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...debut of The Love Guru, Myers' first time on screen since 2003. The headlines of early reviews are the sort that give publicists migraines: "Sheer Self-Indulgence," "No Enlightenment, Few Laughs," "Lame Self-Help Romp" and "Guru Is Doo-Doo." About the only encouraging words so far are from Indian and Indian-American journalists, who had been primed to hate the movie from advance reports that its treatment of Hindu and Hindu-esque teacher-preachers - especially of the best-selling, evangelistic, Deepak Chopra variety - would be derisory. Those reviewers are saying, basically, that The Love Guru is not as awful...
...people of this country." Yet the government may be forced into further hikes should crude prices remain high. "There is still a large uncovered gap and the recent price rises announced will not cover that," says Rajiv Kumar, director and chief executive of the New Delhi-based Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations...
...rural communities also tend to have few places to walk and play and few convenient options for decent food. "You have to drive miles and miles to find a grocery store," says Jan Probst, who directs the South Carolina Rural Health Research Center at the University of South Carolina. Indian reservations are often the most extreme example of this rural nutritional isolation. The Pine Ridge reservation is nearly 3,500 sq. mi. (9,000 sq km)--more than half the size of Connecticut--but there are just a handful of stores in the area that sell fresh produce. And with...
...their expense, that's not a sustainable operation," he says. "We sell a brand. For us, having goodwill in the community is an important thing." Last December, Coke spent $10 million to establish the Coca-Cola India Foundation, which has already installed 320 rainwater harvesting structures in 17 Indian states, and plans to provide clean drinking water to 1,000 schools...
...accused the company's bottling plant there of depleting and polluting groundwater. Two years later, the local government forced Coke to shut down the plant. In 2006, when a New Delhi research group found high levels of pesticides in Coca-Cola and PepsiCo's locally produced soft drinks, several Indian states banned their sale. The incidents were particularly worrisome because they hurt Coke's brand in a rapidly developing market that's considered key to future growth...