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Credit Cards in India

With the e-commerce sector in India booming, a lot of foreign investors are looking to invest as PE funds in Indian e-commerce ventures. Unlike the Indian outsourcing story, wherein the business is a...

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Europe Debt Crisis and Economics

Today I was sitting with the Pristine content team and trying to figure out why are we going to see the biggest financial recession ever. Bigger than the one we faced in the year 2008. Definitely...

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Wasted Education

Recently I read a great article about how a well renowned web designer who was getting top chops from the major brands in the world to work for them was getting denied by most of the schools in that...

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Rising Cost of Higher Education

Does the rising cost of higher education defend the increase in demand and the burgeoning fees that parents have to shell out these days.

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UK Government and its forced IE6 use

As a developing country, we often take a look at how are some of the infrastructure problems handled by the developed nations. In fact in most of these cases, we end up emulating them … the western...

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What makes the Perfect Post on Social Platforms?

We take a look at what makes the Perfect Posts On Social Platforms and use an infographic to illustrate the basics of Social Media.

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The political Ganesha festival

My home is on the intersection of a very busy main road (N. S. Phadke Marg). The lane which connects our society to the main road is often desolate and most of the year it lies in neglect. However,...

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Food for Thought: Series II

I had shared some noteworthy articles last month and decided that it’s a good habit to keep up. Search: Not Provided: What Remains, Keyword Data Options, the Future What happens to SEO efforts and...

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On Being Trolled and 66A

Everybody who is on the internet has probably heard of this term. Trolls or being trolled is fairly common. In fact there are sites such as 4chan where the sole purpose of the community is to troll on...

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Thoughts on Net Neutrality and TRAI’s Regulatory Framework Proposal

On 27th March 2015, TRAI has released a Consultation Paper proposing a regulatory framework for Over The Top (OTT) services. What are OTT Services? All the services/websites that we know and consume on...

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Responsibility and Liberty in Advertisements

Airtel recently (March 2016) launched a series of Television Commercials (TVCs) bringing out the benefits of it’s 4G network. This followed by a slew of Ads featuring the Airtel 4G Girl (if you don’t...

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Ganpati celebrations and Community

I am all for a bunch of people celebrating a festival. Don’t get me wrong. However, amidst these celebrations (and some of these are at massive scale), is the main point lost? The Past Lokmanya...

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Meanwhile on Reddit

Haha Seriously, though heralded as a bold move, the amount of inconvenience this has caused to normal citizens is staggering.

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What is Success?

This post was first published as part of a Publication on Medium, called Pause. If you like this one and want more such articles which make you stop and think for a moment, then definitely follow it on...

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RJ Malishka, the BMC and the underlying breach of our freedom

If you have been listening to Red FM channel in Mumbai, then one of the celebrity RJs they have is Malishka. As part of a radio jingle, she made up this video – Everyone knows that in Mumbai, rains...

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All human beings are equal

For the West and East, it is common to have different value systems and beliefs. However, this video by Arnold Schwarzenegger on the recent issues faced by the US just goes to show that there are some...

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मराठी भाषेची विस्मृती

हा लेख जेव्हा मी लिहायला बसलो तेव्हा विचार केला होता कि ईंग्रजीमधे लिहीन. पण जसे मी ह्या लेखाबद्दल विचार करायला लागलो तसतसे ठरवले कि इंग्रजी सोडून मराठी भाषेत हा लेख लिहीन. अशी प्रयत्नांची पराकाष्ठा मी...

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