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...Chinese, Indian and Western systems. Thai beauty queens still scoop their hair into a style called a faaraa, as in Farrah Fawcett. One of the most beloved singers of Thai country music is a Swede called Jonas. This ability to digest foreign influences is sometimes literal: villagers plagued by Bombay locusts 10 years ago solved the problem by frying and eating them...
...benefits of growth more evenly, business leaders welcomed Chidambaram's proposals rather than voicing disappointment that he had not cut India's fiscal deficit aggressively or launched bold moves to open up the economy to foreign investment. Says Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, a Bombay-based conglomerate, and one of the country's richest men: "65% of our population is in the villages; you have to have a budget that addresses them." Empowering the poor, many businessmen say, will eventually widen the foundations of the boom. "The emphasis on health, education and fighting poverty will mean...
...already achieved something important: it had none of the socialist rhetoric of the past. Chidambaram has increased spending on the poor without punishing the middle class and rich, and has hence shown that fighting poverty and keeping India's economy booming need not be contradictory goals. Indeed, the Bombay stock market shot up 2.2% on the day of his speech...
...accept that it is our responsibility also to ensure that the delivery systems are improved," he told TIME, and his speech acknowledged the reality of India's sclerotic bureaucracy. "The fact that someone in government has voiced this concern is a positive step," says Sashi Krishnan, chief executive of Bombay-based Cholamandalam Asset Management Co., which manages mutual funds. Chidambaram has shown that the government has the will and the wallet to help the poor. If he can now ensure that they truly get the help they deserve, his budget will be remembered even more than the one from eight...
...fight by more violent means is less familiar to us. Of these, Subhas Chandra Bose—known as “Netaji,” or “leader”—was one of the most influential and most controversial. Shyam Benegal, an accomplished Bombay director and one of the most celebrated figures of contemporary Indian cinema, has taken the last years of Bose’s life as the subject of his newest film, Netaji: The Last Hero...