Alok’s Posts

Dear Finance Minister, please play me a RAAG, not a GAAR!

What I wrote for the Economic Times Sunday Edition – 29/4/2012 – article produced below the image: My Dear Finance Minister, Before I come...Read More

Snap Deal launches ‘Search’. I search for SEX TOYS. Result is Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged!!!

I got this amazing mail from Snapdeal, telling me that their Search function had launched, and I could …….. well just check out their prom...Read More

A dream for me comes true. Also the 5 lessons to learn from it!

I launched therodinhoods.wpengine.com in Nov 2010 via this simple facebook announcement: Immediately after the launch, I began to write discussions ev...Read More

Is the Samsung NOTE a failure? I ask these 5 questions….

So, can someone please explain this ad to me? I saw this yesterday in the Economic Times and today in the Mint: My judgement is based on these 5 quest...Read More

Click to landing page…. the missing connect??

CASE 1 – I saw this ad on my facebook wall: I clicked. I landed here: I left the site, ‘coz my wife doesn’t look like these women. I...Read More

Gamify what you do. Take home 1 Billion Dollars.

So, think about this:   I take a photo.   Ok, so great. Big deal.    What next?   I ‘Instagram’ it.    Huh?  ...Read More

The 5 lessons Entrepreneurs MUST learn from the Instagram deal

This a reproduction of the article I wrote for the Sunday Economic Times for the 15th April 2012 edition. The ‘Instagram Moment’ is here.  Last Monday...Read More

Shame on YOU – Shah Rukh Khan. I say BOO to YOU…

Shame on you Shah Rukh Khan. I say Boo to YOU. We all know that The Emperor of the Milky Way, The King of the Constellations, The Shah Jahaan of Bolly...Read More

What would have happened to Instagram if it wasn’t acquired by Facebook?

First and foremost, let’s raise a toast (once again) to Instagram for pulling off the deal of the century. Or maybe the deal of the milky way. (...Read More

Why did Facebook pay 1 Billion US$ to buy Instagram? My theory!

What surprised me about the Instagram acquisition by Facebook was not the transaction itself, but the price. 1 billion US$? Not 811 million US$, not 7...Read More

Am I supposed to be Flattered or Alarmed? What do I do?

  Added on (22nd August 2012): Sometime in April, I had posted this blog about someone impersonating me on twitter. (below). Well, check this out: Now...Read More

Why is YEBHI.COM (whatever that means) selling me BRAS and PANTIES??

This is an ad I saw on the right hand side of my facbook page ( see RED ARROW on the Right Hand Side) When I clicked on it, I went to: I am confused: ...Read More

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