Anna

There was a man called Anna,
who was perpetually on Dharna;
Alongwith Bedi and Kejriwal,
He fought for the Jan Lokpal;
While on fast he survived on Mango Panna.

West Bengal

There was a state called West Bengal,
which had debt worth a googol;
They decided to call it Poshcim Bongo,
as in the second cousin of the drum called bongo;
All while didi was having a ball.

The Spy

There was once a spy,
named Ghulam Nabi Fai;
He was a Kashmiri
who committed hara-kiri;
while working for the notorious ISI.

Paschim Banga

There was a state called Pashcim Banga,
as in the western cousin of Vindi Banga;
But the bongs called it Poschim Bongo;
as they related themselves to the state of Congo;
and that was the fate of Paschim Banga.

The PM

There was a PM called Manmohan,
He didn’t know Lindsay Lohan.
Unlike the motormouth Gandhi,
He was silent yet handy.
That was our man Manmohan.

Amazon in India

If the news of Amazon imminent entry has any truth in it. It is the most significant announcement in the e-commerce space in the country.

It is also time for Indian e-commerce to take a bow. It has performed yeoman service to the country. But now, Like MacArthur once said about old soldiers, it is time for them to fade away.


From the Times of India

CHENNAI: World's largest online retailer, Amazon.com is set to enter India, riding on the second wave of e-commerce boom in India. Amazon is in discussions with leading Indian e-commerce players like Flipkart.com, LetsBuy.com and Exclusively.in, among others and may enter the market as early as the first quarter of next year.

Acquiring Indian players has been the dominant theme for foreign majors looking to enter Indian market with eBay acquiring Baazee.com and Groupon picking up SoSasta.com to enter the market. But sources say that Amazon is looking to set up operations on its own as its discussions with many players on acquisition front haven't seemed to work out. "Indian players see the huge potential in the e-commerce segment here and so have so far been resistant to being bought out easily," said another source. Amazon is likely to ramp up through inorganic ways later, depending on market growth and their performance relative to competition.

Hiring is currently on in Hyderabad, Bangalore and Chennai to fill up the various positions in this team, say sources. "A team of over 200 people is being built, though all of them might not end up in the core retail arm," said another source.

The earliest indications came from the hiring of Madhu M, a senior executive at Landmark (retail chain), by Amazon to head its India operations. Madhu is an IIM Ahmedabad alumnus and is currently holding the position of SVM at Amazon. He is based out of Chennai where Amazon's Kindle development team is also based.

Amazon is also establishing a warehouse in Mumbai, a standard step before entering the e-commerce space going by what Amazon has been doing globally. Another interesting development has been the buying of 80,000 sq ft by Amazon at SP Infocity, promoted by Shapoorji Pallonji & Co Ltd, in Perungudi in Chennai. The company already has a development centre in Chennai.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Amazon-set-to-launch-services-in-India-next-year/articleshow/9364346.cms

Smart advertising?

Story of a death accompanied with an advertising for Insurance. Contextual advertising? I thought you don’t advertise next to death and destruction? Did someone forget to tell ICICI that?