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Sunday, February 11, 2018

Business learnings from the move 'Mersal'

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In the recent debate on healthcare in India covering corporate hospitals, pharma drug regulation, medical devices price regulation at variou...
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Business learnings from Velaikkaran(2017 Tamil movie)

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I watched the movie( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velaikkaran_(2017_film) ) and took away following key learnings Consumerism has a karm...

Learnings from the movie Padmavat

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The movie Padmavat(earlier named Padmavati) focussed on the battle between Alahudin Khilji, Rani Padmavat and Raja Ratan Sen. The poem story...

Business learnings from the Movie 'Padman'

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Yesterday, I watched the Akshay Kumar movie 'Padman'. It narrates the story of the brave entrepreneur  Arunachalam Muruganantham  (r...
Friday, October 20, 2017

Timeshare in the age of Oyo, Airbnb and OTA-does it still make sense?

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http://www.tflguide.com/club-mahindra-membership-fees-review/  This excellent blogpost makes the point that memberships of Club Mahindra, S...

Tourist Cab business-economics

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Having booked outstation cabs for self/family across Tamilnadu, Kerala, Orissa, Bengal and Maharashtra, I thought to write some points on th...
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Saturday, October 7, 2017

Hathway Broadband-Great people but poor technology-therefore poor customer experience

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I took a 2month Hathway subscription and then when relatively hassle free, took the annual subscription at 50MBps speed, 300GB/month annual...
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Sunday, September 24, 2017

1GB per day-the new data normal due to Reliance Jio

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In the 2016-17 annual report of Reliance Industries, they disclosed that the average data consumption per Reliance Jio user is  10GB/month (...
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Saturday, September 9, 2017

Upfront Rates and more responsive customer service-Why Urbanclap trumps Housejoy

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Let me disclose upfront that Urbanclap is cofounded by an IIM Ahmedabad senior of mine Abhiraj Bahl, but this fact does not bias my views. A...
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Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Some musings over the last one year

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Recently, I read an article by the Collaborative Fund Blogger Morgan Hausel about why everyone should write http://www.collaborativefund....
Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Is it fair to exclude student loans(education loans) from personal insolvency? Some possible reforms

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While reading the Indian Insolvency Code 2016 (http://www.indiacode.nic.in/acts-in-pdf/2016/201631.pdf ) , I realized that student loan debt...
Monday, March 20, 2017

The success of Instamojo

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Since the last 7months, I’ve been using Instamojo to collect payments for an event which I co-host. Having collected close to Rs ~80,000 ov...
Thursday, January 26, 2017

Who is to blame for Tamil music and dance fading out in Mumbai?

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There were three distinct events last week which provoked me to write this post The lament of the Mulund Fine Arts Society that they had ...

Uber/Ola surge pricing proves that we need a regulated public transport

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In Jan-17, Uber euphemistically announced 'price adjustments' as their communication of  increased fares. With them earlier having a...

Lessons from Bollywood movie Kaabil

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Yesterday, I watched Kaabil, a movie starring Hrithik Roshan and Yami Gautam, which centred around the story of a blind couple whose married...
Wednesday, November 2, 2016

The challenges Indian professional accountants in business face for lifelong continual professional education

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All professional institutes hold out to the public that their members besides being technically qualified, are well regulated and obliged to...
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Thursday, October 20, 2016

My professional bucket list

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·          Activist Investor   ·          Independent director nomination   ·          Small shareholder director election   ·        ...
Wednesday, September 14, 2016

How technology helps to organize in person/offline meetups

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This month, members of the Valuepickr forum ( http://forum.valuepickr.com/ ) decided to meet up in person. As a fellow member suggested half...
Monday, September 12, 2016

How technology creates the fear of missing out(FOMO)

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How many times did you  take a selfie/photo to post on Facebook/Instagram instead of enjoying the moment Check your mobile phone to see ...
Saturday, September 10, 2016

ICSI NATIONAL AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, 2016-Some musings on questionaire

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I was going through the questionaire for the ICSI award out of interest. Following points struck me as points which even more investors/prof...
Thursday, August 25, 2016

The benefits and drawbacks of working in finance for a publicly traded/listed company in India

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Ok I admit it. The title is a blatant effort to win some SEO brownie points. But thats par of the course these days, and given the uniquenes...

The benefits and drawbacks of working in finance for a publicly traded/listed company in India

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Ok I admit it. The title is a blatant effort to win some SEO brownie points. But thats par of the course these days, and given the uniquenes...

What is your signature worth-some musings as a professional

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Recently, I was reading a book by Parag Saigaonkar wherein the below passage struck me-it relates to the author being asked to certify home...

How to choose a job-some tips for the finance professional

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For finance professionals(whether they be CA, CPA, CFA,FRM, MBA, CS, CWA etc), the difference between others and them is that they owe a dut...
Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Long Qs reduce the overall spiritual experiene

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Whether it is Siddhivinayak temple in Dadar, Mahalaxmi temple, Tirupati Balaji temple, Shirdi  etc, temples are associated with long Qs for ...
Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Can on-demand ridesharing transform the peak hour urban commute?

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Recently, I had to visit Nashik by public transport on short notice. Unsurprisingly, trains were not available and buses would have taken a ...
Monday, June 6, 2016

Why do Indians buy fewer books or spend less money on reading

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This post's title suggests that Indians read a lot, it is just that they do not buy enough new books. As this question on Quora suggest...

The rise of white collar crime fiction and business novels in India

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My first introduction to business novels came with Eli Goldratt's books-The Goal etc. Then further it progressed to real life biographie...
Thursday, April 14, 2016

Coca Cola New PET technology possible game changer?

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While reading the Coca Cola conference Call transcript at the CAGNY(Consumer analysts group of New York), I stumbled across this nugget rela...
Saturday, April 9, 2016

Brand Factory-the worthy successor to Loot?

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In Mar-16, I read about Brand Factory( A Kishore Biyani led venture) claiming better prices on apparel as compared to the big online platfor...
Wednesday, September 30, 2015

How i use mobile to fulfill my entertainment needs

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Having been an Airtel employee for 3yrs with the associated benefits of a generous phone usage allowance permitting virtually unlimited mobi...
Thursday, July 9, 2015

Dabur Honey-the honey diet

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Last Sunday, I was shopping with my wife in D-Mart, and we had to buy honey. Her first choice was Dabur Honey, despite its 25% premium to t...
Sunday, May 17, 2015

My Airtel App-experience

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As an Airtel employee, I had always thought that there was better scope for a great online interface. In the era of ecommerce, the website ...
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Anandh Sundar
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
PGP 2010-2012 student at IIM Ahmedabad
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