India Abroad back issues from December 2002:
Ten Commandments of Marriage
Dec 06, 2002 ... India Abroad 12-06-2002 Having been successfully married to the same person for 32 years and having observed several marriages, some successful, some unsuccessful, I have formed some very strong opinions about what constitutes a successful marriage, which I would like to ...
Why the BJP will win Gujarat
Dec 06, 2002; ... Paul, Roshan India Abroad 12-06-2002 Of late I've noticed many similarities between domestic politics in India and in the United States. In an era where right-wing governments are ascendant worldwide, both nations are led by right-of-center parties, but whose leaders project ...
Vijay Nambiar
Dec 06, 2002; ... Bhatia, Shyam India Abroad 12-06-2002 Former Indian ambassador to China Vijay K. Nambiar says Zen Qinghon, currently ranked number five in China's hierarchy, is the man to watch out for. Zen, who has visited India, is close to President Jiang Zemin, and is expected to be a ...
Let's invest in People
Dec 06, 2002 ... India Abroad 12-06-2002 Individuals who lack basic healthcare, education and clean water cannot free themselves from subsistence to make a great contribution to the economy. Government programs should target these people who need help India, it seems, has two faces. It ...
Canadian team wins first Zee bhangra championship
Dec 06, 2002 ... India Abroad 12-06-2002 VIBE, a professional dance troupe from Vancouver, won the inaugural Zee International Bhangra Championship in Washington DC November 23. About 3,000 people attended the event at DC Armory to celebrate the culture, music, dance and cuisine of ...
Bhooplapur Foundation donates vehicle to North Shore Hospital's house call program
Dec 06, 2002; ... Nanda, Tanmaya Kumar India Abroad 12-06-2002 The Bhooplapur Foundation donated a vehicle to North Shore Hospital's house call program last fortnight. The van, which cost about $50,000, was the result of the combined efforts of the Bhooplapur Foundation, the AXA Foundation, ...
Family of Bangladeshi teen killed in Brooklyn says it is a hate crime
Dec 06, 2002; ... Bhatt, Shakti India Abroad 12-06-2002 At the home of Mohammad Sakawat Hossain, who was killed the night of November 11, tears have been replaced by rage. In the living room sat Hossain's two older brothers, Milad, 28, and Shahadat, 24. In a bedroom at the back of the ...
'Swaad' gives TAMU campus a taste of India
Dec 06, 2002 ... India Abroad 12-06-2002 Over the weekends, it is customary for Indian groups at Texas A&M University to congregate at the home of one of their own for potluck. November 14, the Indian potluck routine was taken a step further with the taste of India being offered to ...
Asha's Irvine chapter to fund education project in Bangalore
Dec 06, 2002; ... Joshi, Monika India Abroad 12-06-2002 The Irvine chapter of Asha for Education will fund a new project in India this year while continuing to support two projects. The organization obtained $225 from a recent event it hosted at the Cross Cultural Center, University of ...
Burton's appointment will derail ties, community tells Speaker Hastert
Dec 06, 2002; ... Mozumder, Suman Guha India Abroad 12-06-2002 Lack of GOP support/endorsement to Indian Americans also discussed A group of Indian Americans in Dallas met with Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and voiced their concern over Rep. Dan Burton's ...
Smita Sampat walks to raise funds for leukemia research
Dec 06, 2002; ... Joshi, Monika India Abroad 12-06-2002 Since June, Smita Sampat, a doctor of internal medicine in Parsippany, New Jersey, has had her Sundays full. Sampat was part of a team being trained by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to participate in the third annual Bermuda ...
Visionary physician gets American Academy of Ophthalmology award
Dec 06, 2002; ... Mozumder, Suman Guha India Abroad 12-06-2002 Since he came to the US from England in 1977 and joined the West Virginia University faculty, ophthalmologist V.K. Raju has had one mission in life: to volunteer his time and money to provide world class eye care to the poor and ...
Vishnu Way leads to $2.3 million Sarvajan Mandir in Alabama
Dec 06, 2002; ... Thariath, Abraham India Abroad 12-06-2002 One of two approach roads to the new $2.3 million Sarvajan Mandir temple complex coming up in Huntsville, Alabama, will be named Vishnu Way. Vishnu Way's groundbreaking ceremony was performed recently. Among those who ...
