Detroit is back in the news again. General Motors is getting ready to launch the much anticipated electric car aptly named the Chevy Volt. The Volt is a plug in electric car that will be unlike any other car on the road in the world today (there are many companies that have all electric concepts [...]
India is a very diverse country and nowhere is it more apparent than in the wide variety of religions and religious beliefs practiced throughout the country. There is Hinduism (which in itself is a group that includes hundreds of religions), Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Jainism and many other smaller belief systems. Of course there [...]
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (underwear bomber as he is known) has once again exposed weaknesses of countries like the United States. Umar purchased a ticket from a KLM office in Ghana using cash and then boarded a plane from Lagos, Nigeria to Amsterdam and then took a connecting flight from Amsterdam to Detroit.
Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee handed over “lifetime achievement cards” to both Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly. Using these cards both Sachin and Sourav and their families can travel free in air-conditioned first class coaches for the rest of their lives. Ms. Banerjee on the occasion said that Tendulkar is a “genius” and “champion of champions”.
Multiple media outlets are reporting that Congressman John Conyers (Democrat from Michigan) has said in his speech to the House of Representatives that “In order to secure a long-term regional peace, the President must engage India and Pakistan to seek a final political agreement on Kashmir.”
The city of Los Angeles and AEG (the company that was promoting Jackson’s international tour) are still in dispute over who is going to pay for the cost of police and other city services for Michael Jackson’s memorial. The total cost is estimated to be around $3.2 million. The memorial was held in the Staples [...]
America is now focused on the health care debate, state of the economy, Christmas season shopping, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and Tiger Woods. None of this has any relevance to the developing world particularly those countries in Asia that are continuing to see impressive economic growth even as many Western countries are struggling to cope with [...]
The period between the beginning of Thanksgiving (late November) to the New Years Eve is the best time to be in America (particularly in the Northeast) if you are interested in lights, decorations, gift giving and receiving, listening to holiday music and shopping for great deals. I am not interested in any of the above [...]
Most graduate engineering programs in the United States will have a high percentage of Indian and Chinese students. In the early nineties I was one of them. I always enjoyed chatting with my fellow Chinese classmates. They are down to earth, hardworking and very strong in fundamental sciences (something Indians lack to this very day).
Recently the New York Times published an article about the negative experiences of some Indians who went back to India after working and living in other Western countries particularly the United States. This article was widely published by other newspapers including the Times of India. The overall response of the viewers portrayed India in a [...]
Today is “Black Friday” in America. Black Friday is the Friday after the Thanksgiving Day (which is normally on a Thursday). Black Friday is also the first day of the Christmas shopping season. Some say that this term (as it relates to shopping) originated in Philadelphia in the 1960.
The Prime Minister of India is in Washington DC today. At 12:05 EST he and President Obama gave a short speech about what the two leaders talked about and the conclusions from these talks. After the speeches both the leaders took one question each from the members of the media. The whole thing lasted just [...]
Yesterday President Hamid Karzai was sworn in as the President of Afghanistan for the second time. The ceremony was held inside the presidential palace and was witnessed by a few foreign journalists. The capital Kabul was completely shut down and was under curfew.
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has once again raised the issue of enacting laws to ban cow slaughter. According to the VHP the ban is needed because the farmers are forced to sell the cows to slaughter houses since they cannot afford to maintain these cows. The VHP also demanded that the government should create [...]
For the first time in India’s history communist party leaders from all over the world will meet in New Delhi on November 22 to debate the “global crisis of capitalism and the struggles against it”. These leaders will be hosted by the CPI and the CPI(M). At the end of the summit the leaders will [...]
Yesterday the American government released the unemployment numbers for October. American Unemployment officially reached 10.2%. This figure is thought to be as high as 17% if you include the number of people who have stopped looking for work and those who are off the unemployment rolls (you can collect unemployment money for a given period [...]
There are 28 individuals in India currently on death row. In the first case Home Minster Chidambaram has sent a recommendation to President Pratibha Patil to commute the death sentence to life imprisonment (the individual in question was convicted of killing 5 individuals including his uncle, aunt and three cousins).
“Former President George W Bush is a great friend of our country. We, in India, recognize the important role he played in the fruition of the civil nuclear cooperation initiative”. These were the statements made by our Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a
“This may be my last visit to you during your presidency and let me say, thank you very much. The people of India deeply love you”. These were the words uttered by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to then President George Bush when he visited the United States in September of last year.
Do you know how all of Asia and Africa became colonies of different European countries for hundreds of years? It all started with trade. They came to countries like India initially primarily as traders. They came to India because they were interested in Indian spices (mostly salt). In the days before refrigeration salt was one [...]
