Ecom goin mad...

Woke up this morning to a plethora of ads from snapdeal, Amazon and Flipkart.

The world is available at 50 cents to the dollar on these sites it seems. Well .. Play on..

On a related note, kids subscription games are getting interesting traction. Flinto. has raised funding and another one named Raffy just been rolled out by an IIM Indore alumnus.

Of course, there used to GlobeTots started by an idiot and not continued... But that story is to be narrated on whisky and/or syringes

But seriously , are these content toys the need of the hour?!??

Can't someone just put together all the available branded goods into a package for 3-yr olds, 4-yr olds and so on

So- a 3yr old package may consist of a funskool toy, a Thomas train, a mini encyclopaedia etc. A package could have a fun toy, a learning toy, a soft toy and some utilities . Just out it all together and reduce the parents' work of searching and selecting.

Simple enough.. But a bit of work putting it together..

The Asian Geames ... And Sarita Devi

Very avidly follow the Asiad and Olympics. It's a habit from Seoul 1986. This Asiad- we seem to continue with decent performances in a few disciplines. More on that in a day or 2

Today, am torn on the Sarita Devi issue. As a background, she lost the semi final boxing bout to a Korean ( the games are being held in Korea). Seemingly the referees were very unfair to Sarita. She should have clearly won.

In response, Sarita refused to accept the bronze and left the medal on the podium amid tears- creating a major controversy. Is that not-so-good behaviour from a sportsperson?

This now is a very difficult issue to judge.

Bad refereeing is a part and parcel of sport. Home biases are common. I remember Leander Paes once beating the mighty Goran Ivanasevic in a Davis Cup game in Delhi-aided by a dubious foot-fault call against Goran!!

Bad refereeing tends to even out over a career. Ask Sachin !! Given out LBW by Harper when the ball hit his shoulder (Adelaide 1999, 2 days before I took CAT). So, as a sportsman, you gotta take it in your stride with chin up!

So was Sarita wrong?

Her side of the story is equally justifiable. She has got back to the game after a kid- amazing sacrifice ( just a year after a kid).

In cricket etc, you get many chances at glory. In boxing, you get Asian Games once in 4 years. Olympics too, but that's a tough field.

She must also be seeing that after years of sacrifice, if she wins a medal, there is a shot at fame... A la Mary Kom

This is a tight call and I guess no real right or wrong. But push comes to shove, I think she should make the point and protest. The Indian officials should do an official protest and follow up. Media should go next bang-bang. But she should accept the bronze medal in a sporting manner I think

P.s. Need to get into some level of greater detail on the last post on real estate models. Will do so in days to come