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Linux phone for India and the world #smartphone #India

Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:45:00 +0000

India is the second largest smartphone market in the world with 439m users in 2020 which is only poised to grow in future. India has one of the largest Linux user base, if not the largest.

What connects those two statements? When the rest of the world have started to look at 3rd alternative to mobile operating systems in the form of smartphones[1][2] powered by Linux Operating Systems(Mainline kernel) India has been left behind due to it's policies with pre-built smartphone hardware.

India has exuberant import taxation for pre-built smartphone hardware and offers incentives to manufacture smartphone in the country which propelled it to become second largest smartphone manufacturer in the world.

I think there's a need-gap for a smartphone manufacturer to build Linux smartphones for India and the world from India.

3 points posted by Abishek Muthian

Alert me when slots in BigBasket is open #India #ecommerce

Sun, 19 Apr 2020 04:57:00 +0000

Online grocery delivery sites such as BigBasket to Grofers are operating at 60-70% capacity due to manpower shortage and supply constraints from COVID-19 lockdown. But the demand for online grocery delivery has sky rocketed for obvious reasons.

BigBasket has a slot system, which opens up at random for booking and so I have to keep checking the app for open slots and I'm rarely successful. This activity is very depressing, I have spent several sleepless nights on this already.

I wish, someone could build a solution to alert the users when the slots in BigBasket is available for booking. I'm not sure why BigBasket itself hasn't provided such a feature.

I'm sure this problem is being faced by thousands in India and so a solution for this would be much welcomed.

3 points posted by Ellakiya Raju

Skin care cosmetics irrespective of skin colour #skincare #india

Mon, 02 Sep 2019 06:59:00 +0000

This could be an India specific need gap, I would like to have skin care products which doesn't pitch on making skin fairer but just helps with skin care irrespective of the skin colour.

Almost every major cosmetic brand in India is pitching on making skin fairer indulging in extremely false advertising, while rest of the developed world has moved on to skin care products. Skin care is the largest growing segment of the cosmetic industry in the western countries.

There is a need gap for skin care products in India, which doesn't advertise about skin colour but about improving, maintaining quality of the skin whatever colour it may be.

3 points posted by Ellakiya Raju

Plain T-shirt subscription service in India #clothing #india

Fri, 06 Sep 2019 12:50:00 +0000

I like plain T-shirts, from what I see in my office and outside; I guess so do many. Plain T-shirts are look neat, clean, time saving (even though I haven't taken the extreme measure of wearing single colour every day to avoid decision fatigue) and most importantly it is appropriate for an office environment.

I want a good quality plain T-shirt of different colour sent to me every month for a reasonable price. There are clothing subscription services in India, but they do exactly opposite of what I need; they cater to the fashion (or is it anti-fashion) conscious customers and so they include shoes, belt, glasses & what not along with mediocre clothing at a premium price.

I would happily pay half of what the current clothing subscription services charge for just a different coloured T-shirt every month.

2 points posted by NerfHerder

Find made in India products on ecommerce sites #India #ecommerce

Sun, 25 Oct 2020 18:54:00 +0000

I would like to support Indian manufacturers and small industries in India. So, I deliberately buy India manufactured products on ecommerce sites like Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal, Paytm Mall etc.

But finding India manufactured products on ecommerce sites in India is not a straightforward affair, I need to dig around the manufacturer to find the country of origin. Luckily, the government ordered these ecommerce sites to display the 'Country of Origin' for all items. Which they are slowly complying to, but now I have to search for Country of Origin : India in the product description of every item I'm interested in manually as these ecommerce sites do not display it at a prominent location.

I would like to find an easier way to find products with Country of Origin : India on these ecommerce sites and I have seen several others expressing similar views.

1 points posted by Rahman