India is both a horror show and a heavenly experience at the same time. We should know. After all, we’ve watched this confoundingly complex country for over four decades -Â at close quarters first and then from a distance. And Paul Theroux knows India well too. He has obviously spent some time there, in the 1970s and […]
Sony is attacking its rivals Canon, Nikon and Panasonic in the digital SLR market with a new offering – the DSLR-A700 – targeted at photo enthusiasts and serious photo hobbyists. Sony A700 DSLR Like the older A100 model, the new A700 also features image stabilization in the camera body itself and compatibility with most Minolta […]
Kerala is that odd state in India with a high rate of literacy and life expectancy, higher quality of life compared to other Indian states and possibly the highest rate of migration of its people in search of better prospects. The Kerala model of high investment by the state in education and healthcare for its population […]
China will continue to remain the preferred investment destination for businesses – not India – over the next five years, according to a new report. China will continue to significantly outpace India in attracting foreign direct investment between now and 2011, according to the report from the Economist‘s Economist Intelligence Unit. FDI inflows into India are set […]
Oh, what an irony! Recent disclosures by UK’s National Archives that author extraordinaire George Orwell, who wrote about Big Brother (the State) watching its citizens in his anti-totalitarian classic 1984, was himself monitored by the British domestic security service MI5 for over two decades is perhaps one of the greatest ironies ever. British security agents suspected […]
Journalist and food critic Chitrita Banerji has written an interesting op-ed piece on Calcutta in today’s New York Times that’s not all too favorable to Mother Teresa. Banerji takes issue with the media, the Catholic Church and above all Mother Teresa for reducing Calcutta into a caricature of poverty, starvation and suffering without any mention of […]