Word: gautam
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...asking businessmen to pray for rain and warning that drought might cut economic growth to below 5%. And when Singh arrived in Bihar, the state asked in the same breath for $2.4 billion for flood alleviation and $890 million for drought. "It's crazy," says Bihar air-relief coordinator Gautam Goswami. "Absolutely crazy...
...empty balcony above the hushed courtyard outside his deserted restaurant in Kathmandu, Gautam Rana sets down a heavy scrapbook on a cocktail table and slides open its leather fastener. Inside, newspaper clippings written by society columnists, restaurant critics and travel writers from across the world document how, six years ago, Rana opened the most chic and elegant collection of boutiques, bars and bistros Asia had ever seen, in the restored outbuildings of his family's former palace. There is praise from British historians, a rave review from Bombay's most acerbic social commentator, write-ups in international leisure magazines...
...Bollywood film would be the most effective way to air the subject of sexual health. So she pried $30,000 out of the National Health Service, convinced a prominent Birmingham writer, Rod Dungate, to develop a script, and flew to Bombay. There she roped in producer and director Gautam Verma, known for not shying away from controversial topics. He, in turn, persuaded several top soap stars to take part. "You could see a bit of fear on their faces," recalls Ballagan. "They were wondering if they would ruin their reputations acting in an AIDS movie...
...seen as a champion of Islam by the fundamentalists and a combatant against terrorism by the U.S.-led international community. He has a very hard decision to make, and if he chooses unwisely, there will no doubt be great economic destruction and tragedy on the whole subcontinent. GAUTAM V. DESAI Bombay...
...cousin Paras was the allegedly hotheaded one. Suspicions run deep over the fact that the King, Queen, the Crown Prince and his younger brother died, changing the line of succession to another family branch. "There is only one truth and people will have to believe it," says Damodar Gautam, Nepal's former ambassador to the U.S. Nepal can't help itself until the truth is told...