What is the big deal? Looking at the companies product line, I find Tata a more interesting brand. Practical with style meets old money. Jaguar has been a tired line for years. Maybe Tata will bring some needed color.

Ford was certainly doing nothing interesting with these cars. East takes west! It is about time. [...]

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The Tata Nano by Tata Motors recently flexed it’s 2-cylinder, 623 cc engine at the New Delhi auto expo. It is currently named the world’s cheapest new car at approximately $2500 (100,000 rupees). Touting low emissions and about 54 miles per gallon the new ‘People’s Car’ will go on the market later this year. (No, [...]

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One of our readers, web-named “the Hindu,” let us know about the artwork of Olaf Van Cleef, an artist in Paris whose work is inspired by his travels to India. According to his website, he is also”scion of the Van Cleef dynasty, and a councellor on high range jewellery at Cartier since 1982.” Check out [...]

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In an ongoing quest to connect with our large audience from India, I looked up art galleries in Mumbai. One of the first links to come up steered me in an inspiring direction: Chemould Prescott Road, Contemporary Art Gallery. This gallery was opened in February, 2007, as “a branch of Gallery Chemould, one of India’s [...]

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Since India is #1 country of visitors at the blog this week, I thought I would look up what’s going on in the design world of India (other than the glorious world of Bollywood). One of the great things I found was a blog managed by Professor M P Ranjan called “Design for India.” The [...]

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