November 2009
Season Of Giving
Indian Americans are increasingly stepping up to the plate and embracing philanthropy.
Knowns and Unknowns
Nonprofits List: 49 Indian nonprofits have annual revenues exceeding $1 million.
Pitching for Sex!
A leaked secret dossier from the Indian cricket team’s conditioning staff prescribes good sex as a pre-requisite to good performance on the field. Any takers?
Electronic Vaudeville
Stories of war and peace, glory and tragedy, excess and desperation, are not told, because the media are engaged in electronic navel gazing
Gandhi Watch
Mahatma Gandhi’s 140th birth anniversary on Oct. 2 sparked a revival in all things Gandhian. • His historic house in Johannesburg, South Africa, almost a century ago
Air Melee
Air India has grounded the crew of an Indian Airlines Airbus after airline staffers traded blows in the cockpit and the aisles during a flight
India Rejects Mother Teresa Claim
India has rejected a demand by the Albanian government to return the remains of Nobel laureate Mother Teresa, who is buried in the city of
Ramdev’s Peace Island
Devotees of yoga and lifestyle guru Baba Ramdev are creating a yoga retreat on a $3 million tiny North Ayrshire island of Little Cumbrae in
$40 To India
Would you like a round trip ticket between the U.S. and India for $40? Thanks to a computer error, for two hours in Oct 2,
Ignoble Laureate?
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, the Cambridge molecular biologist who won this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry, is frustrated with the deluge of emails clogging his e-mail box,
Win Some, Lose Some
In a landmark civil rights victory for the Sikh community, the U.S. government has agreed to reverse its ban on turbans and beards among federal
Rushdie, Sir!
When my marriage to Padma ended I was saddened and hurt.
Indians UAE’s Largest Expatriates Group
community is by far the largest expatriate group in the kingdom.
Taj Mahal Replica
Indians in New Zealand are proposing to create replica of the Taj Mahal.
Lotto Heist
A lotto clerk pocketed a winning ticket after secretly confirming the win.
Basting Her Belly
“Every morning, there’s a buttering ceremony after I get out of the shower."
Ride Of Her Life
A 26-year-old Chicago tourist to India is hitching a ride for keeps. Whitney married auto rickshaw driver Harish Hotala who she had hired to drive
India’s First Woman Diplomat
C B Muthamma, India’s first woman diplomat, died at a private hospital in Bangalore. Muthamma, 85, served as the ambassador to Hungary, the Netherlands and
Commonwealth Games Jitters
The glacial pace at which preparations are underway, has led to media speculation that the largest athletic event India has ever hosted could turn out to be an embarrassing debacle.
Guess Who Is Coming To Dinner?
Barack Obama is hosting the first state dinner of his presidency for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his state visit on Nov. 24. Secretary
Most Influential Management Thinkers
Nearly a quarter of the top 25 management thinkers in the world are Indian, according to the website Thinkers50.com. The management gurus are evaluated on
India To Help Cut U.S. Health Care Costs
India’s health industry is expected to double between 2008 to 2012
Salary Hikes
Salaries in India grew 6.3 percent in 2009.
Indian Rebound
India’s industrial output grew 10.4 percent in August from a year earlier, with consumer durables surging 22.3 percent. A research and rating analyst Soumendra Dash
TCS Profits Up 28%
Cost cutting and a turnaround in the fortunes of the financial services sector has sparked a 28.7 percent increase in profits at India’s largest outsourcing
Salary Cap At $3.3M
The Indian Companies Act limits executive compensation, based on net revenues.
India Forecasts 6.5% Growth
The annual report of the prime minister’s Economic Advisory Council projects that capital inflows will rise.
