India

Ours but to do and die

source:toi on line The news that flashed across television screens a few days ago had a numbing familiarity about it: 11 people had been killed in a bomb blast outside the Delhi High Court, scores more were injured. It was only some weeks ago that multiple bomb blasts, engineered by […]

Children Who Sell Themselves

Source: The New York Times PATNA, INDIA — While investigating child labor in India last month for a book, I found myself in the northern state of Bihar, an established source of children for trafficking networks. Here, alongside the expected stories of abduction, I heard of another unexpected and heartbreaking […]

The heart of the problem

source. TOI on Line Just as the witticism in American politics today is that the intellectually challenged Tea Party activists are pitted against the snobbish Coffee House elites, a witticism for the current Indian situation is that ‘Anna’ Hazare is taking on what we might call the ‘Rupaiah’ politicians and […]

Jesus Trained and Died In India

Source: PR Web   Cupertino, CA (PRWEB) August 22, 2011 According to a free new documentary film by producer Frank Huguenard, much of what is considered to be the basis for modern Christianity can legitimately be called into question. Is it possible that starting at the age of 13, Jesus learned to […]

Suicide bombing is reprehensible but what about ‘fast unto death,’ as a protest?

Source / Courtesy BBC online Indian PM: Anti-corruption protest ‘misconceived’ Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has told parliament that the hunger strike by the anti-corruption activist, Anna Hazare, is “totally misconceived”. He said the 74-year-old was trying to circumvent democracy by demanding the overhaul of an anti-corruption bill. Mr Hazare spent the night […]

India: The next university superpower?

Source: BBC News India has ambitious plans to increase graduate numbers in a way which would give it the size and status of an education superpower. The figures are staggering. India’s government speaks of increasing the proportion of young people going to university from 12% at present to 30% by 2025 […]

India’s economy: Reflections of reality

Source: The Economist A RITUAL familiar to students of the subprime and euro crises has started taking place on Indian banks’ conference calls with analysts and investors. The number-crunchers probe the lenders about their exposures to potential bad debts. Bank bosses insist that, although there are niggles, all is under […]