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The admission utsav

June 12, 2008 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

According to beliefs Bengal has the singular distinction of ’33 crore’ gods and goddesses that are worshipped. Okay it’s only a metaphor to describe just how many heavenly superpowers rule the minds of the people here. Which is one reason why there is no dearth of religious celebrations that take place all through the year. […]

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Have a good voice? Earn money

March 3, 2008 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

The days of stale life are fast fading into oblivion. The web is so trendy and in constant flux that a few days away from it seem to be equivalent to a few decades. Last week I was thinking of rendering my voice to one of my client’s web need. I’m a poor speaker. And […]

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Free marketplace for ideas

February 7, 2008 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

Have an idea? Can sell it? If the answers are yes, you’re welcome to FreeIQ to realize your dreams. It’s the free marketplace for ideas. As Brad Fallon, the CEO of FreeIQ says: Everyone knows something that’s valuable to someone else. And some people know things that are very valuable to many other people. A […]

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Have an idea? Earn $10K

January 30, 2008 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

Advanta, a US company started more than half a century back, is that country’s largest provider of business credit cards to small businesses. Sometime back it shot into the news because of Ideablob, a social media product it promoted. Now Ideablob is not just another SM platform like the thousands that have sprung up of […]

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Ripples from Los Angeles

January 16, 2008 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

Sitting at my home, away thousands of miles from the thick of action, the cancellation of Golden Globes telecast by NBC on Jan 7 appears like a tiny blip on my radar of consciousness. I may have let it pass unnoticed and vanish into my mind’s oblivion, but for the fact I feel the story […]

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Net audio ads. The what?

December 23, 2007 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

Imagine an audio ad streaming from your computer speakers the moment you come upon a website unannounced and unknown to you. Will you be startled? I was, when recently I chanced onto Net Audio Ads’ blog. Maybe it was because I had my head-phone plugged to my ears that almost made me jump on my […]

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Teach your way to fortune

December 6, 2007 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

Does teaching online make you richer beyond your dreams? The answer is both ‘No’ and ‘Yes’. I’ll take the ‘No’ first in Scenario 1, and then ‘Yes’ at Scenario 2. Do let me know your comments. Scenario 1 Some 4 months back I wrote about TutorVista, the online tutoring site promoted by Krishnan Ganesh. Ganesh […]

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Need Top Job? Enroll at Doostang

October 21, 2007 By Partha Bhattacharya 2 Comments

Exclusivity = Scarcity + Credibility Well that is the motto that Doostang prides in. Doostang is a job site that is shaped as a social network for job placement. But the site is not for all. When I tried to make a go, pat came the reply that the site was not available to be […]

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Kolkata 5th as BPO destination

October 3, 2007 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

Outsourcers may please note that Kolkata is now the fifth most popular BPO destination in the world. Chennai, Hyderabad and Pune take the top 3 spots. And then comes Kolkata a slot later. In the process, the city has outgunned Delhi and Mumbai and also those popular destinations like Ho Chi Minh City, Shanghai and […]

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Nasscom for Kolkata

September 9, 2007 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

Nasscom, the fatherly body for everything IT and ITES in India, that was once headed by Dewang Mehta for 10 years during the 90s, has opened its footprint in the city on Sep 7. This is the parent body’s first regional office in Kolkata. In the early 90s when the country first started the present […]

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