At the Grammy Awards this year, much attention was focussed on Sri Lankan born British singer, MIA, who performed despite being nine months pregnant. MIA is also featured in SlumDog Millionaire. But another important celebrity with South Asian connections was among the winners. Calfornia resident Zakir Hussain, won for the World Drum Project. Husain is [...]
Posted on February 17th, 2009 by Gunjan
At the Grammy Awards this year, much attention was focussed on Sri Lankan born British singer, MIA, who performed despite being nine months pregnant. MIA is also featured in SlumDog Millionaire. But another important celebrity with South Asian connections was among the winners. Calfornia resident Zakir Hussain, won for the World Drum Project. Husain is [...]
Posted on February 17th, 2009 by Gunjan
While there is a global recession and crisis, India is one of the few countries that continues to grow. Most of the current growth is driven by domestic factors in India, not by exports. Finance-dependent industries such as automobiles and real estate have slowed. But so much of the Indian economy has always run on [...]
Posted on February 13th, 2009 by Gunjan
I write for Business Week from time to time and this week, Dr. Atul Goel and I wrote a piece entitled: Innovation from India, the next Big Wave. It took them some time to publish the piece, but in many ways it is even more relevant now than when we first wrote it, given the [...]
Posted on February 12th, 2009 by Gunjan
