Solutions to Change

Telecom revolution in India is a telling anecdote in discussion groups around the world. Telecom tariff in India has touched the lowest in the world offering variety of service providers. Leading handset manufacturing companies like Nokia, Sony, Motorola and leading provider companies like Singtel, Vodafone, Virgin are a few investors in India to be listed here. The outcome is a competent mobile market urged to innovate almost everyday. Success stories are replicated in many other sectors too; one among them is Car industry. I am not discussing the pros and cons of the Singrur controversy but the larger spectrum of the availability of number of car brands on Indian Roads. I remember the days when my aunt (that was one of the first car that was bought in our family), bought a car more than two decades ago, neither me or anyone else in my family could imagine any other car than Ambassador cars owned by Hindustan Motors. Indian car industry was synonymous with Hindustan Motors for more...

It was one of that fine afternoon I took my flight to Kathmandu way back in 2005. It was my first international flight and I was gleaming with the fact that I was carried by Jet Airways. Two years later, I had another flight to Kathmandu by state carrier Indian Airlines. In between I had many domestic flights and I could sense the differences in the facilities offered by private and public airlines. I was told by many during the second flight that many reimbursement schemes are possible only if they take state carrier. This thought came to my mind when two of our Hon. member of Parliaments delayed the departure of Delhi   - trivandrum flights a couple of days ago. They were complaining about decayed condition of the state carrier. I was surprised by two factors; why don’t they raise these matters in the Parliament and why don’t they prefer a better alternative offered by the private companies? Looking more into the matter, I learnt that one of the MP is from a small town, Allapuzha whi...