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The founders of Flipkart (Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal) used to work for Amazon. So, I think there's no doubt of where they got the business model for Flipkart from.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flipkart

bonchibuji | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: Educating a child who is severely behind

You should check these sub-reddits:

http://www.reddit.com/r/Parenting/ http://www.reddit.com/r/raisingKids

There are more subject specific sub-reddits. You can find the list on the right side panel in the above links.

bonchibuji | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: Is there a comprehensive introductory book to the web stack?

Do you mean semantic web? If so, then check this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Semantic-Primer-Cooperative-Informatio...

bonchibuji | 13 years ago | on: Nokia Asha 501: Impressive Low-end Touchscreen Phone for $99

You're right. Other than iPhone and some BB, I haven't seen anything coming with subsidies. Also, in India, almost of the connections are pre-paid. As per a Nielsen study, 97% of the youth (age 15 to 24) in India are on a pre-paid connection.

http://trak.in/tags/business/2011/02/24/indian-youth-mobile-...

bonchibuji | 13 years ago | on: I compiled 40,000+ driving test questions for 11 countries. What do you think?

Same here. Checked in Chrome and IE. The drop down is not working.

bonchibuji | 13 years ago | on: Show HN: Find the cheapest Amazon for your books

It seems not to take ASIN numbers.

bonchibuji | 13 years ago | on: India’s elites have a ferocious sense of entitlement

Change is already happening. One of the best examples I can cite is the Madurai based chef-turned social worker, Narayanan Krishnan. He quit his 5-star hotel chef job to feed the poor. He was one of the CNN Heroes in 2010.

http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.heroes/archive10/naryana...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narayanan_Krishnan

bonchibuji | 13 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring in India?

Try posting at Hacker Street India also..http://hackerstreet.in/

bonchibuji | 13 years ago | on: India Supreme Court rejects Novartis' right to patent new version of cancer drug

What's the legality (in US) for a Kickstarter model R&D and clinical trials for new drugs?

bonchibuji | 13 years ago | on: Jazzed-up Microsoft is cooler than before: Reuters/Ipsos

'But Google Inc's Android brand did even better, with a full 70 percent giving it the thumbs up.'

Always wondered how many of the Android users really knew that it's from Google. Any stats?

There was even a great discussion about how Google was planning to kill the Android brand. Maybe they have realized that people don't associate Google with Android.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5256888

Edit: Added link

bonchibuji | 13 years ago | on: 184 year-old Indian library goes digital, including 444 yr-old book on Alexander

Hailing from Kerala, really happy to see this happening. This is indeed a great achievement, and hope there will be more initiatives of such kind which will help to bring together the vast amount of information scattered around in the sub continent.

bonchibuji | 13 years ago | on: Poll: Would HN benefit from Reddit's AMA-style posts from technologists?

I think it's a good idea as long someone moderates (maybe PG) moderates who all can do it.

bonchibuji | 13 years ago | on: Hacker News is down, so we made five issues free

I apologize for being naive, but I don't understand this. Are they putting together the best of the month and publishing them? In that case, why do they charge for digital copy? Also, are they paying any license fee for the content? I mean, I don't get the model.

What difference does it make with Hacker Newsletter?

http://www.hackernewsletter.com/

bonchibuji | 13 years ago | on: White House Owes Response To Petition To Fire Prosecutor Of Aaron Swartz

I remember reading sometime back that White House had increased the threshold to 100,000 signatures. The 'Fire Assistant U.S. Attorney Steve Heymann' has got only 25,760 signatures as of now. Am I missing something?

bonchibuji | 13 years ago | on: Ask HN: Please Review My Project (The Social Cooker)

The idea looks good, but I am afraid people have tried to execute this earlier. I personally like Bakespace.com, and I am sure there'll be other players also.

My two cents.

But, you can always take away their market share by having innovative ideas. One I can think of is along the lines of http://www.whatthefuckshouldimakefordinner.com/ If you can integrate this in a way so that it recommends what to make for dinner based on what your friends cook, it might be interesting. Like Paul is making an 'Indian Beef Curry' and Angela is cooking 'Butternut Squash Penne', so why don't you try one of these?

Also, you can try tying up with same day grocery delivery services like Instacart so that one can choose the plan for dinner while in office and order the ingredients so that it'll be there at home once they get back.

bonchibuji | 13 years ago | on: Show HN: a conspiracy theory generator

Search for Oracle is truly hilarious!!

'The Truth About Brad Pitt and Oracle

Did you know that Brad Pitt gets checks from Oracle once a month, for services rendered-- but unexplained? That's not all that Brad Pitt gets up to when the public's watchful eye is turned.

Oracle clearly has a secret deal with Youtube-- all videos highlighting the abuses it committed while in North Korea are taken down without explanation.'

Awesome work!!