Mansingh hosts Guru Nanak Dev Gurpurab celebrations
Dec 06, 2002; ... Haniffa, Aziz India Abroad 12-06-2002 Continuing with his tradition of celebrating Indian religious festivals, Ambassador Lalit Mansingh threw open the doors of his home November 23 to commemorate the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, the first Sikh guru. Over 200 Sikhs ...
3 Indians make it to Siemens Westinghouse national finals
Dec 06, 2002; ... Thariath, Abraham India Abroad 12-06-2002 Science projects will compete for $100,000 prize In May high schoolers Alexander C. Mittal and Navin N. Sinha, along with Nina Vasan, swept the highest award of $50,000 and a trip to the Nobel awards ceremony at the Intel ...
Now which god is that? Test your score on Hindu mythology
Dec 06, 2002 ... India Abroad 12-06-2002 1. Hindus believe the tenth and final incarnation of Vishnu, riding a white horse in the sky and wielding a sword, will redeem the universe. What is it called? 2. His name means 'the terrible one.' One of the five Pandavas of the Mababharata, ...
Bali's example
Dec 06, 2002; ... Chandrapal, Kusuma India Abroad 12-06-2002 Emperor Bali of the Asura clan was a great ruler, well-versed in the rules of dharma. Prahalada, his grandfather, was like him an ardent devotee of Lord Narayana. One day Lord Narayana entered Bali's sacrificial hall in the ...
The sound of sacred music
Dec 06, 2002; ... Thayil, Jeet India Abroad 12-06-2002 PORTALS OF GRACE Artist: Azam Ali Label: Narada, 2002 Born in Iran and raised in India, Azam Ali says she was introduced to the music of medieval Europe only after coming to the United States in 1985. In her first solo ...
Me, myself and Meera
Dec 06, 2002; ... Bhatia, Shyam India Abroad 12-06-2002 Despite the mixed reviews of the film based on her book Anita and Me, in which she also stars, Meera Syal is as upbeat as it is possible to be before hostile critics. In fairness to Syal this is the worst possible time her film could ...
'Everyone is pinning their hopes on Kaante'
Dec 06, 2002; ... Ganapati, Priya India Abroad 12-06-2002 Raju Sharad Patel has finally come home. A producer for over 20 years in Hollywood, Patel's first Hindi film, Kaante, is ready for release. It will be his formal induction into Bollywood. The film, directed by Sanjay Gupta, stars ...
Iftaari delights
Dec 06, 2002; ... Selod, Shabbeer India Abroad 12-06-2002 Ramzan, the ninth month of the Muslim calendar, is considered holy by the community because it is believed that the Koran was revealed to the Prophet during this month. During Ramzan, Muslims all over the world maintain a strict fast ...
INDIAN VALUES: When will I be satisfied with their achievements?
Dec 06, 2002; ... Parayath, Chitra India Abroad 12-06-2002 It is strange how the most innocuous of incidents sometimes bring about deep soul searching and introspection. An enterprising kid, my friend's teenage daughter, along with other civic-minded teens, has initiated a South Asia Club at ...
It's alright Ma, I'm only quoting Bob
Dec 06, 2002; ... Thayil, Jeet India Abroad 12-06-2002 You know the times are a-changing when Bob Dylan is quoted, and misquoted, by the very people he has lampooned I saw Bob Dylan at Madison Square Garden November 13 and it must rate among the strangest sights I have seen. There he was, ...
Picture imperfect
Dec 06, 2002; ... Thayil, Jeet India Abroad 12-06-2002 As a child Richard Avedon had had little contact with his father, Jacob Israel Avedon. Known to everybody as Jack, Avedon Sr. was a failed small-time businessman and sometime schoolteacher, a man who survived on the gift of the gab and ...
Ten-course maharaja nightmare
Dec 06, 2002; ... Gawle, Rupa India Abroad 12-06-2002 The recent American Dream Wedding staged in New York was neither dream nor wedding The flyer promised 'An American dream wedding Broadway style. An interactive extravaganza.' It boasted a fantasy bazaar, an interactive wedding, a ...
Forty hours of Sonia
Dec 06, 2002; ... Bhatia, Shyam India Abroad 12-06-2002 British NRIs make a beeline to see Indira Gandhi's bahu Such is the lingering magic of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty that one week before Sonia Gandhi was due to touch down at London's Heathrow airport, a mad struggle was in progress ...
