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Wading into "70-hour" debate

After the famous "70 minute" speech by SRK in popular Hindi film "Chak de India", number 70 is buzzing again! This time it's "70 hours" comment by Hon. Mr. NR Narayana Murthy in one of his interviews. As with most topics these days, it seems to have divided people into either strong supporters or strong opponents of the idea. Having watched the full interview , here's my take on the controversial headline itself: It was the worst possible headline that could have been given to that interview. It was an excellent discussion on wide ranging topics related to India's economic progress in past 75 years and future ahead. But media intentionally chose to pick a juicy statement without context, and made it a click-bait headline. It absolutely does not capture the essence of the full interview in my view. Mr. Murthy was talking about how India needs to work in a "mission mode" to not only become a #2 economy in "Total GDP" terms, bu...
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The Ultimate Companion!

The most keenly followed Tech Event in the world, Consumer Electronics Show, or simply CES, took place in Las Vegas this week. Normally CES is place where Consumer Tech companies used to showcase their cool new gadgets like mobiles, smart watches, displays/TV's, gaming consoles, wearable, and more. Traditionally automakers would unveil their new concepts at marquee auto shows like Frankfurt, Paris or Detroit. But as the technology upends the auto industry, it is no surprise that BMW chose CES instead of an auto show to make major announcement regarding it's direction for future cars. If you have missed the show, I would highly recommend to watch the keynote from Oliver Zipse , BMW CEO and Chairman of Management Board. (You can skip to 22:53 for the presentation.) He laid out the direction for the Next-generation of BMW cars - "NEUE KLASSE" - to be available staring 2025. The show itself was very well produced with a cool story, characters, live presenters, color-cha...
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