Magazine
Tech Innovators
Three Indian entrepreneurs delivering high speed wireless internet services, educational farming videos and interfaces for the illiterate are among 35 innovators “who exemplify the spirit
3rd Most Powerful Nation
US, Euro, Japanese and Russian power is expected to decline, while that of India and China grow by 2025.
Virgin Conviction
Shelley Malil, who played Haziz, a co-worker of Steve Carell’s character in The 40-Year-Old Virgin faces 16 years to life in prison following his conviction
Converse Recalls Jimi Hendrix Shoe
The shoes, which sold for $60 on Zappos, Eastbay and the Converse websites, are no longer available.
Hi Tech Mahabharata
Morrison says, “All technology should consider embracing some of this retro-Indian-steam punk aesthetic.”
Indian Student Drop In Australia
The number of international student visas dropped 16 percent.
Attacking Gold
Melinda M. Soto, who pleaded guilty, said the crime ring netted $500,000 in gold and other valuables.
Swastika Furor
A tapestry featuring a Hindu swastika at a children's museum in Irvine, Calif., stirs a controversy.
Oh! Heaven! Seventy Seven
India ranks 77 in Forbes’ annual list of Best Countries for Business list, ahead of China, which ranks 90.The U.S., which has been battered by
NRI Taxation
A new bill pending in India’s parliament proposes to tax NRIs on their global income if they spend more than 60 days in a year
Suzuki Plans Third Auto Plant
Suzuki is planning a third vehicle plant with annual production capacity of 250,000 in India to meet exploding demand. Suzuki holds a controlling 54 percent stake
$2.6 Billion Tax Bill For Vodafone
An Indian court has assessed $2.6 billion in taxes for Vodafone’s 2007 acquisition of one of India’s largest mobile phone companies.The Bombay High Court
Japan, India Plan Free Trade Agreement
Japan and India plan to sign a free trade pact that will scrap tariffs on 94 percent of traded goods over the next decade.The agreement
Sahara Group Bidding for MGM
The iconic studio with a roaring lion logo is struggling with its $4 billion debt.
Sex Before Viagra
Very few Indians have actually read the Kamasutra, which is boringly pedantic and — shockingly to many — did not contain pictures in the original.
Dying Melodies
There’s a clear divide in the Indian music world between film and non-film music. With their huge budget, films are growing ever bigger. The blend of pop, rap and Sufi music in Indian film songs has doomed the independent music genre.
Hymnals Of Desire
Hindu culture embraced eroticism and sex as an essential ingredient and institutionalized it in the four exalted goals of Hindu life.
Immortal Names
When I was growing up in Tennessee, names like Anderson, Baldwin or Caldwell were the norm during roll call in class. Once the teacher got somewhere to the mid-C’s, there’d be the inevitable pause; a squinting of the eyes … then they would give it a go.
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.
Monster-Budget Project Comes Knocking
We may be about to get the answer to that pressing Bollywood question — does size matter?
India’s Online Booksellers Try to Write a New Chapter
I think online retail is as challenging a deal as changing people’s breakfast habits to accept cold breakfast
Don’t Touch An Indian
The tips are designed to “enhance cultural awareness, avoid misunderstandings and boost performance in caring for visitors,” according to VisitBritain.
MIT Fraternity Prank Case Settled
Fraternity member Bhaskar Mookerji pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and environmental pollution.
US Doctor Convicted In Bomb Attack
An Indian doctor in Arkansas was convicted of a bomb attack that disfigured and partially blinded the chairman of the state medical board that had
DNA Test Links Decade-Old Rape Case
DNA evidece brings life to cold cases and delivers justice for victims.
Crazy Rush
Limbaugh issued a clarification, “I said a Hindu temple at Arizona memorial. I meant Shinto shrine. Hindus are Indian.”
Immigration Reprieve
Yves Gomes’ case has been highlighted by pro-organization groups to illustrate the unfairness of U.S. immigration policy.
Racist Rant
Mike Pompeo said the link was mistakenly posted on the Pompeo for Congress website and then tweeted.
World’s Best Countries
India ranks 78th in Newsweek magazine’s ranking of the World’s Best Countries. Finland tops the list, followed by Switzerland, Sweden and Australia. Canada ranked 7th
Mumbai Taj Reopens
Mumbai’s five star Taj Mahal Hotel, which was severely damaged in the 2008 terrorist attacks, which killed 166 people, has fully reopened after 22 months.
Four Squares
Inc. magazine has named four Indian Americans among the “coolest young entrepreneurs” under the age of 30: Sachin Agarwal, 30, co-founder of San Francisco’s email
World’s 2nd biggest Spammer
India accounts for nearly 1 in 8 spams worldwide, making it the world’s second biggest spammer, behind the U.S., which accounts for almost a quarter
Soros Buys Into Bombay Stock Exchange
Billionaire George Soros’ Quantum hedge fund has purchased a 4 percent stake in the Bombay Stock Exchange for $32 million. The deal values Asia’s oldest exchange,
India Blocks Vedanta Mining Project
Citing human rights and environmental violations, India’s environment ministry has barred Vedanta Resources, led by Indian billionaire Anil Agarwal, from mining bauxite for its alumina
Srinivasan Leaving Yahoo!
Yahoo’s editor-in chief Srinija Srinivasan is leaving the company she helped found to focus on jazz. Srinivasan, 38, who joined Yahoo in 1995 as its fifth
CBS Ambani Network
Both companies will have a 50 percent stake in the network.
