By Tapas | Published:
March 19, 2010
DISCLAIMER: Flipkart.com and any of its business partners, alliances and subsidiaries do not subscribe in part or in whole to the opinion below or are affiliated to any company referred to hereunder. The opinions below are solely that of the writer. [Edit: Added last sentence, after Random Dude 3's comment.]
Mention the Kumbh Mela [...]
By Tapas | Published:
March 14, 2010
When most people at Flipkart turn up at work, they expect the usual processing-packing-posting routine. Some yelling also. What they don’t expect is to trip over a tripod.
Until now.
So turns out, CNBC wanted to shoot a bit with Flipkart’s CEO Sachin and COO Binny, for their “Young Turks” property. For those not into CNBC (or [...]
By Tapas | Published:
March 12, 2010
Silence on this blog usually means, lots is afoot.
For those who came in late (me included), the jingbang was over at Pluggd.in’s Unpluggd gig. Some hearts were set aflutter because Flipkart sells more than a book/minute. The first day this happened, a couple of us looked at each other, hoping against hope that one of [...]
By Tapas | Published:
February 27, 2010
The Brand
All of us at some point or the other have been asked — “Flipkart, what does it mean?”
For a fact, it means nothing — looking it up in the dictionary will testify just as much. A simple explanation is this;
We needed a unique word (or sound), that meant nothing and hence had no generic [...]
By Tapas | Published:
February 27, 2010
To add a bit of tangential perspective to the collective goal of a book in every child’s hand, here’s the Value of Rs. 500 (if you haven’t seen it already).
Attributions: OpenspaceIndia.org / Possibly “Nitin Das” [Edited in good faith based on below comment by Hemant Kathuria]
Championing the cause: Pratham Books and Tulika Books.
Head [...]
By Tapas | Published:
February 17, 2010
For those not in the know, May I Hebb Your Attention Pliss is now available on Preorder on Flipkart. (Depending on when you read this, it may no longer be on Preorder …)
For those of you wondering what Preorder is, it’s the equivalent of Advance Booking. Which just means you won’t have to stand in [...]
By Tapas | Published:
February 3, 2010
It’s been one of those days.
Just to say a quick Thank You to all those who’ve taken the time and trouble to come find us at the 19th New Delhi World Book Fair. TV and Print, sorry about the geeky bytes…
Humbled.
By Tapas | Published:
February 2, 2010
The last time I was at the Flipkart traveling cybercafe was at the Bangalore Book Fair a few months ago. The 19th New Delhi World Book Fair at Pragati Maidan is on a scale many times bigger (thus explaining the “World” part), but the scale was not the only reason I got lost when I [...]
