About India and China Economies

Chinese economic liberalization started in 1978 - 14 years before that of India in 1992. The nature of the government clearly has an impact on the discipline with which policies can be pursued. Nevertheless, will India's economic match current day China's in 14 years? OR could it be faster or slower?

Economic reform in China
Economic reform in India

Reliance and Dreamworks

Hmm. Could there a be a connection?

Oct 2, 2008: The Reliance-Spielberg Deal: Anil Ambani's Next Blockbuster?

Jan 11, 2009: `Slumdog Millionaire' Wins 4 at Golden Globes

Feb 22, 2009: ‘Slumdog’ Wins Eight Oscars, Including Best Picture

Jul 15, 2009: Reliance, Dreamworks to Launch Films This Year

Done with electives

Got done with my second elective on Friday July 10, 2009. That's good because now I will have only 3 courses to take for each of my remaining 2 semesters.

I took a law course called Commercial Transactions that deals with the UCC (Uniform Commercial Code). Was a great learning process especially because it is the first law related course that I have ever taken.

Now on to the final push towards the pilot launch of Entreave.

Saina Nehwal creates history

Saina is the first Indian woman to win a tournament of the kind.
She's from my home town - Hyderabad.

Great point from 2:04 - 2:40.

Silicon Valley mourns Rajeev Motwani

Rajeev Motwani, the Stanford Professor and Silicon Valley angel investor died Friday afternoon in a freak swimming pool accident.

According to TechCrunch, "Motwani influenced hundreds of entrepreneurs and students".

Motwani' bio is here.

Rajeev was the mentor to Google's Sergey Brin at Stanford. See Sergei's comments on Rajeev's death here.

I am wondering if the City of Austin has any Rajeev Motwanis. If so, I'd like to meet them !

Shubha Mudgal

One of my favorite singers. Has a background in Hindustani classical music.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shubha_Mudgal

Ek Toona Achraj is a must listen.

News related to India

Here's the channel in India that is the equivalent of CNN or MSNBC. Although they are much better with presenting news and unbiased analysis.

http://www.ndtv.com/news/videos/video_live.php?id=LIVE_BG24x7

The CNBC equivalent.

http://www.ndtv.com/news/videos/video_live.php?id=LIVE_BGPROFIT

Dead and Gone

http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Gone-Feat-Justin-Timberlake/dp/B001GLHBMC

Pratibha Singh Baghel

From 7:52.

New Venture Creation class

Professor Adams punishment for late comers is push ups or singing. Since, it was the last class, the guys had to do push ups on their desks :)

Rabbi Shergill - Bulla Ki Jaana Maen Kaun

Nice !

Heidi Roizen

Heidi Roizen is an influential person in the Silicon Valley. A Harvard Business School (HBS) case talks about her in more detail.

Heidi Roizen HBS case
Heidi's personal web site



She is currently CEO of Skinny Songs that sells "Music to motivate you back into your skinny jeans".

Skinny Songs

Austin High Tech Happy Hour

A decent event to network with the techie types in Austin. You might find the person that could anchor the IT aspects of your venture.




Here's the URL.

Sugar free Red Bull

Be conscious about how much of this stuff you drink.

Red Bull: it promises energy, but doesn't mention sticky blood...

To me sticky blood means clogged arteries, high cholesterol and heart disease.

Nouriel Roubini

Nouriel Roubini is a professor of economics at the Stern School of Business, New York University.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roubini

Roubini put his neck out and made dire predictions about the US and world economy when no else saw it coming. Many people with high credentials like Jacob Frenkel of AIG dismissed his predictions.

National Solidarity Fund?

Zbigniew Brzezinski was the National Security Advisor during the Jimmy Carter administration.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zbigniew_Brzezinski

According to him, some $300 billion was transferred to Wall Street finance professionals during the Clinton and Bush administrations. Most of this was in the form of $1 million plus bonuses. Remember, the basis for these bonuses was the inflated stock market that was caused first by the dotcom bubble and then by the housing bubble. Some like Paulson and Rubin made 100s of millions during this time frame. Given the crisis that the US economy is in, Brzezinski thinks that these folks could form a National Solidarity Fund and give back.

I don't hear much from such folks these days. Are they waiting for someone else to solve the crisis before they start investing their money?

25 people to blame

Time's 25 people to blame for the financial crisis. Entertaining.

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1877351_1877350,00.html

India's economy

Professor Angus Maddison of the University of Groningen (Netherlands) has done a great deal of research on world economy over the past 2 millennia. According to him, India's economy contributed to 24% of world GDP in 1700 AD. This was a drop from the 32% contribution in 1000 AD, which was prior to the Mughal era. The contribution decreased to less than 4% in 1950. This roughly corresponds to the period of British occupation of India. Some have suggested that the demolishing of existing textile and other industries complemented by no proper replacements explain this dramatic fall. Meanwhile, the Indian diaspora was too busy fighting for freedom.

http://www.ggdc.net/maddison
http://www.ggdc.net/maddison/articles/moghul_3.pdf

Financial Times - Global MBA Rankings 2009

The rankings.
http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/global-mba-rankings


The Indian School of Business is ranked #15. It is located in my hometown - Hyderabad.
http://www.isb.edu/isb/index.shtml

The Midas List - 2009

Just released.

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/99/midas09_The-Midas-List_Rank.html

The Brand called You

This is refreshingly sensible. Considering decades of career-related articles that mislead individuals into not focusing on this aspect.

http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/10/brandyou.html

Nikki Flores - Suffocate

Cool, kewl song.

Golden Globes 2009

Slumdog Millionaire won four Golden Globes. Indian Music Composer AR Rahman won in the category.

Here's the trailer for the movie.

Taleb - Black Swan

A friend of mine recommends this book. Here's the related link for Taleb's (author) interview with Charlie Rose.

http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/9713

Acer Aspire One

Bought one of these only today. $300 + tax in Texas. So far, I don't have any major complaints. It is small, lightweight and should work well as a backup, for travel and for school. We shall see.