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...Mainland goods from refrigerators to clothes to cameras to children's toys flood Indian markets. China's pavilion is the most popular by far at the India International Trade Fair, which opened in Delhi last week and attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors some days. (At one stand, The Hindu newspaper noted with amazement, punters can buy not only a pair of bargain-priced Chinese jeans, but also the Chinese machinery that makes them.) Indian newspapers are talking up the idea of an emerging "Chindia" - a phrase coined by Indian economist Jairam Ramesh - that acts as a counterbalance to traditional...
...Luce is strongest on economics, but he's also a savvy observer of the social and political environments that alternately nurture and throttle India's growth. With equal aplomb, he tackles topics such as the surging political power of India's lower castes, the rise and (apparent) decline of Hindu nationalism and the decline and (apparent) resurgence of the Gandhi-Nehru dynasty. Luce also takes a stab at explaining the big regional differences in economic development within India. For example, a senior bureaucrat in the southern state of Tamil Nadu candidly tells Luce that about 30% of public funds meant...
...Hardly surprising then that not everyone is happy with the Court's interventions. "From a mandate to interpret the law, the courts have redefined their role as wanting to correct aberrations and shortcomings in every walk of life," wrote journalist Harish Khare in the Hindu newspaper. "The rule of law or rather the Constitution [is] in danger of being supplanted by the rule of judges...
...March and a Sept. 29, 2005, cartoon by Bob Englehart of the Hartford Courant—the editors wrote that Breeden had been cleared in that case as well. Both cartoons depict former Federal Emergency Management Agency head Michael Brown with eight arms, although Breeden represents him as the Hindu god Ganesh...
Barefoot students of different class years, college affiliations, and cultures collided—literally in some cases—at Hungama, a South Asian dance fest held at the Malkin Athletic Center’s gymnasium Saturday night. Hungama, organized by Dharma, Harvard’s Hindu Students Association, means “uproar” in Hindi and showed a scene of vibrant flashes of traditional South Asian garb swirling to lively music. “I haven’t pre-gamed at all and I feel amazing,” said Firth M. McEachern...