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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
I have learnt that life is not about making plans. It is about one step. One moment of time. One branch, to the one immediately below it.
Editor's note: 30 March 2020. I take as deep a breath as a lifelong smoker is capable of, and blow out the six and a quarter candles—representing my 62 years on earth—that my wife has precariously balanced on the cupcake that was all she could find, in lieu of a cake, in our strictly quarantined neighbourhood. Chasing a thought later that morning, I spill some flour on a plate, add water, dip both feet in the mix, and walk in a straight line from the kitchen to my study. I check the footsteps to make sure the strides are even. Then I measure each step, from the heel of the back foot to the toe of the front foot. They average out at 2.1 feet. “Did you know,” I tell my wife, “that when Usain Bolt ran that record-breaking 100-metre sprint at the Beijing Olympics his stride, at the midpoint of the race when he was going flat out, was measured at 9 feet 8.4 inches?” “That bit of useless information made my day,” snarks my wife. “Do you know we are …
I have learnt that life is not about making plans. It is about one step. One moment of time. One branch, to the one immediately below it.
Editor's note: 30 March 2020. I take as deep a breath as a lifelong smoker is capable of, and blow out the six and a quarter candles—representing my 62 years on earth—that my wife has precariously balanced on the cupcake that was all she could find, in lieu of a cake, in our strictly quarantined neighbourhood. Chasing a thought later that morning, I spill some flour on a plate, add water, dip both feet in the mix, and walk in a straight line from the kitchen to my study. I check the footsteps to make sure the strides are even. Then I measure each step, from the heel of the back foot to the toe of the front foot. They average out at 2.1 feet. “Did you know,” I tell my wife, “that when Usain Bolt ran that record-breaking 100-metre sprint at the Beijing Olympics his stride, at the midpoint of the race when he was going flat out, was measured at 9 feet 8.4 inches?” “That bit of useless information made my day,” snarks my wife. “Do you know we are …
Indian youngsters are experimenting with newer D2C brands like never before. Bewakoof’s early success and its 2022 acquisition by retail giant Aditya Birla Fashion should have given it the edge, but the company has been left behind.
The earnings of India’s oil refiners and other Nifty 50 companies have taken a hit. But IPO premiums suggest that investors seem unfazed.
The cargo arm, carved out of SpiceJet on the basis of the promise it showed during the pandemic, is now more appendage and less the trump card it was cracked up to be.
Indian youngsters are experimenting with newer D2C brands like never before. Bewakoof’s early success and its 2022 acquisition by retail giant Aditya Birla Fashion should have given it the edge, but the company has been left behind.
The earnings of India’s oil refiners and other Nifty 50 companies have taken a hit. But IPO premiums suggest that investors seem unfazed.
The cargo arm, carved out of SpiceJet on the basis of the promise it showed during the pandemic, is now more appendage and less the trump card it was cracked up to be.
