The Great Indian Ballot Race
Announcing In some days the mandate of the I n d i a n electorate will be declared and the country of more than one billion will have a new government in place. How the dance of democracy ends will be a spectacular finale given the multi-party system that thrives in India. Apart from internal dynamics
High time Pakistan gained control back!
Announcing his much-anticipated strategy recently Obama pledged a broader view of taking action both in Afghanistan and Pakistan — whose lawless border areas have turned into the headquarters for the Al- Qaeda extremist network.
Slumdog Millionaire – Oscars ultimate recognition?
With its mixed c a s t , t h e muchf e t e d and hyped film is also British director Danny Boyle’s paean to Mumbai, India’s edgy metropolis of extremes and Bollywood, the
world’s most prolific film industry. The technically well-done portrayal of the city’s stifling and colorful squalor and its people has struck a chord with the western audience.
Satyam, Asatyam!
The Satyam scam comes at a time when the whole world is trying every trick in economic policy by announcing stimulus packages to stimulate the global economy. Scandals and scams are not new to Indian equity markets the biggest of them was unleashed by Harshad Mehta in the early 1990s followed by Ketan Parekh and IPO scams
India Respond!
Militancy has rocked different parts of India for more than two decades now. But the brazen attacks on Mumbai in November have taken these despicable and dastardly acts of terrorism to a whole new level.
Kudos to Indian American 'brain bank'
Signing of The US-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act was a momentous occasion for not only President George W. Bush, who has etched his name in the history as India's biggest friend but also for the 2.5 million Indian Americans whose representatives relentlessly lobbied for its passage for three years.
Booming economy back home beckons Indians
The filing of bankruptcy by the Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch selling itself to Bank of America, and AIG turning to the Federal Reserve for emergency funding, has changed the way the global economy performed not just US.
Olympian hurdles ahead for Nuke Deal
Despite UPA government's victory in the crucial trust vote over the Indo-US nuclear deal in the parliament and the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) unanimous vote in support of it on August 1, the way ahead is laden with hurdles skeptics believe impossible to cross.
INDIA, A GROWING SUPERPOWER: THREAT TO US?
At this moment in world history, China and India are pushing for recognition and status on the global stage. They are beyond the phase of suppression or containment by the United States and its Western allies.
Colossal Calamity
Astone is dropped in America and the ripples are felt worldwide. First the crash of the hedge funds and subprime mortgages which led to the weak dollar and stock plunge nationwide. It seems trouble comes in threes.
"Losing Earth"
In 1970, the boom of industrial revolution dimmed to reveal the ugly underbelly of progression. People became cognizant of the dangers of pollution to our thinning environment and thus constituted the first ever international event celebrating Earth Day on April 22nd.
"Give Women Their Due"
March is the designated National Women’s History Month in the United States. This public celebration began in 1978 as “Women’s History Week” in Sonoma County, California with March 8 proclaimed as the International Women’s Day. Soon after, in 1981, Sen.
"Musharraf’s Defeat: India Should Wait and Watch"
The people of Pakistan have spoken. They have shown the way to deal with military dictatorship by voting for the late Benazir Bhutto’s Pakistan People’s Party and Nawaz Sharif’s PML(N) and discarding Musharraf. Besides, they have also sent a clear signal to the Islamists that they are not wanted by Pakistanis anymore.
India Taking Flight
India poised to dominate the world economy in the next couple of decades or so. With the economy currently growing at around 8.5 per cent a year, India’s place in the list of world economies is changing.
