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Oh Lazy Suburb on a derelict Saturday..

I’m having another epiphany. After six week of a dozen articles a day, ( luckily 1 in 3 were photo essays with help from a great WP content partner) I am sapped enough to say, sorry..no more. The dozen articles I had in mind for today were in sequence turning out to be for the ‘pulverised’ ( pulverised = listened to someone at the 140 tc on the coming of social media, value of social media or if not Pulver, listened to Kodak CMO / Audi CMO on the circuit somewhere) the SXSW maniacs that are currently in Austin ( BTW, SXSW = “South by South West” ) and / or the third sequence of article ideas came on tweets by Conan O’Brien, McCafe or the new iPad sales..) well, nothing wrong with that except that both my Marketing blogs are well inside the Power 150 ( on the Top of Page 3, if you please, no the also joined..) and that this is a Saturday and that is atleast 200 articles not all of you have read across the top 3 sites that I shepherd..These sites are social networks of their own with very serious reader profiles, i don’t want any one to remain “semi-literate”..you know – “A little learning is a dangerous thing”

so, I take a break and all you internet marketers out there and those avid tweet storm linkers can take a break too..we are all in need of rest, which also makes me brave enough to put forth the technical snag of the week…If you all take to clicking the tweeted broadcast of the article in the same instant, my site will not survive, my readership will suffer..blah, blah, blah ( the third – under duress)

However, unfortunately, my finance and banking site is left with a dozen odd articles on the budget and that is very uninspiring. I am at a very interesting spot in TBTF where its Festive season approaching (even the Indian one, is not in yet) and failures matching my reading of the course of events as they happened..and I am sure I am missing the bus with going on writing as I do have a business or two to kick off. Economic lives depend on it, hedge funds and Private Equity funds are running out of investment ideas and it is looking like a tired sequel of Harry , that middle kingdom kid or Sean Penn and George Clooney, with milk and cookies and no March madness in sight..I’ll get back to you, in a time not so far away, in another dream and another economic model that rocks..till then, Happy Weekend, you can all lay a hand on a basketball game or an IPL telecast. Hockey isn’t the only thing in your life, nor fishing.

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One of our special themes at the Advantages weblogs has been our assertion that US, India, China and most of the rest of the world that is growing

is likely to do so on the basis of a consumption revolution. Below is out insight piece that opened the chapter on India's final coming out that was much awaited but wasn't really happening till 2009..

The Commonwealth Games Infrastructure Train

A few years ago, when the Indian women shot Gold in Commonwealth Hockey and our aim in general started consistently being medal grade, we won the bid for New Delhi to host the games in 2010. This business of infrastructure had been mystifying sportspersons for decades in India; none too easily supported by the overarching smell of rent and inadequate facilities for local sports persons historically.

Even today most sports would bow out in front of Cricket and that is not a full-fledged event at the CWG, though there is still a toss-up for the T20 version to be added. Like most other spheres of life, China has been doing it higher, faster and stronger, having already held the challenging Olympics in 2008 earning over $2b for Beijing, the host city.

The story is quite public and you must have all followed it at least since August 2009 when the first few fistcuffs were exchanged regarding the lack of preparations for the CWG event now just 6-7 months away. The Sports Minister and the Games Organising Committee Chair Suresh Kalmadi has variously ben painted and vilified while we look at the rejuvenated parts of Wembley in London and survive on facepaint and cheering the local IPL franchise in Cricket games. The painting of events apart we just thought it important for Sports and Tourist infrastructure worth $1.5 billion to be included in the India story at about this time.

This preamble would survive your taste buds and your snipping scissors in the mind and we�ll come back right after lunch is over for you..

And the Original piece..follow up article on our Lifestyle Economics stream

If you have been following the India story closely, India�fs new developments are focussed on Infrastructure and Retail along with giant leaps in the Entertainment business. You can look closely at the India stories athttp://advantages.us/inframils to get a flavor of what�fs happening in Indian Infrastructure

On the other hand Retail Lifestyle businesses are increasingly attracting investors�cRural Markets may grow at a faster pace at least on the Drawing board. �c Where is Investor access? Why is it still on the government to make it happen? The FDI limits and the others are fairly rational policies..but where are the investors?..

Nanos will roll into homes by July end and IPL teams are already applying for trademarks as it looks set to become the greatest sporting extravaganza in the world, already ranked at #2 behind the NFL season in the USA. The 3G challenge will tear at Telecom companies�f profits in the coming years�c

10-Year-Old Girl Scores Hole-In-One at US Kids Golf European Championship in Scotland
(The image is of a young indian golfer in Scotland)

BUT, Importantly, India caught on to serious lifestyle investments early in 2005, Today with the debut of Cox and Kings IPO..

Where it is now?

Towns like Jalandhar, Ludhiana in Punjab, Jaipur and Agra on the Golden Triangle and such state capitals, heritage and business towns like Ahmedabad, Surat and Nagpur present a unique opportunity for Indian hospitality business to scale up, esp as Indian railways, india�fs aviation footprint and the road infrastructure will follow in step with the boom. Note: The Indian Maharaja with TC, Maharajas Express with Cox & Kings, and the other two luxury trains have started first season bookings quite well and money is being spendt to add gym and pool to the Palace on wheels as well ( More here ) Golden Palace started from Bangalore is not doing so well apparently. The Maharajas Express for example is 84 persons at an average of $1000 per night for a 7 day- 8 night tour between Mumbai and Delhi

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