5'10" drop-dead gorgeous
Dec 06, 2002; ... Chivukula, Som India Abroad 12-06-2002 When fashion photographer Inez Van Lamsweerde visited New Delhi last year on project, he did not know he would be ultimately credited with discovering a talent. It was a process that began quite innocuously. Lamsweerde was on ...
Saying cheese, Syama Reddy style
Dec 06, 2002; ... Joshi, Monika India Abroad 12-06-2002 Reddy, who has developed a low-fat, low-calorie alternative to Parmesan cheese, recently won the Asian Women in Business 2002 Entrepreneurial Leadership Award For someone arriving from India, the variety of cheese available ...
'BPO growth will change the face of India's economy'
Dec 06, 2002 ... India Abroad 12-06-2002 Sri Dasari was recently appointed president of Brigade India and vice president, offshore operations. Brigade Corporation is a global provider of business process outsourcing and customer relationship management solutions. An MBA from the ...
India can sustain 8 percent growth, Singh tells G-20
Dec 06, 2002 ... India Abroad 12-06-2002 India's economic growth can be limitless if it manages steady and widespread productivity gains, especially in the agriculture sector that has traditionally lagged, Treasury Secretary Paul H. O'Neill said November 23. O'Neill was in India to ...
Global industry urges India to speed up reform
Dec 06, 2002 ... India Abroad 12-06-2002 India and America can be true allies, US officials tell India Economic Summit The United States has advocated a major overhaul of India's reform program for the country to achieve the targeted 8 percent growth rate and scripted a five-point ...
It's boom time for medical tourism in India
Dec 06, 2002; ... Ganapati, Priya India Abroad 12-06-2002 Two weeks ago, the picturesque Spice Village resort in Thekkady, Kerala, had a celebrity visitor: Mauritius Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth. He was on a private visit to the resort's ayurvedic center to undergo 'rejuvenation ...
NJ Senator moves bill to curb outsourcing contracts to India
Dec 06, 2002; ... Chand, Fakir India Abroad 12-06-2002 New Jersey state Senator Shirley K. Turner has introduced a bill that seeks to prevent outsourcing of government contracts to citizens outside the United States in a bid to curb loss of jobs to foreign nations, ...
Indian nurses in demand to fill US shortage
Dec 06, 2002; ... Iype, George India Abroad 12-06-2002 For the United States, the shortage of trained nurses is critical. For Indians, it is an open sesame of sorts, to the land of opportunity. Scores of American hospitals have, over the past few months, requested manpower consulting ...
World Bank offers India $250 m to upgrade engineering colleges
Dec 06, 2002; ... Haniffa, Aziz India Abroad 12-06-2002 The World Bank has extended a $250 million interest-free loan package to India - the biggest such loan in over a decade - to bring engineering colleges, universities and polytechnics at par with the Indian Institutes of ...
Church refers anti-conversion bill to US religious commission
Dec 06, 2002; ... Iype, George India Abroad 12-06-2002 Church groups in India have referred the Tamil Nadu government's law banning forcible conversions to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. Church leaders claim the Commission has agreed to issue a ...
'It was a miracle. God saved us'
Dec 06, 2002; ... Peer, Basharat India Abroad 12-06-2002 Terrorist attacks on two temples in Jammu kill 13, injure 53 The evening prayers were about to begin Sunday, November 24, at the Raghunath temple in Jammu, the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir, when a tall, lean man pushed his ...
'It is Modi versus Musharraf'
Dec 06, 2002; ... Bhatt, Sheela India Abroad 12-06-2002 "Dilipsinh is meek. He did not perform in the riots. Please drop him," a Vishwa Hindu Parishad activist told VHP general secretary Pravin Togadia at the parishad's state headquarters in Ahmedabad November 20. The Bharatiya Janata ...
BJP has the edge, but it is a close race
Dec 06, 2002; ... Bhatt, Sheela India Abroad 12-06-2002 The Gujarat assembly election scheduled for December 12 is becoming more and more unpredictable with voters giving out contradictory signals. Last week, one magazine survey gave the Bharatiya Janata Party over 120 of the state's 182 ...
