Achal Mehra
Trivial Pursuits
America is reeling from the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, but the Right is obsessed with the faux outrage over the construction of a Muslim cultural center two blocks from the site of the World Trade Center.
Opulent Loss
As two Bay Area hedge funds melt down, nearly 100 Indian investors sue former Navin Mail CEO & Founder Vishwas Godbole and his children for orchestrating a $20 million fraud.
Opulent Loss
As two Bay Area hedge funds melt down, nearly 100 Indian investors sue former Navin Mail CEO & Founder Vishwas Godbole and his children for orchestrating a $20 million fraud.
Voting Rights For NRIs
The government has proposed a bill in Parliament to amend Section 20 of the 1950 Representation of People’s Act.
Haley’s Comet
As more and more Indian Americans storm the citadels of political power behind Jindal and Haley, overcoming public prejudices against non Judaea Christian office seekers will be their next great challenge — and, hopefully, accomplishment.
Gulf Overtakes North America In Remittances To India
The share of remittances from the Gulf regions grew during the global economic crisis in 2008-2009 and declined from North America and East Asia.
Et Tu Tharoor?
Shashi Tharoor’s enduring legacy may well be scaling up the corruption standards of the “cattle class” to the Goldman Sachs stratosphere.
Illegally Coerced Surrender
There is no justification for the onerous fees, nor the retroactive application of the rules to surrender the Indian passport.
Bipartisan Combat
It is time the Democrats abandoned the hand-to-hand combat of bipartisanship with the Republicans.
Biopiracy Killer App?
India’s Traditional Knowledge Digital Library believes it has found the silver bullet in the biopiracy wars. Critics say it is aiming at the wrong targets.
Corporate Thieves
The next time you hear music or movie studios whine about the hazards of pirated downloads by struggling college students, give them a lesson on the theft of medicinal products and seeds from Asia, Africa and Latin America by their corporate buddies, will you?
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
Who is the biggest liar of them all? A strong majority of Indians perceive themselves as fair and just 2 percent as dark.
Will the Owner of the Ava Lounge Stand Up?
The Chatwals, long very visibly tied to the Ava Lounge, deny any association after the bar is sued.
Frosty Vibes at Chatwal's Ava Lounge
A federal lawsuit accuses two upscale bar lounges in Sant Singh Chatwal's Dream Hotel of labor law violations.
Unlocking the Brain’s Secrets
Washington Post reporter Shankar Vedantam’s book The Hidden Brain: How Our Unconscious Minds Elects Presidents, Control Markets, Wage Wars, and Save Our Lives, (Random House, 2010, $26) was
Revenge of the Loonies
Our disappointment stems from the opportunities, unforeseen in early 2008, he has frittered away for major social and economic transformations of the country.
Guess Who's Coming To Dinner
The Indian guests at the three state dinners for Indian prime ministers during this decade are a study in contrasts and reflect the political bases and priorities of the hosting administration.
The Day the Universe Changed
When one’s view of the universe changes, the universe itself effectively changes.
Winners And Losers
India can’t seem to break its bonds with its nationals,who by law are obligated to renounce their Indian citizenship when they swear a foreign allegiance
Knowns and Unknowns
Nonprofits List: 49 Indian nonprofits have annual revenues exceeding $1 million.
