There is a market for any product at any price in India. Most stories in the West have focused on the Tata Nano, the lowest cost car in the world, and while other low cost cars such as the Suzuki’s Maruti line, entries from Hyundai, Renault, and even GM/Ford are lining up for the the [...]
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Posted on July 14th, 2010 by Gunjan
Out of 5.1 million foreign tourists to enter India in 2009, about 800,000 were from the United States. The USA was also at the top of the list in 2008. The next highest countries were the UK, BanglaDesh, Canada, Sri Lanka, France, followed by China with 97,000 arrivals. In late 2010, India may get a [...]
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Posted on July 12th, 2010 by Gunjan
Here is a another small step in enabling commerce over sensitive goods between the US and India. From July 14 to 16, American National Security Advisor General Jim Jones will be visiting India at the invitation of his counterpart, Indian National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon. During his visit to New Delhi, the General will meet [...]
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Posted on July 12th, 2010 by Gunjan
“Who Wants to be a Millionaire” gets a third life in its largest market. When Danny Boyle, director of “SlumDog Millionaire” was looking to cast the role of the host of “Millionaire” in the movie, the obvious choices were the two Indian film stars who had already hosted the Indian version of show, called Kaun [...]
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Posted on July 10th, 2010 by Gunjan
When I run my India Training Workshops, I often start with a short clip from the 2006 movie “Rang De Basanti” which shows the chaotic scene as a young woman, Sue (played by Alice Patten) from the United Kingdom emerges from Delhi Airport’s international arrival section. Business people from overseas have had to steel themselves [...]
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Posted on July 4th, 2010 by Gunjan