RSS shrugs off report, says foreign funds a mere drop in kitty
Dec 06, 2002; ... Bhatt, Sheela India Abroad 12-06-2002 Spokesman says there is no secret about what they do The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is scornful of the report compiled by Professor Biju Mathew and 10 non-resident Indians, most of them academics, based in the United ...
We will continue doing our work: IDRF founder
Dec 06, 2002; ... Haniffa, Aziz India Abroad 12-06-2002 In April 1988, Vinod Prakash, then 55, and a senior development economist with the World Bank, took early retirement. After securing his pension, he launched the Indian Development and Relief Fund, for which he had earlier applied ...
'Tax-exempt non-profit groups are being monitored': Justice Department officials refuse to confirm if IDRF is being probed
Dec 06, 2002; ... Joseph, Josy India Abroad 12-06-2002 Bush Administration officials have no clue about the report by the Campaign to Stop Funding Hate, alleging the IDRF was funneling millions of dollars to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and its affiliates. Administration officials told ...
Report says NRI donations funding Hindu right
Dec 06, 2002; ... Joseph, Josy India Abroad 12-06-2002 Newly-formed group says India Development and Relief Fund channels money to RSS, VHP A newly formed network of Indian professionals in the United States has claimed that several American corporations and hundreds of ...
Academy of Religion chief dismayed by lack of interest in Hinduism
Dec 06, 2002; ... Jain, Ajit India Abroad 12-06-2002 Dr. Vasudha Narayanan, professor of religious studies at the University of Florida, is the first non-Jewish, non-Christian, non-American to be elected president of the 92-year-old American Academy of Religion that has approximately 9,200 ...
Expected soon in America, the Delhi Public School
Dec 06, 2002; ... Haniffa, Aziz India Abroad 12-06-2002 Coming shortly to the United States: The Delhi Public School. The well-known Indian institution plans to begin three schools in the New York-New Jersey, Greater Washington DC, and metropolitan Los Angeles areas by September. And ...
VHP of North America re-christens itself VHP Overseas
Dec 06, 2002; ... Mozumder, Suman Guha India Abroad 12-06-2002 The Vishwa Hindu Parishad of North America last week re-christened itself VHP Overseas, as part of an effort to reorganize and play a more effective role globally. The change was announced by VHPO chairperson Dr. Bhupendra ...
Diabetes, heart disease on the rise among Indians: AAPI study
Dec 06, 2002; ... Joseph, George India Abroad 12-06-2002 Diabetes and resultant heart problems are increasing alarmingly among Indian Americans, says a study by the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin. The study, funded by Pfizer, was undertaken by the Diabetes Among ...
Indian association's records add to America's history of immigration
Dec 06, 2002; ... Joshi, Monika India Abroad 12-06-2002 The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission has made available to scholars the archival collection of the Indo-American Association of Delaware. The papers document the history of Indian immigrants in the area, and ...
Attorney appeals to school to drop charges against 19 children
Dec 06, 2002; ... Pais, Arthur J. India Abroad 12-06-2002 The attorney for the 19 Indian students charged with criminal trespass has appealed, yet again, to school authorities to drop charges. A private detective agency, employed by the school, is expected to present a report two days ...
'You need to expand your South Asia program, not truncate it'
Dec 06, 2002; ... Joseph, George India Abroad 12-06-2002 Loyola University's decision to shut down Asian Studies Program receives flak Dr. Daisy Rockwell is blonde, blue-eyed. She teaches Hindi at Loyola University, Chicago. More than the irony of an ail-American teaching an ...
NYC council's 'wartime tax' angers businessmen
Dec 06, 2002; ... Bhatt, Shakti India Abroad 12-06-2002 Husi Roowala is angry. And he is not the only one. "There is no business in the city," says the manager of Metro Perfumes, a fragrance store on Broadway in midtown Manhattan. "And this will only make it worse." The angst is ...
New law provides New Yorkers religious protection at workplace
Dec 06, 2002; ... Mozumder, Suman India Abroad 12-06-2002 In what was hailed by religious minorities as a "historic event," New York Governor George E. Pataki signed a new law providing New Yorkers with workplace protection as they practice and observe their religious faith. The new law ...
FBI says hate crimes against Muslims were up in 2001
Dec 06, 2002; ... Mozumder, Suman Guha India Abroad 12-06-2002 Hate crimes against Muslims recorded a noticeable increase in 2001, coinciding with 9/11, the annual Federal Bureau of Investigation report released last week said. According to the report, which has been published annually ...
