Bollywood Love Thief Captures the Spirit

Anupama Chopra’s book on Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan may have garnered all the media attention because of her connections but Stephen Alter has written the superior book in Fantasies of a Bollywood Love Thief: Inside the World of Indian Moviemaking. Fantasies of a Bollywood Love Thief captures the spirit and essence of Bollywood better […]

Paki Prez Musharraf to Dump Military Attire

Embattled Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has agreed to step down as the country’s military chief before the upcoming elections. In a deal reached with Pakistan Peoples Party leader Benazir Bhutto, Musharraf is also said to have agreed to drop corruption charges against Bhutto and other politicians. General Musharraf, who seized power from the civilian government […]

Song, Dance & Theft to Net Bollywood Films $208m Abroad

Indian movies will earn $208 million (Rs 850 crore) in 2007 in the overseas market, India’s Minister for Information and Broadcasting P.R.Dasmunsi told the country’s parliament on Wednesday. Last year, Indian movies are said to have earned $171 million in the overseas markets. Indian movies in Hindi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and other languages are usually […]

Wipro Throws a Few Crumbs to Americans

After several years of displacing high-paying U.S. IT jobs through its low cost Indian outsourcing operations, Azim Premji’s Wipro Technologies is now throwing a few crumbs to the Americans. Wipro Technologies said Monday that it’s setting up a new software development center in Atlanta that would hire 200 employees in the first year and grow to […]

Joshi Launches 17 New Printers, $300m Ad Campaign

HP’s executive VP of Imaging and Printing group Vyomesh Joshi may have lost out in the race to head one of Silicon Valley’s storied computer companies. But the man has not been not standing still. On Tuesday, HP’s Imaging and Printing group, headed by Joshi, rolled out 17 new printers as well as a $300 […]

SAP Bets Big on India; Doubles Customer Base

We were perhaps the first to write about German enterprise software house SAP’s ambitious plans for the Indian market back in the mid-1990s when our ship was still anchored in Bangalore. So it’s gratifying to note more than a decade later SAP’s significant presence in, and committment to, the Indian market.  During the current visit […]