Jai Hind: Proud to be an Indian

Every four years an uninvited guest becomes a part of our Calendar. For some it goes unnoticed while the others plan something big for it. February 29th may not greet us too often, but this extra day has more to it than just an ordinary day of 2008.
For the unfortunate few who are born on [...]

This article appeared in Indian Express on February 28th. whatever Hayden
Mahendra Singh Dhoni was clearly frustrated that Ishant Sharma, his 19-year-old fast bowler, had 15 per cent of his match fee recently docked for a heated exchange on the field with Andrew Symonds. Yet, in an interaction with the media on Tuesday, the Indian skipper [...]

A popular series of advertisements running on TV show foreigners learning Hindi and getting ready for India. For a country to be an attractive destination, it’s cities need to be on par with the best in the World. But, are we ready to welcome the world?
Another advertisement of the Aditya Birla Group says India is [...]

Every country has one common binding factor for its survival and existence. Without a binding factor, ‘Unity in Diversity’ is hollow phrase. I guess that one factor is missing in India and that factor is ‘Indian’.

Well in one of my articles “Political games being played all over”, i mentioned reasons about large scale migration from UP and Bihar. I was lacking some figures which i got in today’s HT Counterpoint written by Vir Sanghvi on page 10.
Here is an excerpt from that article.
My suspicion is that the disdain with which [...]

A rags to riches story that should make every Indian proud. An unassuming Golfer from Kolkatta won the Indian Masters title at the Delhi Golf Club but the Media has been ignorant of it. A great inspiration story buried even before it can be told.
In the first ever European level Tournament in India, it would [...]

It is an undeniable fact that some serious measures are necessary for the smooth functioning of Indian democracy. All our efforts should be directed to make electoral processes simpler and easier to understand, so that people vote, and vote for the right candidate.India is the world’s largest democracy. We have the highest number of voters. [...]

PRIME MINISTER Manmohan Singh had described the Maoists guerillas or Naxalites as the biggest threat to internal security in 2006 and last year in December, he advocated the need to set up a special force to eliminate “the virus”. The Naxalites are spreading like wildfire in the country. A decade ago they were active only [...]

An industry that has caught the eye of the common man at almost every turning on the road is the Retail Industry, A young thriving population and booming consumer confidence has triggered the expansion of this sector and brought about the Retail Rush.
 The Indian economy is booming and the boom has triggered a new array [...]

What’s in a name? A lot apparently if the spate of Indian city renamings in recent years is any indication. Is it worth it ? If not, why do we let the netas take us for a ride ?