'We want members to come back home safely. We want no more deaths'
Dec 06, 2002; ... Joseph, George India Abroad 12-06-2002 Deaths of two Indian subway workers in two days shocks community in New York The deaths of two subway workers on consecutive days in New York have shocked the Indian community. The deaths of Joy Antony, 41, a signal ...
Michigan beauty queen wants to help illiterate women in India
Dec 13, 2002; ... Chivukula, Som India Abroad 12-13-2002 Last year, Shiny Mathew was mostly an onlooker at the Miss India Michigan pageant, an annual gala presented by the Detroit-based Hype Productions. A talented dancer, Mathew performed in between the main segments during the 2001 ...
A roll of dice: Indians are shedding their inhibitions and taking their chances, and jobs, at casinos in Atlantic City
Dec 13, 2002; ... Joseph, George India Abroad 12-13-2002 Atlantic City is not the first stop on the immigrant's itinerary. It is not even the second. Krishna Iyer (name changed) and his wife checked out the Empire State Building soon after they landed in New York, then went to Statue of ...
Spiritual state
Dec 13, 2002; ... Pais, Arthur J. India Abroad 12-13-2002 New Jersey has seen an amazing increase in the number of places of worship, reflecting its growing pluralism After having constructed four Swaminarayan mandirs in New Jersey, Bochasanwasi Shree Akshar Puru-shottam Swaminarayan ...
Tasting better: Desi restaurants have improved tremendously
Dec 13, 2002; ... Pais, Arthur J. India Abroad 12-13-2002 You would not be entirely wrong if you thought trendy desi restaurants are found mostly in Manhattan. Stop by the newest chapter of Caf Spice near the shopping mall in Pavonia, or visit Karma Kaf in Hoboken, or dine at Raagini in ...
Studies and fun
Dec 13, 2002; ... Pais, Arthur J. India Abroad 12-13-2002 Indian students flock to universities in the Garden State, lured by cheaper costs, proximity to NYC, and the presence in strength of the community Dad, I want to major in drama." "Drama? What kind of major is drama? What kind of ...
Thriving in NJ: India's national airline begins flights to the Garden State and pleases the Indian American community no end
Dec 13, 2002; ... Nanda, Tanmaya Kumar India Abroad 12-13-2002 When Flight AI-144 touched down December 3 at the Newark Liberty International Airport, it was not hard to understand the jubilation that surrounded the arrival. It was the first flight to New Jersey by the national carrier of ...
NJ waives road test for Indian driving license holders
Dec 13, 2002; ... Joshi, Monika India Abroad 12-13-2002 A recent decision of the New Jersey Department of Transportation aims at ending discrimination against people who have a valid driver's license from India and are seeking driving privileges in New Jersey. Individuals holding a valid ...
Sleeperettes in first class, nothing new in economy
Dec 13, 2002; ... Bhatt, Shakti India Abroad 12-13-2002 The commencement of the thrice-weekly Air India service from Newark to Mumbai via Paris comes as a relief to thousands of Indian residents of New Jersey. After New York and Chicago, the Garden State is the third station in ...
'This is a disgusting infringement of our freedom'
Dec 06, 2002; ... Thayil, Jeet India Abroad 12-06-2002 It is only when you hear a federal bill laid out in personal terms that you can feel the real cost of legislation. The Homeland Security Bill - passed into law by President Bush last week entails the largest reshuffling in more than ...
28 AND GOING PLACES: Manjul Bhargava is among PopSci's 'Brilliant 10'
Dec 06, 2002; ... Thariath, Abraham India Abroad 12-06-2002 He is just 28, but his comparisons with Srinivasa Ramanujan, the legendary Indian mathematician of the last century, don't stop. "I feel flattered and honored," Dr. Manjul Bhargava responds, adding immediately, "There is only one ...
28 AND GOING PLACES: Rohit Kumar is the most influential South Asian staffer in Congress
Dec 06, 2002; ... Haniffa, Aziz India Abroad 12-06-2002 Rohit Kumar, 28, has been hired as senior policy advisor on homeland security, banking and financial services by Republican Senator Trent Lott, who takes over as Senate Majority Leader in January. Kumar, earlier legislative director ...