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Came across this page put up by Mr. Thayer Watkins from the economics department of San Jose State University. He seems to have lost track of Indian economics after 1999. Has excellent things to say about the Indian economic conditions during those sad old years when it was not an open market.

Rupert Murdoch’s adventure in Asia began way back in 1991 with Satellite Television Asian Region (STAR).

This paper titled “Taming the Dragon and the Elephant: Murdoch’s media in Asia” by Daya Kishan Thussu gives a brief lowdown on Murdoch’s history in Asia, especially India.

First five pages are mostly historical facts tracing Murdoch’s entry into India and other developments; then it delves into Murdochisation, Foxification, media imperialism, et al.

The grand old daddy of media has set his eyes on fresh territory. Rupert Murdoch plans to expand News Corp’s presence in India. He has announced plans to launch six regional TV channels within the next 12months at investments totaling $100 million.

More details available in this FT news item.

Apparently, Indian and Chinese programmers are not contributing enough to the open source process. That’s what Dana Blankenhorn says in a recent blog post.

He thinks that the “proprietary attitude toward improvements which open source fights so hard ” remains ingrained in both these countries.

Barely a day after a series of low-intensity bombs went off in Bangalore, reports are trickling in that some more explosions have taken place in Ahmedabad in Gujarat.