For people living in India, the subject of monsoons dominates daily conversation. It has definitive impact upon the lives of many urban dwellers suffering a long spell of almost intolerable heat but rural Indian depend on the seasonal rains for their very livelihood. Each year as the monsoon season approaches in June, heightened anticipation and [...]
Posted on August 5th, 2010 by Gunjan
India’s high rate of inflation is expected to reduce with the recent rainfall in what is turning out to be a good monsoon season. India’s Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, made a statement addressing a recent National Development Council (NDC) meeting, citing a bit more optimism about the inflation than projected by his advisory council’s [...]
Posted on August 3rd, 2010 by Gunjan
Growing up in Kanpur in northern India, I remember seeing hundreds of long-necked vultures perched on tall trees in many parts of the city. Kanpur is known for the processing hides for leather industry and the birds had plenty of food pecking off the carcasses. Old world vultures (which are different family from those found [...]
Posted on August 3rd, 2010 by Gunjan
Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Demetrios Marantis spent Wednesday and Thursday last week in official talks in India. Ambassador Marantis met Indian Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar to discuss bilateral trade and investment issues, including U.S. agricultural and telecommunications equipment exports to India. (A Secretary in India is not a cabinet position but the senior-most civil staff [...]
Posted on August 1st, 2010 by Gunjan
For one hundred years until 1856, the British East India Company ruled over 25% of the world’s population beginning at a time when India controlled almost 20 percent of the world’s GDP (according to economic historian estimates). Its power inspired books such as “The Corporation that Changed the World“ and based on monopoly powers to [...]
Posted on April 8th, 2010 by Gunjan
The global production of bananas 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). India rise in bananas is a recent phenomenon. Today [...]
Posted on December 15th, 2009 by Gunjan
