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Does the city know what the city knows?

Published on January 8, 2012 By R R Dasgupta

People are the smart units No one knows more about a city and how it functions than the people who live and work there. Ask the auto-rickshaw driver to take you from one place and the other by the shortest possible route and he will do so without needing a GPRS device. Ask the postman [...]

An open letter to the Prime Minister on Independence Day

Published on August 12, 2011 By rrdasgupta

Dear Dr. Manmohan Singh, My heartiest congratulations to you and your team on the eve of our country’s 65th Independence Day. As the nation dons its tricolour, and you salute the armed forces at the Red Fort, there would be a million things that will cross your mind in this feel-good and patriotic event. I [...]

The Future of Employment

Published on February 25, 2011 By rrdasgupta

I was reading the 2009-10 Employment-Unemployment Report published by the Ministry of Labor, Govt. of India. Employment is and will continue to be a significant issue, especially in a country where the proportion unemployed is estimated at 34 persons per 1000 population (as per the Report) For starters, I come from a family of bureaucrats [...]

Your Passport, Profile and Practice

Published on September 16, 2010 By rrdasgupta

  Passport This is my passport. It kinda gives me legitimacy as a citizen of India. It tells you where I live, my late parents name, my wife’s name and my daughter’s. It also has the visa stamps of the countries I have visited. Profile Then there are my profiles. My linkedin profile tells you [...]

Missing the Product Gravy Train

Published on September 12, 2010 By rrdasgupta

The Sunrise industry of India In a report published by NASSCOM in August 2008 (along with Zinnov Consulting) titled NASSCOM-ZINNOV INDIA SOFTWARE PRODUCT BUSINESS STUDY it identified that Indian software product businesses have an addressable market opportunity of USD 290 to 315 billion. Recently, while announcing the EMERGE50 winners NASSCOM admits “the skew towards service [...]