Tag: Economy

  • Don’t Believe the Market Hype!

    Intro As all of you who’ve been keeping up-to-date on the happenings in the financial markets know, there’s been a good deal of turmoil and volatility continuing. GM and Chrysler, in the US, are begging for bailouts, small, medium, large and extra large companies are laying off people in droves (Citigroup will be laying off…

  • The Financial Crisis and India

    BarCamp Delhi has been going on this weekend. I don’t think anyone took any video of the presentation but I turned into a bit of a pig and took up three speaking slots. Sorry to Netra, Sukhdeep and every one else for taking up their slots! The presentation is available as a download below as…

  • Cracks in the Armor?

    Back in July, I put up a post about the chinks in the economic armor of India. Since July, the BSE Sensex has dropped to a low of 12,575 and rebounded to a high of 15,503 in August. Today it is trading down 149 to 14,174, mostly because of Infosys lowering its guidance. the people…

  • India’s Economy and The Wall

    For all you economics and business-minded folks out there, I put up a post about my thoughts on the Indian economy and the direction it’s heading in over here. I’d love to hear your thoughts …

  • India’s Economy Hitting the Proverbial Brick Wall

    This is an interesting article from BusinessWeek Online. I swear, I read this article today, after my previous post on the state of the Indian Economy. The article focuses more on how the government mismanaged the economy when things were good and, basically, had (and continue to have) their heads in the sand as things…