Source: www.csmonitor.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, November 14, 2010: Nathan Sigworth still remembers the trepidation that accompanied his move to India. A college grad with an eye for business, he wasn’t concerned about unfamiliar turf or overcrowded cities. More worrisome was the competition he’d face from Indian peers with a reputation for math smarts and hard-driving ambition. But three years later,…
Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com ALIGARH, INDIA, November 13, 2010: Diabetes has reached epidemic proportions in the country and is increasing with “tsunamic” speed, a top expert of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) said here Saturday. “More than 75 percent of heart attack patients are either diabetic or undiagnosed. A vast majority of patients undergoing renal dialysis and transplants have diabetes as the…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com Love me when I least deserve it, because that’s when I really need it. Swedish proverb
Source: www.thehindu.com INDIA, November 4, 2010: European Investment Bank (EIB) has expressed interest in financing solar park projects in India, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) senior investment specialist Don Purka said on Thursday speaking from the Clean Energy Expo Asia conference. Financing support is also seen from the U.S. Import-Export bank and Germany’s KWF, he said, adding that financing support…
Source: www.businessweek.com UNITED STATES, November 2010, by Joel Stein: A growing number of America’s most powerful bosses have become vegan. Steve Wynn, Mort Zuckerman, Russell Simmons, and Bill Clinton are now using tempeh to assert their superiority. As are Ford Executive Chairman of the Board Bill Ford, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, venture capitalist Joi Ito, Whole Foods Market, Chief Executive…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com The modern young (as well as the old) Hindu struggles in vain to understand the religion of his forefathers, and gives up the quest altogether. Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902) summarizing the impact of Lord T. B.Macaulay’s education policy in India and the destructive success of the government schools for Hindus
Source: www.ndtv.com KARNAVAS, INDIA, October 29, 2010: In Karnavas in Uttar Pradesh, street plays make frequent and reverent references to the dolphins in the Ganga. “What’s known as the dolphin in English is important to our ecosystem, our culture, but we are harming it,” says one of the performers. At another performance on a street corner, students chant excerpts from…
Source: tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com [HPI note: The New York Times’ upscale T magazine has a selective list of what the rich and the cool shouldd be doing this winter. The travel section includes skiing in the exclusive Courchevel region in France, enjoying the beat in Rio, staying at the best hotels of Buenos Aires and… pilgrimaging to Rameswar Temple, South India. Welcome…
Source: www.trinidadexpress.com TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, October 27, 2010: Divali is an important national celebration in Trinidad. Minister of Arts and Multiculturalism Winston Peters distributed cheques amounting to $4 million for the hosting of this year’s Divali celebrations across Trinidad and Tobago. The handing over took place at the ministry’s head office at Frederick Street, Port of Spain. Among the two…
Source: www.thehindu.com HYDERABAD, INDIA, November 6, 2010: Language learning has just gotten easier. In an instance of technology usefully deployed for the cause of culture, a non-resident Indian from the U.S. has designed a user-friendly language-learning application for mobile devices, intended primarily for the offspring of the Indian diaspora. Sreekanth Chintala, a Database Technology Strategist from Austin, Texas, U.S., conceptualized…