We have to admit we live in pretty strange times. Not only is there not much to choose between the political left and the right these days, it’s also because there is so little that differentiates them. There used to be a time, when they were so clearly defined by their ideologies, that it would… Continue reading When The Political Right Steals Ideas and Policies from The Left
Hello readers. In the New Year of 2024 that has just begun, I have four new blog videos to share with you. Videos that I made on the various dimensions of my blog that has just gone into its sixth year! These are the nuanced analysis that goes beyond news, nuanced and well-considered viewpoints on… Continue reading Four New Blog Videos to Start 2024
As most of India was celebrating the festive season last year, Cyclone Michaung hit South India and wreaked havoc in parts of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh inundating the city of Chennai once again. TV news reports were full of the levels of flooding in the city, where streets had turned into rivers and the… Continue reading How Livable Are Our Cities in India?
Years ago, I had written a blog post on how being out of work for so many years in the advertising industry in India felt like being in exile. In exile with my own thoughts and ideas on brands, besides all the other subjects I write about on my blog. From the Indian and global… Continue reading What Cultural Hibernation Can Feel Like
In my last few blog posts on climate change and how it affects the poor, I had wondered how a COP summit being held in hydrocarbon heartland would go. On the one hand, it could be stymied by all the powerful interests in fossil fuels present in the region as many of their economies are… Continue reading COP28 Ending on a Timid Note
We’re nearing the end of 2023, and it appears that most economies have managed to stave off a recession, except Germany, Austria, Poland and Sweden among advanced economies that might still close the year a little in the cold. Ireland too looks surprisingly weak in 2023, but not if you consider the previous two years… Continue reading What To Expect from the Global Economy in 2024
Recently, I wrote a piece here on my blog examining how much had really changed in the way consumers make their brand purchase decisions in today’s world. And I concluded that while plenty had changed in the technology dimension of advertising and marketing, consumers still make their brand choice decisions the way they always have.… Continue reading Advertising and Media in The New World
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Two most dreaded words in economic circles and think-tanks these days is industrial policy. It is frowned upon because it has come to be associated with all the negatives of government intervention. Politics, geo-politics, picking winners, wasteful subsidies and creating distortions in what ought to be a free market economy. It has become a term… Continue reading India in Need of Industrial Policy 4.0
It is corporate earnings season once again! And while we wait for major corporations the world over to declare their earnings, we are also watching India Inc’s earnings report for the September 2023 quarter, which falls just before the festive season in India. In fact, because Diwali is slightly later than usual this year, we… Continue reading India is Bucking the Economic Slowdown, Or Is It?
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