Whatever sensible economic activity you can think of, an activity that adds to the wealth of the country, there is a government rule that stifles or constrains it.
It is
However utopian it may seem, a South Asian confederation may actually work. The fate of the people of South Asia cannot be left to nation-states alone. There is a collective
The popular notion that the indentured workers were primarily male is a misinformed one. Women made up at least a third–as required by government statute–and sometimes close to
In the sweat shops of Silicon Valley, immigrant dreams are shattered.
"Hurry up Line 1! You are not here to talk, you are here to work! GEE-VAAN WHAT'
South African Indians at least have a history, Indians in America do not have that, and so they invest in myths of mystical greatness and update them with profiles of
In the 1980s, as India fought its dirty war to quash Sikh separatism, it inadvertently inspired a new generation of savvy Canadian Sikh politicians.
Stepping off the plane, the first-time
A community that has become a state of mind.
An Anglo-Indian these days is almost a state of mind. Many who became part of the community's diaspora after
The stories they have to tell are as varied as the communities and regions in South Asia which they or their ancestors left. From the indentured labourer condemned to subhuman
We began our study of the Hindu Right in the United States several years ago, when word of large funds being transferred to India by sympathetic organisations started doing the
To catch even the tail end of the Information Revolution South Asia needs a telecom backbone, says Deepali Nandwani.
Deep inside Savai Madhopur, a dusty Uttar Pradesh village, is located
What is it we are communicating, asks Kunda Dixit. Is the information useful and usable?
Like the fashion business, the Third World development debate seems to go through fads and
