Word: subcontinentals
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DLF, though, has a big head start on the rest of the industry, thanks largely to Singh. The amiable tycoon, known by his initials K.P., was dressed during a recent interview in a white suit with a polka-dot pocket square. He recalled how prescient strategy--and a stroke of...
The lament by Pakistani scholar Tarik Jan that Muslims were the rulers of India before the British came and should have been restored to power when the British left calls for some historical perspective. At the advent of British rule, the Mughal empire was in decline, and most of the...
The story of the Koan fakes is one of many in Nayan Chanda's Bound Together: How Traders, Preachers, Adventurers and Warriors Shaped Globalization. While most of us consider globalization to be a purely contemporary phenomenon - conjuring up images of multinational coffee chains and multilingual call centers - to Chanda it...
Heavy rainfall during south asia's summer monsoons typically swamps large swaths of the subcontinent, but this season's storms have been unusually fierce. Four monsoon depressions, double the usual number, have caused the worst flooding in memory in parts of Pakistan, India, Nepal and Bangladesh. Nearly 800 have died...
As usual, pointed challenges arose. One questioner noted that the construction boom depended largely on cheap labor from the Indian subcontinent, labor that will grow more expensive as these workers are integrated into society down the road. Another questioner expressed skepticism about occupancy rates. This kind of push and pull...