Dolls, or Technology and Privacy (20th May, 2015)
57. Playing By The Book? I Respectfully Disagree! (Mahabharata Tales 14) (17th May, 2015)
58. Nadir Shah: The Raider Who Ravaged Delhi (7th May, 2015)
59. Fated to Fail – The Sarpa Satra (Mahabharata Tales 13) (26th April, 2015)
60. Flipkart - 4 Flipkart vs Amazon: Beware the Whispering Death (20th April, 2015)
61. Flipkart - 3 Mobile Apps: There’s Something (Profitable) About Your Privacy (18th April, 2015)
62. Flipkart - 2 Mobile advertising and how the numbers game can be misleading (14th April, 2015)
63. Flipkart - 1 Why Flipkart seems to be losing focus (12th April, 2015)
64. Yudhishthira’s Unknown Side (Mahabharata Tales 12) (12th April, 2015)
65. Book review: 'The Mahabharata' Volume 10 translated by Bibek Debroy (12th April, 2015)
66. Why Did These Sacrifices Go Wrong? (Mahabharata Tales 11) (5th April, 2015)
67. Book review: 'So You've Been Publicly Shamed' by Jon Ronson (3rd April, 2015)
68. Mahabharata Review: 3 Years With Vyasa (27th March, 2015)
69. Book Review: Mahabharata- Volume 9 (13th March, 2015)
70. What Mahabharata Says About Pollution (Mahabharata Tales 10) (10th March, 2015)
71. Book review: Mahabharata Volume 9 translated by Bibek Debroy (4th March, 2015)
72. Tales From The Mahabharata: A Profile Of Shukracharya (Mahabharata Tales 9) (1st March, 2015)
73. Book Review: The Incredible History of India’s Geography (18th Feb, 2015)
74. Best Laid Plans… (Mahabharata Tales 8) (8th Feb, 2015)
75. For Sir Winston Churchill Was an Honourable Man (7th Feb, 2015)
76. Big changes ahead for India's IT majors (27th January, 2015)
77. On Conditions and Exceptions (Mahabharata Tales 7) (10th Jan, 2015)
78. A Billion Dollar Sale, And A Few Questions (29th December, 2014)
79. Tales from the Mahabharata – To Renounce The Throne Or Not (Mahabharata Tales 6) (14th Dec, 2014)
80. Tales from the Mahabharata – To Renounce The Throne Or Not (Mahabharata Tales 5) (2nd Dec, 2014)
81. Book review: 'The Case of the Secretive Sister' by Nilanjan Choudhary (1st December, 2014)
82. Forgive Now and Fight Later? (Mahabharata Tales 4) (16th Nov, 2014)
83. When Krishna Stopped Arjuna from Killing Yudhishthira (Mahabharata Tales 3) (2nd Nov, 2014)
84. When Arjuna Wanted to Kill Yudhishthira (Mahabharata Tales 2) (7th Oct, 2014)
85. Book Review: 'The Age of Wrath: A History of the Delhi Sultanate' by Abraham Eraly (1st October, 2014)
86. Unintended consequences – tales from the Mahabharata (Mahabharata Tales 1) (30th Sep, 2014)
87. Book Review - Bitter Chocolate: Child Sexual Abuse in India (29th July, 2014)
88. A 'Vishal' opportunity awaits Infosys (25 June, 2014)
89. Book Review: Accidental India (22nd May, 2014)
90. Book Review: 'The Mahabharata' Volume 8 translated by Bibek Debroy (9th May, 2014)

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