While half of India’s women are illiterate and many who are in poverty have little power and freedom, a different picture emerges at the highest echelons of power and education in the country. In politics, government and in corporate boardrooms women abound. Here is a sampling of some names who have reached heights that their [...]
Posted on December 31st, 2009 by Gunjan
The Economic Times published a list of India’s fifty most valuable brands last month, based on data organized by UK based Brand Finance. The top rank was won again by Reliance Industries. India’s government-sponsored bank rose three ranks to become #2, its conservative financial policies and its wide reach in India are important factors, as [...]
Posted on December 30th, 2009 by Gunjan
The global production of banana is estimated at 48.9 million tonnes out of which 10.4 million tonnes, is contributed by India. India is followed by Brazil (5.5 million tonnes), Indonesia (2.3 million tonnes), Philippines (3.8 million tonnes), China (1.9 million tonnes) and Australia (1.8 million tonnes). This top ranking is new. India was not the [...]
Posted on December 30th, 2009 by Gunjan
Growing up in north India, I was one of the few to attend a school with an American principal. I got to enjoy the prose of Mark Twain and the poetry of Robert Frost and Walt Whitman. Whitman did not make much sense to back then. But re-reading his work in my current context as [...]
Posted on December 30th, 2009 by Gunjan
Michigan ice skaters Meryl Davis and Charlie White’s have created a unique, Indian-themed original dance that is a hit all over the globe via YouTube and has deserved mention in the New York Times and an AP wire story. They were guided by Anuja Rajendra, who combines Bollywood music and dance with exercise at her [...]
Posted on December 27th, 2009 by Gunjan
