India celebrated its 63rd Republic Day on January  showing off its latest weapons at a military parade in the capital, Delhi. According to the BBC, thousands of people turned up at Rajpath (King’s Avenue) to watch the parade amid tight security. More than 25,000 policemen and paramilitary forces guarded the streets of Delhi and snipers [...]

According to the annual review of the news of 2011, Foreign Policy, ranked India at #1 in its list of Top Ten Stories you may have missed. Comparing to China, the magazine said, India isn’t the only Asian giant investing heavily in new military hardware. India has kept pace with its neighbor to the north [...]

I was surprised the First Lady Michelle Obama did not try a sari in India. After all her husband used to hang with the Indian crowd when he was known as Barry and cooked Dal with his roommate Vinai Thummalapally (now the Ambassador to Belize). But so many other Western women try on this versatile [...]

Oprah Winfrey is in India to film a segment of her new show, “The Next Chapter,” staying at The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in south Mumbai.  She is virtually unkown in India since  her erstwhile show did not air in India. Wearing an orange sari, Winfrey, visited the home of the Bachchan family, to meet [...]

German car major Volkswagen AG aims to triple its annual component sourcing out of India to over €300 million euros over the next 3-5 years. The carmaker looks to double the number of component suppliers to over 200 to expand its range of spare parts made for global markets. Mahesh Kodumudi, executive director for components [...]