I was doing my usual surfing today morning & I got with this one as an adwords advertisement. Well, its worth a shot. Heres’ the home page I came across! (URL:Prakashjaju.com) Now when I clicked the “Become A Star” (who dislikes becoming a star!!..hehe), what I got is this! OMG! He needs 1000$ for processing the applicants resume!! and you see his About Me page, he says he financed many major Bollywood...

The following appeared as a comment to an earlier post The Great Indian Outsourcing Ride from Nomad. Its a really interesting comparison and was posted by Anzil. Silicon Valley companies are based on ‘know what.’ They know the market, they know the technology and they know what products to make to earn money. Indian IT companies are based on ‘know how.’ They do the software coding for other companies that...

I came across this pretty interesting startup – MoneyVidya.com (www.moneyvidya.com). Its basically a networking community for people who are interested in the stock market. People can stock stock picks quite easily and then are largely rated on the performance of their picks in terms of return, risk. A ton of money has been lost in the current market, and a lot could have probably been avoided if people didn’t follow...

Recent troubles in the movie industry got me thinking. Three movies that I saw recently in the theatre are Indiana Jones, Madambi and Subramaniyapuram. Among these three, Subramaniyapuram was the best, Indiana Jones was average and Madambi was a total waste. But for all the three I paid 40 Rs. For every other product out there, the manufacturer can set the price. It depends on production cost, quality and demand. But why are we...

I have been tracking the real estate market in Kerala for over an year now. My interest in it was sparked by our very own Chief minister when he coined the term “Real Estate Mafia”. The amount of money that flows in this business is huge. One year back real estate business took a hit all over India except for Bombay and Kerala. Even Bangalore saw 10% to 20% price decrease. Transaction volumes decreased sharply. But...

A 100 storied building to be completed in Cochin in 2010 ? I couldn’t believe it when I heard it for the first time. Kinfra is doing it and they already have appointed a consultant for the design work. The building will come up in Kalamassery. These are some of the highlights. 56 lakh sqft area 30 floors will be a 5 star hotel Parking space for 22000 cars Half a kilometer tall 5 floors convention and exhibition center Finally...

Recently there had been a lot of discussion and fights in the Malayalam movie industry about Corporate’s entering the industry. They call them monopolies, but I call them corporate’s. They are companies like Ad-Labs, Pyramid Saimira, UTV etc. The existing unions in the movie industry are not very excited with the coming of such companies. But for the audience and people with real talent its a welcome move. Film industry...