Perspective- After years of sparse rain, the floodgates opened May 7, 2013 Niti Bhan
- Impact of mainstreaming and commodification of cyber cafe services May 4, 2013 Niti Bhan
- The role of the cyber cafe: Assisted entry ramp onto the information superhighway to use a cliche May 4, 2013 Niti Bhan
- Estimating price in unexplored and untapped markets May 3, 2013 Niti Bhan
- Mobile phones and China: Two concurrent factors of global urbanization of rural African market towns. May 3, 2013 Niti Bhan
Monthly Archives: January 2007
Photos from the Delhi design summit 2006
Praveen Nahar, Co-ordinator of the Product Design program at NID just sent me a few photos he’d taken at the CII NID Design Summit back in India in December. That’s me ending the last day with a few points on … Continue reading
Posted in Design, India/Asia/China
Rural vs. bottom of the pyramid
Harish Bijoor has written from the heart in this piece called "Creating brand strategies for rural India" where he says, most insightfully, The case I present in this piece therefore, is a case that seeks to preserve the sanctity of … Continue reading
Looking for the fortune at the bottom of the pyramid
Rama Bijapurkar has a thought provoking article in The Economic Times that points out to the hordes of "me too" followers of the retail explosion hype in India that it sounds just like the bubble days to her. She cautions … Continue reading
Posted in Business, India/Asia/China, Strategy
Collection: Perspective on mobile phones
Time, the Guardian and the Tale of two Indias – poverty and economic changes Three Indias – the aspiring class, an emerging marketPrice point as design criteria for emerging marketsMobile phones: a post industrial platformMotorola’s brand experience in SingaporeDesigning products … Continue reading
Posted in BoP, Business, Design, India/Asia/China, Strategy
Jugaad 2007
Who we are and what we do is is covered here [obsolete URL] but here is how we could explain our work in the landscape of the earth. A project that we would undertake would be in the area of … Continue reading
Posted in BoP, Business, Design, India/Asia/China, Strategy
Being Indian, part two
I first wrote about what could easily be called my existential angst over being Indian [heh] back in December of 2005, again while in Singapore after a trip to New Delhi. I’ve never really been comfortable with being called an … Continue reading
Posted in India/Asia/China, Personal
Introduction to my newsletter
This week’s edition of An illustrated weekly of world design is up on Readymade News to rave reviews! Here’s a wonderful testimonial from Gabriel White of the Small Surfaces blog, on design for mobile technology. A little gem has emerged … Continue reading
Posted in Business
Director, Bloglines
Can you imagine that even 12 months ago, there would never have been a job posted in Craigslist.org, particularly for such a senior position as heading a division with the following requirements in the candidate: Avid Blog reader required, active … Continue reading
Posted in Business
President’s Republic Day state of the nation address
Since today’s Republic Day, I thought it apt to post HE APJ Abdul Kalam’s speech here. The powerpoints need a lot of work, from the design point of view but are fascinating nonetheless. The results are amazing. Here’s a snippet, … Continue reading
Posted in India/Asia/China
Chhabbhis Janveri
Today is 26th January. In India, it is Republic Day and there will be a grand parade down Shanti Path in India Gate in New Delhi. Battalions, squadrons and scouts will march down alongside cavalry in classic garb like the … Continue reading
Posted in India/Asia/China
