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Illegally Coerced Surrender
There is no justification for the onerous fees, nor the retroactive application of the rules to surrender the Indian passport.
Nohria Appointed Harvard Business School Dean
Nitin Nohria, who specializes in leadership and organizational change, has been named the 10th dean of the Harvard Business School. Harvard President Drew Faust lauded Nohria as “an
Snooker Facing Commercial Death
1985, what a year. Mikhail Gorbachev took power in the Soviet Union, Microsoft shipped its first version of Windows 1.0, the cartoon Calvin and Hobbes was born
Abbott Buys Piramal
Chicago’s Abbott Labs has bought the domestic healthcare business of India’s Piramal Healthcare Ltd., for $3.72 billion. The deal makes Abbott the largest pharmaceutical company
Let’s Make An Ambani Deal
Peace between the Ambani brothers?
3G Auction
$14.6 billion for India's 3G mobile spectrum.
Buffet Has Ajit’s Back
Warren Buffet again raves about Ajit Jain, head of Berkshire’s reinsurance business, who is often tipped as Buffet’s successor
Mahindra Reva
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H-1B Workers Earn More Than U.S. Workers
A University of Maryland study reports that contrary to widespread belief foreign workers earned more than U.S. tech professionals. The study “Are Foreign IT Workers Cheaper? U.S. Visa
World's Deadliest Disasters
May 22, 2010: Air India flight from Dubai to Mangalore overshot a hilltop runway, killing 158 people. May 12, 2010: Afriqiyah Airways plane en route to Tripoli, Libya,
Air Force Discharges Lesbian Indian
The United States Air Force has discharged Lt. Robin Chaurasiya under its “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy after she revealed that she is gay. In December, she
Youngest Climber
Jordan Romero, 13, has become the youngest person to climb Mount Everest. Romero, who is from Big Bear, Calif., scaled the 29,035-foot (8,850-meter) mountain from the northern
Lindsay’s Lesbian Lover?
Fashion photographer Indrani Pal Chaudhri claims she is in a lesbian relationship with American actress and popsinger Lindsay Lohan. Chaudhri told the New York Post: We have been
US Vet Seeks Indian Asylum
A former Vietnam War veteran has renounced his U.S. citizenship and is seeking political asylum in India. Jeff Knaebel, who claims to be inspired by Mahatma
Bengaluru Is The Best
Bengaluru is the best Indian city for expatriates, according to a global survey. The Worldwide Quality of Living survey 2010 compiled by HR consultancy Mercer for 2010 ranked
Who’s Monkey Now?
Tea Party leader Mark Williams apologizes to Hindus for mocking “the terrorists’ monkey god.”
Niki Haley Scandal?
Niki Haley overcame allegations of marital infidelity to lead the Republican primary.
Barbaric Robes
Jairam Ramesh, India’s environment minister was wildly cheered at a graduation ceremony at the Indian Institute of Forest Management in Bhopal, when he discarded his
World’s Largest Pilgrimage
An estimated 50 million Hindus are expected to have taken part in this year’s Purna Kumbh Mela, which concluded on April 28. The Kumbh Mela
Kumar Escapes From The White House
Kalpen Modi, of Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle fame, has quit his low key position as associate director in the White House’s Office
Indian Priests at Center of Catholic Church Scandal
Two Indian priests accused of sexual abuse are at the center of the sex scandal rocking the Catholic Church. One priest charged with sexually assaulting
Potato Paneer Burrito
Yum Foods, owner of the Taco Bell chain, has a track record in India with its other brand, Kentucky Fried Chicken
Mansion Bans Meat
Australian government official denounced the ban as “absolutely wrong
Dawn of Dusk
Time to say that as a magazine we love, and always have loved, the gorgeous color of Indian skin
Playing For India
The tug-of-war between the country’s bureaucracy and its judiciary over the rights of overseas Indians to represent India in international tournaments.
Say My Name
Part of me felt like a traitor. I felt like I was abandoning my Indian heritage. Like I was telling the world I was white. Or at least Latin.
Bipartisan Combat
It is time the Democrats abandoned the hand-to-hand combat of bipartisanship with the Republicans.
India Loses Husain
India’s best known artist Maqbool Fida Husain — who went into self-imposed exile four years ago following death threats by Hindu fundamentalists incensed by his controversial paintings
Obama’s Lucky Guru
So who is the Hindu guru on a lucky charm Pres Barack Obama was holding during a phone conversation with a member of Congress in the
Inside Snatch?
Two Indian diamond merchants have been charged with a $7 million insurance fraud for staging a diamond heist a year earlier, which media reports at the time
Poo Without A Loo
Nearly half of India’s population defecates in the open, among the highest proportions in the world. Nearly 638 million Indians — half the world’s 1.1 billion people
