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...Your article about the risk of terrorism [Aug. 21] brought back a bad memory. Thirteen years ago, I was on a plane traveling from my native city, Lucknow, to New Delhi. Fifteen minutes into the flight, I saw a young man walk from his seat into the galley; he was armed with a plastic jar and a matchbox. My worst fears were confirmed a few minutes later on seeing the ashen face of the flight attendant. We had been hijacked. It seems that not much has changed since then. It is better to exercise caution by strengthening security systems...
...Muslims in the West. Some skeptics dismissed the recent events in London as nothing more than smoke and mirrors Your article about the risk of terrorism [Aug. 21] brought back a bad memory. Thirteen years ago, I was on a plane traveling from my native city, Lucknow, to New Delhi. Fifteen minutes into the flight, I saw a young man walk from his seat into the galley; he was armed with a plastic jar and a matchbox. My worst fears were confirmed a few minutes later on seeing the ashen face of the flight attendant. We had been hijacked...
...stand at $307 billion and have been growing roughly 15% a year, according to BCG. Much of the activity is now focused in Bombay, but Citigroup, for one, is planning for rapid expansion in other key Indian cities, too. "You need to be on the ground in Calcutta or Delhi to offer domestic products," says Citigroup's Sharma. In the next three to five years, he aims to have as many as 100 offices and roughly 1,000 employees across India, up from about 100 employees in the private-banking operation today. The next generation of private bankers had better...
...DELHI Located 46 km from Delhi, the Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary is a haven for both resident and migratory birds. The best time to visit is September to March, when you can admire wintering European geese and Siberian cranes. The park offers chances to see more than 100 other species, including teals, kingfishers, cranes and herons. Boating is available on Sultanpur Lake and if you don't feel like making the trek back to town, you'll find plenty of guesthouses nearby. HONG KONG Counted among Hong Kong's best-kept secrets, the Mai Po Marshes attract many wetland birds, including...
...Sunita Narain, director of the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), the New Delhi-based NGO that conducted the research, says the hullabaloo misses the point. "This wasn't supposed to be about Coke and Pepsi," she says. "Our fight is with the government." In 2003 the CSE published a similar report to agitate for quality standards for soft drinks to match those for milk, baby food and bottled water. Rules have since been drawn up by the Indian Bureau of Standards, but Narain says the government is dragging its feet on their implementation. Last week's study was meant...