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  • Indian Culture, Market Insights, Mobile, innovation

    Mobile Phones, Emerging Markets and Stuart Henshall

    05.13.08 | Dina | Permalink | 2 Comments

    Stuart’s becoming quite the expert on mobility in urban India!! He was here end-April for a little over a week and we did a lot of learning around the mobile phone space in Mumbai. Next time, small towns too!! Its really cool to see how he can really get to some deep […]

    Stuart’s becoming quite the expert on mobility in urban India!! He was here end-April for a little over a week and we did a lot of learning around the mobile phone space in Mumbai. Next time, small towns too!! Its really cool to see how he can really get to some […]

  • Ethnography, Frameworks & Models, Indian Culture, Knowledge, innovation

    Learning to be … through Learning Journeys

    02.01.08 | Dina | Permalink | 3 Comments

    Mahatma Gandhi once said: “We must be the change we wish to see in the world.”
    My recent experience with the Learning Journey we organised for Clients actually reinforced to me that given the right balance of content with experiential immersions and a focus on ‘how’ learning would take place, learning-to-be can begin even with just […]

    Mahatma Gandhi once said: “We must be the change we wish to see in the world.”
    My recent experience with the Learning Journey we organised for Clients actually reinforced to me that given the right balance of content with experiential immersions and a focus on ‘how’ learning would take place, learning-to-be can begin even with just […]

  • Indian Culture

    Nach Baliye 3 Result - glory and shame

    12.22.07 | Dina | Permalink | 1 Comment

    Just finished watching the finals of Nach Baliye 3 - am so glad Aamir Ali and Sanjeeda Shaikh won - I feel they were really the best dancers, especially Sanjeeda. What shocked me was the unsporting behaviour of Rakhi Sawant and Abhishek who lost, walked off the stage, didn’t come on to take their […]

    Just finished watching the finals of Nach Baliye 3 - am so glad Aamir Ali and Sanjeeda Shaikh won - I feel they were really the best dancers, especially Sanjeeda. What shocked me was the unsporting behaviour of Rakhi Sawant and Abhishek who lost, walked off the stage, didn’t come on to take their runners-up […]

  • Stuff

    Gujarat Riots: Tehelka Expose

    10.25.07 | Dina | Permalink | 7 Comments

    Tehelka has proof on camera that brings to light the compliance of the State machinery in Gujarat in the riots in 2002. The news is breaking on Tv channels AajTak (in Hindi) and Headlines Today (in English), as I write this.
    It is reported that Narendra Modi gave the rioters 3 days to do what […]

    Tehelka has proof on camera that brings to light the compliance of the State machinery in Gujarat in the riots in 2002. The news is breaking on Tv channels AajTak (in Hindi) and Headlines Today (in English), as I write this.
    It is reported that Narendra Modi gave the rioters 3 days to do what […]

  • Internet And Computing

    Move to stifle freedom on the internet by the Indian Govt

    10.19.07 | Dina | Permalink | 1 Comment

    In the Times of India on the 17th:
    There is a clear and present danger to internet in India. If the recommendations of the parliamentary standing committee were to go through, you might as well pull the shutters down on the net in the country, because the committee seeks to raise the liability of internet service […]

    In the Times of India on the 17th:
    There is a clear and present danger to internet in India. If the recommendations of the parliamentary standing committee were to go through, you might as well pull the shutters down on the net in the country, because the committee seeks to raise the liability of internet service […]

  • Indian Culture, Market Insights, Qualitative Research Perspectives

    The Indian Marketplace - always the bazaar

    10.17.07 | Dina | Permalink | 2 Comments

    Niti Bhan who writes Perspective 2.0 shares a snapshot of three mega trends in the Indian marketplace, the key words according to her being: “aspirational, ambitious, entrepreneurial, forward looking and pragmatic”
    Multiplying Media: “The urbanized consumer has become as demanding and sophisticated as any in the world and the aspirations of the rest are influencing […]

    Niti Bhan who writes Perspective 2.0 shares a snapshot of three mega trends in the Indian marketplace, the key words according to her being: “aspirational, ambitious, entrepreneurial, forward looking and pragmatic”
    Multiplying Media: “The urbanized consumer has become as demanding and sophisticated as any in the world and the aspirations of the rest are influencing […]

  • Bridging The Divide Rural India, Internet And Computing

    OLPC in India through Reliance Communications

    10.13.07 | Dina | Permalink | 1 Comment

    This is great news!
    The Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) has collaborated with One Laptop per Child (OLPC) foundation to bring the latter’s much-hyped $100 laptop to India to promote e-learning among poor children. Under this initiative, Reliance Communications (RCom) will provide Internet connectivity, network backbone, logistics, and support to the OLPC initiative. The initiative […]

    This is great news!
    The Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) has collaborated with One Laptop per Child (OLPC) foundation to bring the latter’s much-hyped $100 laptop to India to promote e-learning among poor children. Under this initiative, Reliance Communications (RCom) will provide Internet connectivity, network backbone, logistics, and support to the OLPC initiative. The initiative […]


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