“LETS’ TURN PROBLEMS INTO OPPORTUNITIES” Dr. RAVINDRA PASTOR, IAS
So far in our segment ‘Indian Achievers,’ we had focused only upon compatriots from the business community, like entrepreneurs, academicians turned businessmen, corporate head honchos and the like. This month though, we take a break from this tradition of sorts that we seem to have set, to look at persona who has made life meaningful […]
AN EXTRAORDINARY HUMAN BEING PROF. A P J ABDUL KALAM
Bharat has lost a Ratna, but the light from this jewel will guide us towards A P J Abdul Kalam’s dream destination – India as a knowledge superpower, in the first rank of nations. For him, the counterpoint to poverty was the wealth of knowledge, in both its scientific and spiritual manifestations. As a hero […]
BHEL EXCELS IN GLOBAL FORAYS
BHEL EXCELS IN GLOBAL FORAYS Bharat heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has been stretching its wings globally, making its mark in a new era of inclusive growth and co-operation in the region. To start with, the Indian megacorp just recently commissioned successfully the 500 MW Kosti Thermal Power Station in Sudan, which today is the country’s […]
AIRTEL BECOMES WORLD’S 3RD-LARGEST MOBILE OPERATOR
AIRTEL BECOMES WORLD’S 3RD-LARGEST MOBILE OPERATOR Bharti Airtel has become the third-largest mobile operator in the world with 303 million subscribers, according to the World Cellular Information Service. With telecom operations in 20 countries across South Asia and Africa, Airtel still has China Mobile and Vodafone ahead of it, while it pips China Unicom with […]
CHATURANGA, CHAUPER AUR PACHEESI
We have grown up playing Chess, Snakes & Ladders (Chutes & Ladders) and Ludo. Have you ever wondered how these games came to existence ? We tend to take common items for granted, even when we are aware that every item in our day-to-day life has some reason for its existence. I have been working […]
VO SUBAH KABHI TO AYEGI …. ?
वाराणसी या काशी परंपराओं से अधिक पुराना है। वाराणसी, भौतिक आध्यात्मिक और अलौकिक तत्वों की एक अद्वितीय संयोजन प्रस्तुत करता है। हिंदू पौराणिक कथाओं के अनुसार, वाराणसी मानव शरीर से परम आत्मामुक्त। यह देवत्व की अवधारणा है कि इ के पूरक वाराणसी के गंगा घाट है। गंगा के घाट शायद वाराणसी के पवित्रतम स्थानों में […]
THE AUDACITY OF HOPE ….MODI'S MISSION URBAN REVAMP
On Thursday the 25th of June, Prime Minister Modi, by design or by sheer accident, chose the landmark date to live up to his electoral promise and launch three mega-projects to take India to the next level of development in an audacity of hope. Three urban development and reconstruction peojects – the ‘Atal Mission for […]
PIOs IN THE UNITED KINGDOM…. WESTMINSTER'S NEW CROP OF PARLIAMENTARIANS
A large majority of PIOs have done well in their countries of adoption. And in countries where our diaspora constitutes a considerably large percent of the population, like Trinidad & Tobago, Suriname, Mauritius et al., people of Indian origin have done yeoman service, rising to become even Presidents and Prime Ministers. In the empire on […]
THE ARMENIAN TAWAIF
In today’s context, the word ‘Tawaif’ is associated with prostitution. In olden days however, Tawaifs were originally esteemed and respected members of Indian feudal society, and considered as an authority on etiquette. Tawaifs are also known as Kanjaris in North India. They were the courtesans of the Mughal era, adept in music and dance. They […]
I WANT TO MAKE SOCIETY 'CHINTA MUKT' ARVIND KUMAR
Arvind Kumar has been providing training in Yoga, Stress Management & Acupressure for cricketers, notably for Shahrukh Khan’s IPL team ‘Kolkata Knight Riders’ from 2011 to 2014 and earlier to the ‘Kings Eleven Punjab’ IPL team from 2008 to 2010. Harking from a nondescript rural family from ‘Khanpur,’ a hamlet in the Shamli district of […]
TENDING THE LAMP OF MALAYALI CULTURAL HERITAGE THE KERALA FESTIVAL IN DUBAI
When the Second Part of the 8th Utsavam, the International Koodiyattam and Kathakali Festival (IKKF), concluded on the 18th of April 2015 at the Indian Consulate Auditorium in Dubai, another feather was added to the cap of Traditions Live, the Dubai based non-profit cultural organisation, that has been conducting such events with the support of […]
INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY BENDING IT LIKE THE INDIANS …
The 21st of June 2015 marked the first ever “International Day of Yoga,” which was celebrated across the globe – from Almaty to Rome to Mexico to manila and Colombo, from Bangkok to New York to Tel Aviv to Paris, kabul, Peking and New Delhi, as 192 countries joined in for a mass yoga session […]
I THINK NEITHER SAIF NOR I AM NOW READY FOR A FAMILY … KAREENA KAPOOR KHAN
Kareena Kapoor Khan has proven the popular perception that actresses who get married have to quit films wrong, by going ahead and successfully churning out box-office hits like SINGHAM RETURNS and BHAJRANGI BHAAIJAAN. She says that she is indeed quite excited about having worked with all the Khans in the industry, including Salman Khan […]
INDIA AND THE GOLDILOCKS MODEL
At the preparatory meeting of the World Speakers Conference in Geneva in early June, the Speaker of the Lok Sabha Sumitra Mahajan made a strong plea that countries of the world ought not to be judged or ranked merely on the basis of their GDP statistics. The volume of how much goods and services an […]
FROM GOLD TO GOLDEN APPLES…. 'LUCKY' RAJESH RAM SATIIJA
Though decades of frontline journalism both in print and the electronic media has made me something of a cynic and one who prefers to call a glass half-empty rather than half-full, it is not very often that I take a liking to people on first meeting. But Rajesh Ram Satiija is someone whom I took […]
A Walk In The Park Satpura
You would be all-too-familiar with the traits of a typical wildlife enthusiast. His ears pricked like an Alsatian’s, for a real or imagined call of a monkey or a swamp deer; while his eyes would dart around like a sleuth’s, spotting slightest movement in the environs. His tongue, dry and lips chapped, but he is […]
SEEMA QURESHI- A Boyfriend Is A Great Hindrance…
The stunningly beautiful, 5’6″ tall actress who is all set to storm Bollywood in a big way with Ronnie Rodriguez’s film shortly, is keeping her fingers crossed and hopes she is paired opposite Akshay Kumar in the film. Here are edited excerpts of her conversation with Jyoti Venkatesh, who interviewed her for NRI Achievers. Is […]
BHAGAT SINGH…. MARTYR Vs. REFORMER
On the last 23rd of March, almost all social media walls were flooded with patriotic messages praising Bhagat Singh, who was hanged on this date for the murder of a British Officer. People have been flaunting T-Shirts with Bhagat Singh’s photograph printed on it and many have sported a Bhagat Singh sticker on their car […]