What in heavens is a sandwich?

By Kiron Kasbekar | 21 Oct 2022

A sandwich is just two slices of bread with some vegetables, cheese, meat or other stuff in between.

Who was right, the Americans or the British?

By Kiron Kasbekar | 21 Oct 2022

I did know that British and American spellings of the word were different – the British write ‘tyre’, and the Americans ‘tire’. But I always thought that this was because the Americans wanted to be different from the British.

Books

Fukushima: The Story of a Nuclear Disaster
Fukushima: The Story of a Nuclear Disaster
by Susan Stranahan, David Lochbaum, The Union of Concerned Scientists | 11 Feb 2014
Krupp: A History of the Legendary German Firm
Krupp: A History of the Legendary German Firm
by Harold James | 26 Feb 2012
The Waste Makers
The Waste Makers
by Vance Packard | 15 Dec 2011
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Quiz

Guess the century old brands
Guess the century old brands
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How well do you know Andrew Carnegie?
How well do you know Andrew Carnegie?
26 Oct 2023
The Ultimate Hovercraft Knowledge Challenge
The Ultimate Hovercraft Knowledge Challenge
11 Jul 2023
What do you know about assembly lines?
What do you know about assembly lines?
16 Mar 2023
Pan American Airways Quiz
Pan American Airways Quiz
08 Feb 2023
Planned obsolescence Quiz
Planned obsolescence Quiz
07 Feb 2023
The Suez Canal Quiz
The Suez Canal Quiz
07 Feb 2023
Business History Quiz 1
05 Dec 2022

Featured

Company story – Quaker Oats

By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024

Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.

How Quaker Oats grabbed customers’ attention

By Kiron Kasbekar | 07 Mar 2024

Quaker Oats, the American food products giant that was created in 1901 through the merger of many older oat millers, and was acquired by a bigger foods giant, Pepsi, in 2001, has been an innovative company. One example of its innovativeness shows in its packaging – the cereal box it launched in 1915.

Company story – Cunard Line

By Kiron Kasbekar | 12 Jan 2024

The Cunard Line started its life in Glasgow in 1839 as the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company when Samuel Cunard was awarded the first British transatlantic steamship mail contract.

Samuel Slater – textile tycoon or traitor?

By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Dec 2023

Samuel Slater is a name that holds significant importance in the annals of American industrial history. Often referred to as the ‘Father of the American Factory System’, Slater's contributions played a pivotal role in shaping the nation’s industrial landscape.

Underwood Typewriter Company – an icon of the past

By Kiron Kasbekar | 21 Dec 2023

You’ve probably never heard of Underwood typewriters. For the company folded up in 1963 – 60 years ago. You may not even have seen and handled a typewriter, unless someone in your family owned one.

The rise and fall of Chrysler

By Kiron Kasbekar | 16 Dec 2023

A century ago, the American automobile industry was more crowded than a vegetable market on a Sunday morning, with such a wide variety of stuff on sale that buyers were spoilt for choice. Buyers could pick and choose, bargain, pay up and drive out with the newly purchased vehicle.

TRW – the tide turned

By Kiron Kasbekar | 13 Dec 2023

There used to be an American company called Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc. This company, which was a global supplier of automotive systems, modules, and components to car and truck manufacturers, started small, as most companies do. Then, as the automotive industry grew bigger, so did TRW.

The rise and fall of Nokia

By Aniket Gupta | 07 Dec 2023

My interest is stories about dominant companies that failed all of a sudden. These companies were once etched into people’s minds but have since become a symbol of nostalgia. One such company, which was the biggest in its industry before it failed catastrophically, is Nokia.

Yahoo!: The first king of the internet

By Aniket Gupta | 01 Dec 2023

The year is 1994. You go to the internet to search for a particular website, but there is no Google that could be used to search your desired website. What do you do? The answer is that you use Yahoo.

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