Having written a lot already over the years on my blog about the Tata Motors brand as well as JLR and Land Rover and Jaguar brands separately, you might think that I have already said everything that there is to be said on the brand’s strategy. Far from it. I have only gotten started on… Continue reading Connecting the Missing Link in Tata Motors’ Brand Strategy
Having just written last month about the state of the global economy, especially the developed major economies, I thought I’d write about how the Global South is faring under the same pressures of geopolitical tensions, war and tariffs. This is the entire region dominated by developing, emerging and low and middle-income countries that even ordinarily… Continue reading Crises of Debt and Demography in the Global South
After my two articles earlier this year on the global economy, I think it is time to reassess the economic situation that prevails around the world and what can be done about it. I don’t think any discussion on the global economy can take place right now without US tariffs, geopolitical tensions and the Iran… Continue reading Global Economy in the Grip of Bad Policies
In my review of Indian Philosophy Volume 1 in April this year, I had written about how the book traced the evolution of Indian thought. I had also written about how the book traces the ways in which Indian philosophical thought was heavily influenced by Buddhism and Jainism, and how the latter were in turn… Continue reading Indian Philosophy Volume 2: A Journey Towards Theism
When I last wrote a blog post on India two months ago, it was about how we shouldn’t be tying up the Indian economy in knots and that we ought to be liberalising our import duty structure and implementing other reforms to incentivise investment by the private sector in new job-creating ventures. The economy is… Continue reading Unnecessary Chaos in India
As corporate earnings stream in for Q1 FY27 they seem to be suggesting that revenue growth is good, albeit weakening, and that margins are under pressure. This is hardly surprising since most companies do not seem to have responded to rising prices of inputs and commodities with price increases. Therefore, margins are under pressure, though… Continue reading The Strong Profits, Weak Investment Conundrum of the Private Sector
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Having written and shared my thoughts on several brands and companies on my blog for many years, and having embarked on a more focused Brandology exercise this year, I thought it’s perhaps time to share my thoughts on how brands are actually connected with companies and explain my thinking a little more. Brands and companies… Continue reading Brands’ Connections with Companies Explained
As I write this in Goa, India, Britain is experiencing political turmoil, the kind it hasn’t seen in decades. In fact, it is reported that with Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, stepping down as leader of the Labour Party, UK will soon have its seventh prime minister in ten years. Both the main political parties… Continue reading Getting “Stagnation Nation” to Grow Again
Well, it turns out that the ceasefire between the US and Iran was too good to be true. Just as the world breathed a sigh of relief that the Strait of Hormuz would remain open at least for 60 days while talks between the two countries progressed, the rumblings of war are back again with… Continue reading Rumblings of War Again in The Strait of Hormuz
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