July 2010
FIFA Fever In India
In a country where cricket is divine, FIFA fever makes you wonder whether the new generation is headed for a religious conversion.
Technology And Tradition Have To Be Friends
Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, one of the world’s foremost players of the sarod, reflects on business and art.
The Kite That Couldn’t Fly?
The idea that national cinema cannot be translated into a broader idiom for viewers around the world is misplaced.
Little More Hollywood For American Audiences
Brett Ratner who remixed Kites for U.S. audiences, on Bollywood’s potential in the United States.
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.
$2 Million for Tagore Paintings
A collection of rare paintings, including “Figure in Yellow,” by the Nobel Prize winning poet Rabindranath Tagore sold for nearly $2.2 million at a Sotheby’s
A Pen-ny For Gandhi’s Thoughts
Montblanc’s marketing honchos have transported the Mahatma to a new level of corporate iconography
Priest Accused Of Visa Fraud
A Hindu temple priest in Milwaukee, Wisc., is accused of charging up to $30,000 to secure illegal visas for religious workers from India. Immigration authorities
$3.7 million Raza
Syed Haider Raza’s work “Saurashtra” became the most expensive Indian painting when it sold for $3.7 million at a Christie’s auction in London.It broke a
Indians Fourth Largest Immigrant Group In Australia
The Indian population in Australia doubled in the last six years, displacing Italians as the fourth largest immigrant group in the country.Indians are the fastest
Trip At 66
A 66-year-old Indian woman has become the oldest woman in the world to give birth to triplets after undergoing vitro fertilization.The children are Bhateri Devi’s
Hitler Film
Anupam Kher, a leading Indian actor, is pulling out of a film on Adolf Hitler, following protests by Indian Jewish groups.Kher, who was to play
India Seeks Lost Treasures
India is seeking UNESCO support to retrieve priceless antiquities, such as the Peacock Throne and the Kohinoor, looted by foreign invaders. Archaeological Survey of India
Blagojevich Eyed Indian Ambassadorship
Blagojevich tells his chief of staff John Harris on one recording from Nov. 5, 2008, “Why can’t I be ambassador to India?”
162 Member Family
The family is part of the Chana sect, which has 3,000 members.
India Seeks ex-Union Carbide CEO’s Extradition
The Indian Cabinet had decided to seek the extradition of the former head of Union Carbide Warren Anderson over the toxic gas leak in 1984
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India’s leading software firm Infosys rejects 94 percent of job applicants, according to its annual report. The company offered jobs to 26,200 of nearly 400,000 applicants
Nicht Deutsche?
Anshu Jain’s elevation as head of investment banking at Deutsche Bank, putting him next in line for the bank’s top job, is raising eyebrows in
Asian Millionaires Boom
Asian millionaires have overtaken their European counterparts for the first time. According to a report by Merrill Lynch Wealth Management and Capgemini, the wealth of Asian
IPL Owners Want Salary Cap Raised
Indian Premier League franchise owners want the salary cap in the Twenty20 league raised by $2 million to $9 million. The number of teams in the
Richest Malay Indians
Telecom giant Ananda Krishnan, ranked second on the list.
