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...course, one might object that religions are hardly just a set of ideas divorced from reality, that indeed, religions tend to be the product of an ethno-cultural background. But while ethnicity or race often determine extrinsic behavior and values, they are by themselves entirely intrinsic. One is born Indian or black and cannot change this identity. Yet there is always an element of choice, regardless of whether it is exercised, when choosing a religion; we are not chained to ideas at birth. The quintessential example is Salman Rushdie, who was born into an Islamic family but has since become...
...Asian financial crisis had put a dent in timber prices, contributing to the investors’ financial woes. According to the initial purchase agreement, Harvard owns cutting rights in the forest, but the government retains ownership of the land, which is expected to eventually be ceded to Maori Indian tribes. The timber is grown on a managed basis with the express purpose of cutting it down to sell for profit. “HMC is pleased to have the New Zealand Superannuation Fund join our Kaingaroa partnership,” Harvard spokesman John D. Longbrake wrote in an e-mail...
...normal-thickness Cosmo >. "There's a real boom in terms of newer products coming into India," says Sekhri. "Beauty companies like L'Or?al or Revlon used to sell into two segments; now it's 10 or more, and they're launching new products all the time. An Indian woman used to use a moisturizer; now she's using a moisturizer, toner and sun bleach. We're riding this wave of consumption...
...Actually, it's still only a small percentage of Indian women who can afford moisturizer, toner and sun bleach. But with a population of 1.1 billion, even a small percentage adds up to a lot of people. And that number is growing every year, which is why, Sekhri says, "it's only the start of the boom." If you tally up turnover in the television, radio, publishing, film, music and advertising industries, India's media market is currently worth some $8 billion a year. But PricewaterhouseCoopers reckons that will grow to $19 billion in the next five years...
...foreign companies face ownership restrictions - they can own just 49% of an Indian TV distribution business, for instance, 26% of a news-focused television station or newspaper and 20% of a radio station. But the government is likely to relax these rules in the next few years. Until then, foreign firms are licensing Indian companies to publish local editions, as is the case with Cosmo and a host of other well known foreign titles - or forming partnerships with Indian companies...