After the dot com burst in the early part of the century, many have treaded cautiously in the E-commerce domain. In India, thanks to the "shining economy" and a young, vibrant, enthusiastic workforce from all parts of the country, including small towns and villages are spending away despite the global meltdown and the shaky stock market.
Partly because of the boom in the smartphones industry and thanks to a slew of "cheap tablets" from vendors like Reliance, Beetel, and from lesser known companies like Lakshmi Access Communications, the prices are going down, some below 20K INR and even less.
Also, apart from the big players like eBay, Amazon, etc, there are a number of small players crawling the web and gaining a lot of customers.
Some of them include - flipkart.com, naaptol.com, rediff shopping, indiatimes shopping, etc.
New players like Myntra, snapdeal, yebhi, futurebazaar, fashionandyou, indiaplaza, etc are also taking a pie of the huge market share available in India.
There are also a number of Coupon sites mushrooming all over like Groupon, etc.
The market is full and as it has become cut-throat, the margins of the sales are thinning and the business owners are counting on the mass of the customers to keep themselves above the water and keep showing profits at the end of each Quarter.
Some of them are being acquired by the big sharks who want to cut down the competitors in an already burgeoning marketplace, others seem to be just hanging on.
Whatever be the other side of the story, the young and restless have a huge array of online stores beckoning them for their spoils.
Friday, September 9, 2011
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Happy Vinayaka Chavithi 2011
Vinayaka Chavithi Celebrations @ our home using Eco-friendly Ganesha Idol (made of mud and not from Plaster of Paris).
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Weaves of Yemmiganur
Some days back we went on a weekend jaunt or a pilgrimage trip of sorts to Mantralayam. It is a temple town on the banks of Tungabhadra river in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. The temple town is about 100 kms from Kurnool town, one of the prominent towns of AP.
We drove from Hyderabad to Kurnool on the highway, which was a beauty and a very smooth ride. At Kurnool, we took a turn towards Kodumoor village off the highway where we lost our way as there were no signs for the directions to Mantralayam.
From Kodumoor village, we went to Yemmiganur town where we found out that it is a prominent town of villagers indulged in Handloom weaving. The Yemmiganur Weaver's Co-operative Production & Sale Society Ltd, was established in the year 1938.
The society has been founded by Padmasri Machani Somappa and the board consists of a Secretary, Board members, and a Committee to overlook the management.
(Above picture) Shri Machani Somappa with some of the prominent members of his time.
The staff along with the manager of the co-operative society.
Some of the advantages of Handlooms are its Durability and Fast Colors, Correct measurement. The society supports approximately 5000 families for their livelihood.
The society deals in weaving of Bedsheets, Mosquito Nets, Shirtings, Towels, Napkins, Lungis or Dhotis, Gauze (used in Hospital Supplies) and Bandage (Lining Cloth).
We had a chance to see the process of winding, warping, Appraisal, Yarn issue, Before Warping and After Warping of the yarn.
The process of Warping.
The process of winding.
Above photo shows the process of Appraisal.
The staff responsible for disbursing the wages to the weavers.
We could not find time to go to the weavers' home to picture the looms that are used to weave these beautiful fabrics as it was raining and was close to dawn.
From Yemmiganur, we drove to Mantralayam, had darshan of Sri Raghavendra Swamy. While in Mantralayam, when visiting the swamy, there is a strict dress code that must be observed. Also, there is a list of do's and don'ts while inside the mutt as listed here http://www.raghavendramutt.org/node/8
Me in dhoti and angavastram (as per the dress code).
High-way stop for Fuel refill.
Lush green landscape along the way.
Overall we had a very good time during the trip.
We drove from Hyderabad to Kurnool on the highway, which was a beauty and a very smooth ride. At Kurnool, we took a turn towards Kodumoor village off the highway where we lost our way as there were no signs for the directions to Mantralayam.
From Kodumoor village, we went to Yemmiganur town where we found out that it is a prominent town of villagers indulged in Handloom weaving. The Yemmiganur Weaver's Co-operative Production & Sale Society Ltd, was established in the year 1938.
The society has been founded by Padmasri Machani Somappa and the board consists of a Secretary, Board members, and a Committee to overlook the management.
(Above picture) Shri Machani Somappa with some of the prominent members of his time.
The staff along with the manager of the co-operative society.Some of the advantages of Handlooms are its Durability and Fast Colors, Correct measurement. The society supports approximately 5000 families for their livelihood.
The society deals in weaving of Bedsheets, Mosquito Nets, Shirtings, Towels, Napkins, Lungis or Dhotis, Gauze (used in Hospital Supplies) and Bandage (Lining Cloth).
We had a chance to see the process of winding, warping, Appraisal, Yarn issue, Before Warping and After Warping of the yarn.
The process of Warping.
The process of winding.
Above photo shows the process of Appraisal.
The staff responsible for disbursing the wages to the weavers.We could not find time to go to the weavers' home to picture the looms that are used to weave these beautiful fabrics as it was raining and was close to dawn.
From Yemmiganur, we drove to Mantralayam, had darshan of Sri Raghavendra Swamy. While in Mantralayam, when visiting the swamy, there is a strict dress code that must be observed. Also, there is a list of do's and don'ts while inside the mutt as listed here http://www.raghavendramutt.org/node/8
Me in dhoti and angavastram (as per the dress code).
High-way stop for Fuel refill.
Lush green landscape along the way.
Overall we had a very good time during the trip.
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