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Life For US-born Kids When Parents Choose To Work In India
Posted by: Ashok on: November 5, 2008
- In: India
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I came across the following article in San Jose Mercury News today about how some US-born kids are coping with the change when their parents choose to work in India. This includes the expat Indians going back and the increasing numbers of non-Indians moving to India for work.
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_10898080
As a parent myself with a possibility of [...]
ISRO’s Chandrayaan-1 Success : Why Are Some People Unhappy?
Posted by: Ashok on: October 23, 2008
- In: India| Technology
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Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has successfully launched Chandrayaan-1 yesterday, their first mission to Moon. This is the first step in a series of goals that will eventually lead to India sending manned spacecrafts to moon by 2015 or so. According to ISRO, the primary objectives of Chandrayaan-1 mission are:
- To place an unmanned spacecraft [...]
Manmohan Singh Wins Trust Vote…
Posted by: Ashok on: July 22, 2008
- In: India| Politics
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I don’t write about politics usually - especially the kind of ones played out in India, but couldn’t resist today! Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s government survives no-confidence vote with a comfortable margin! The motion was sponsored by the Communist parties, in association with BJP and a ton of other regional parties. The reason they [...]
Punctuality, What Punctuality?
Posted by: Ashok on: July 11, 2008
- In: India| Online Rants
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One of the nice things about living in San Francisco bay area is the “Indianness” of the place. There are so many Indians here you don’t feel like you are too far away from your home town in India.
With lot of Indians come lot of Indian parties to attend. Parties where most of the folks [...]
Free Inter-bank ATM Use in India - How Nice!
Posted by: Ashok on: March 11, 2008
- In: India
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The bank customers in India are in for some good times starting next year!
Beginning April 2009, people in India can use any bank’s ATMs for cash withdrawals and balance enquiries for free, instead of having to go to their own bank. This is going to be a great convenience for everyone, and kudos to Reserve [...]
Healthcare in US & India - Which One Is Better?
Posted by: Ashok on: February 28, 2008
- In: India| Online Rants
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I recently had the chance (more of a misfortune, rather) to experience the state of healthcare in both US and India. The contrast in the whole process between the two countries is fascinating. If I ever find myself in a situation where I need to choose between one of the countries for medical treatment, it [...]
A Very Interesting Story…
Posted by: Ashok on: October 26, 2007
- In: India
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I have an interesting story for you today!
The girl is 19 years old. Let’s call her ‘Heroine’. She is from a very famous family. She falls in love with a guy from a not-so-famous family. Let’s call the guy ‘Hero’. They both want to get married. Heroine apparently tells her parents about it, but as [...]
Mess of One’s Own Making
Posted by: Ashok on: July 19, 2007
- In: India| Politics
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United States is not the only country these days to have made a big mess and then desperately trying to find a face-saving way out of it. Here comes Pakistan!
I have been following the recent events in Pakistan - the Lal Masjid shootout in Islamabad and subsequent suicide attacks by religious fundamentalists on Pakistani army. [...]
Golden Quadrilateral — Almost Golden!
Posted by: Ashok on: March 5, 2007
- In: India| Travel
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I’ve been to India recently, after a looooong gap. Lot of things have changed back home, both good and bad. My favorite among the good things are the brand new highways now connecting the four corners of the country (also called “Golden Quadrilateral”). If you happen to live close to those highways, or use them [...]
Airtel Calling Cards To India
Posted by: Ashok on: December 31, 2006
- In: India| Online Rants
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Selling calling cards to India has been such a booming business of late, with the Indian population in US growing at a staggering pace in the last few years. There have been so many service providers offering calling cards these days, the latest of whom is Airtel - by Bharti Airtel, a leading telecommunications company [...]
Tata Steel’s Bid For Glory
Posted by: Ashok on: October 20, 2006
- In: Business| India
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Finally, Globalization is a 2-way road for Indian companies!
Tata Steel’s $8 billion purchase of its Anglo-Dutch rival Corus would mean a lot to the Indian companies. After years of being at the receiving end of Globalization and fighting to survive and improve their competitiveness, they are slowly beginning to open up. This deal is by [...]
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