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Like the Greek owners of many a roadside diner, Indian immigrants have become curators of a nice slice of Americana. In Tulsa, Okla., Jack Patel has lovingly refurbished the neon cactus in front of his Desert Hills Motel, and in Amarillo, Texas, Dipak and Sangita Patel decorated their Route 66 properties with rose gardens. The so-called Patel-motel phenomenon began in the 1970s when immigrants from Gujarat, India--where Patel is a common surname--started applying their business acumen to the U.S. motel market...
...Sangita Singh OUTSOURCING WUNDERKIND...
...year-old junior executive at Wipro Technologies, an Indian tech-services company, when, in 2001, the marketing director suddenly left. So she marched into the CEO's office and asked for the job. "I was a nobody," says Sangita Singh. Rebuffed, she returned 10 days later with a detailed pitch and got the job. Last month Wipro put her in charge of its Enterprise Application Services business, a key post as the company competes with IBM and Accenture for higher-value consulting work. With margins shrinking in IT outsourcing, this shift is critical. Singh must convince clients, 60% of them...
...mystifications,” a piece by Sangita Shresthova, a graduate student at MIT, showcased a similarly strong connection between movement and music. Shresthova choreographed in the style of Bharat Natyam, a classical Indian dance form, hoping to give her audience a feel for the great spiritual importance of this dance. Shresthova moved in a manner completely different from the movement in pieces like Shade’s “Percussive Us,” but the difference was appropriate for the music and stunning in its own right. With captivating images in red and black, accompanied by staccato...
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