A look at the opportunities and challenges facing Uber in India, where rival Ola, weak infrastructure, and under-educated drivers test the company's ambitions
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times : Tweets: @om , @amir , @spignal , @ravichandrans25 , @jessepesta , @jessepesta , @deepakshenoy , and @gopalsathe Tweets: Om Malik / @om : As someone who goes to India & doesn't drive, @Uber has been a godsend for me. Sure there are issues but Uber works http://www.nytimes.com/... Amir Efrati / @amir : Lots of negative reaction in India to this Uber quote given to @fmanjoo. http://twitter.com/... Stanley Pignal / @spignal : Uber can't figure out why its drivers in India don't respond to being ordered. One of life's mysteries, apparently http://www.nytimes.com/... http://twitter.com/... Ravichandran S / @ravichandrans25 : This comment misses important context. We can hail an Uber/Ola at any time day and to any destination within city limits. Autos not so much https://twitter.com/... Jesse Pesta / @jessepesta : Uber's India dream is to leapfrog the culture of private-car ownership entirely. Always be hustling. By @fmanjoo http://www.nytimes.com/... Jesse Pesta / @jessepesta : Uber's potholes in India: Some drivers can't use apps. Some can't read maps. Some can't read, period. By @fmanjoo http://www.nytimes.com/... Deepak Shenoy / @deepakshenoy : This is hilarious. When uber drivers went on strike I hardly noticed and shifted to autos, like we used to before uber or ola. http://twitter.com/... @gopalsathe : Yes @nytimes - before Uber, Indians just sat fretting by the windows, seeing a great big world they couldn't access.pic.twitter.com/BIm1X6Y0CO