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...This is a victory of the principles of which our Indian people uphold.' PRATIBHA PATIL, India's first female President, on winning a high (if mostly ceremonial) office in a country where women generally face much discrimination...
...other American companies shuttered as a result of trade tensions, millions of Chinese workers could find themselves unemployed-and angry at their government. Likewise, if offshoring stalls in India and the economy tumbles, voters will likely hoist their leaders out of office in the next elections. So both the Indian and the Chinese governments are trying to keep their economies growing and globalizing fast, while the U.S. and Europe are finding themselves alarmingly and inextricably linked to the job markets of the international economy's fast-growing Asian giants. For now, we have a global economic détente...
...airport, which would you say is the more advanced country?" asks Rubin. China's roads are in better shape than many found in the U.S., starting with the potholed, neglected highways near the Detroit auto factories that put America on wheels in the first place. On trains zipping past Indian fields, passengers surf the Internet on their laptop computers. On subway cars deep underground in China, riders chat on cell phones. Not in America. Indeed, Intel and other companies have hired Chinese researchers to work on the next generation of cell-phone and mobile Internet technology because Chinese workers...
...Business leaders-the ones busy hiring Indian and Chinese college graduates-warn that judging by America's current education efforts, the nation is already falling behind. "The competitiveness of the U.S. workforce depends on a strong educational foundation, particularly in the math and science skills required to succeed in the information-technology industry," says Craig R. Barrett, chairman of Intel. "We need to raise our sights and not tolerate the mediocrity we already have." John Chen, the chairman and ceo of Sybase, a California software company (and a man whose parents fled Shanghai for Hong Kong after the communists took...
...documentary On My Own, filmmaker Anupama Srinivasan dwells on the lives of five Indian women living alone in Delhi. The film is a colorful portrayal of the trials and tribulations that come with flying solo. One insight: Women in India must often live a double life to avoid unwanted attention. "Some had to lie to get out of the house. There was one [subject] who was divorced; she was constantly asked about what happened, where her husband was and had to keep making up stories about why he wasn't there," says Srinivasan. "They were just not comfortable giving...