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...Asians Got So Big "It's in to be Thin in India" [Nov. 8] reported on how the increasingly overweight Indian middle class is under pressure to lose weight. Because Indian cuisine has always included rich ingredients, the problem of obesity has been waiting for us for a long time. Plus, the most strenuous thing many of us have to do these days is to flick the remote control. Prosperity encourages a sedentary lifestyle. The trouble is that our bodies are being fattened along with our wallets. On the other hand, some women are starving themselves to attain hourglass figures...
...chairman of Reliance Industries, the group's flagship petrochemicals and oil venture, had admitted to "ownership issues" at the company, which he and younger brother Anil, the vice chairman, had been running since their father's death in July 2002. For four days speculation ran amok in the Indian press that the brothers had started sparring over control of Reliance. On Nov. 22, Mukesh issued a statement saying that his words had been "torn out of context" and claimed that all "ownership issues" at Reliance had been settled by Dhirubhai before his death. The next day, M.L. Bhakta, a director...
...Behind the scenes, however, the fissures inside Reliance were deepening. Internal company e-mails seen by TIME and excerpted in Indian newspapers suggest that relations between the brothers have been deteriorating rapidly since July, when Anil complained to Mukesh that the powers of the chairman and the managing directors at Reliance Industries had been redefined without his approval. "I sincerely hope ... we will revert to our earlier system of consultations/discussions/mutual consent," Anil wrote. Three months later, the tone of his missives had become more strident. On Oct. 25, Anil shot off a formal letter to Mukesh complaining that...
...After all the drama, Reliance remains a professionally managed company, and insiders insist that the controversy won't disrupt its day-to-day business. But the old polish has gone, and millions of ordinary Indians may never again feel that the Ambanis are the one Indian business family that never makes a mistake...
Mansfield is among other prominent Harvard affiliates who have received this award in the past, including novelist John H. Updike ’54, Du Bois Professor of the Humanities Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies Diana...