Mavrix: Music + Data
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6 questions for NRIs considering returning to India – The Questions
[Part 2 of a 3 part post. Part 1 is here.] While the choice of returning to India or staying is personal and depends on each family’s unique circumstances, the answers to the following questions lead us to a decision we can live with. How important are your Indian roots to you? How important is…
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6 questions for NRIs considering returning to India – The Dilemma
[This is first part of a 3-part post – The Dilemma, The Questions, The Decision.] It is a well-known fact that all Indians in the US consider moving back to India at one point of time or the other. We discuss and debate about it, all the while putting off the final decision. The reason…
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Is Bollywood Overdose killing Indian music?
I love Bollywood music. It forms about 35% of my music collection, only because I follow four languages, like a number of genres and most importantly – I research and buy music I like and I buy a lot of it. Most Indians find it easy to just succumb to Bollywood Overdose (BO). Although regional…
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Bollywood or MumFI?
Amitabh Bachchan tweeted this last night – “T180 – FI : Film Industry, InFI : Indian Film Industry … a much recommended and apt name than the other plagiarized often used euphemism !”. I respect Mr Bachchan and am struck by his deep love for Bollywood. This is not the first time he has stood…
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Mallus and booze
True story. A group of friends are making plans to go out bar hopping. Someone asks the new guy in the group if he drinks. Pat comes the reply “What question are you asking, da? I am a Mallu!”. The Mallus’ fondness for hooch is well-known. At dusk, after a hard days work, hordes of…
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The Big Leap
Till December 2009, I had a nice job in a big company. I had a beautiful home in a quiet Chicago suburb, two cars and was living the American dream. And one fine day I lost my head – I quit my job, sold my house, returned to India and bootstrapped a startup. Or so…
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It’s all about the mobile downloads, stupid
I get the Indian music industry’s focus on the mobile market given that a whole generation of Indians have leapfrogged the internet revolution and jumped on to the mobile revolution. A plethora of companies and services have sprung up around this market and this ought to be good for the customers. Only, it isn’t. I…
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Indian music needs a kick in the butt
As part of the generation that grew up with gems like “Mama Mia Pom Pom” and “Padosan Apni Murgi”, I truly appreciate the generally high quality of music being created these days. We have a lot more artistes these days than we have ever had. With the variety of FM stations, TV channels and shows…
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