ALVIDA ATAL – The Gentler Face of Hindu Nationalism
Former Prime Minister AtalBihari Vajpayee, who ordered nuclear tests to make India a nuclear weapons power and traveled by bus to Pakistan in a grand diplomatic gesture, died on 16th August,2018, he was 93. Vajpayee was one of the few leaders of the BJP to express anguish when hundreds of Muslims were killed rioting in […]
Modi’s Tri-Nation Visit to South East Asia
Under the leadership of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi India aims to make its relations with East Asian neighbors a priority foreign policy. He recently visited the three prominent South East Asian countries – Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, in order to boost up the regional security process, by building a robust strategic occupancy in terms […]
INDIA HAS MUCH TO SHARE … … INCLUDING LEADERSHIP …
The Indian Diaspora, over the past few centuries, has effortlessly managed to make an indelible mark on human society worldwide, as good citizens, society and opinion leaders, statesmen, and even as world leaders heading countries they mifrated to. To illustrate, it seems not too long ago when Chedi Jagan rose to became the president of […]
INDIANS UNSAFE IN DONALD’S US – THE WAY FORWARD
Has any cold-blooded murderer ever scoped out targets by asking their victim about their Visa status? In Kansas City, Adam Purinton did just that. He asked the victims Mr. Kuchibhotla and Mr. Madasani what type of Visa they held, before yelling at them to “get out of my country” and shooting at them. Kuchibhotla died […]
BEYOND DIPLOMACY – INDIA IN A POST-BREXIT WORLD
We excerpt here content sent our way by Red Ribbon India, on just how important India seems to be, to the United Kingdom. We are reproducing the mini-article verbatim for your reading pleasure … The Queen of England learnt a new dance this month – she was taught the Indian Mudras (hand gestures), by celebrated […]
INDIA RISING – NEW EQUATIONS IN A CHANGING WORLD
India’s onwards thrust is certainly impressive in today’s global context. she has emerged as the fastest growing world economy, and simultaneously also emerges as a rising world power that means business. Her thrust is bold, ongoing and purposeful. Geopolitics and the crafting of an innovative economic policy combine to become the main prongs of her […]
BUILDING A WORLD CLASS SPIRITUAL EDIFICE – SHRI MADHU PANDIT DASA
NRI Achievers sought out the Chairman of the Vrindavan Heritage Tower and the Krishna Leela theme park, Shri Madhu Pandit Dasa, a Padmashri awardee, to converse on the philosophy behind the design and structuring of the immense theme park coming up at Vrindavan. In this feature, he answers the queries posed by our writer. Presented […]
BUILDING AN ABODE FOR KRŠNA – THE VRINDAVAN HERITAGE TOWER
Enchanting Vrindavan is best known to most as a town that served as the holy playground of Lord Krishna’s childhood in times of the hoary past. In modern times it is a famous pilgrimage site not merely for Hindus but for people from all over the world. With its profusion of temples and shrines that […]
KARNATAKA COMES OUT WITH NRI POLICY, TO START INVESTMENT PROMOTION CELL
To tap the potential of non-resident Kannadigas (NRKs) for the development of the state and address their needs and concerns, the Karnataka state government has unveiled a new “Karnataka NRI Policy,” aimed at wooing non-resident Kannadigas. The policy was released on the 5th of January 2017 by the Chief Minister, Mr. Siddaramaiah. The policy will […]
LACK OF REPRESENTATION AT PBD – CAUSE FOR CONCERN?
Even as yet another ‘flagship’ congregation event for the people of Indian-origin, the 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2017 (PBD), was held in bangalore this year, a thought about the way PBD has evolved continues to nag at the back of my mind, prompting me to ask if we have strayed from its original intentions. The […]
THE 14th PRAVASI BHARATIYA DIWAS – HUM PASSPORT KA COLOUR NAHI, KHOON KA RISHTA DEKHTE HAI: PM
“Hum passport ka colour nahi, khoon ka rishta dekhte hai” … were Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s line with which he began his address to the distinguished guests, delegates, exhibitors and all other participants at the 14th edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) 2017, held in the ‘socalled’ Silicon Valley’ of India, Karnataka State’s beautiful […]
DIASPORA CONNECT ENTERS NEW AGE
Dnyaneshwar Mulay is a career diplomat with a difference. Currently the Secretary for Overseas Indian Affairs in the Ministry of External Affairs, he is also a renowned writer and thought-leader, with 15 of his inspirational books having been translated from the original Marathi into Urdu, Kannada, Arabic, Dhivehi and Hindi. His seminal work ‘Mati Pankh Ani Akash’ has been […]
Lord Diljit Rana
Lord Diljit Rana is a successful businessman in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He is Chairman and Chief Executive of Andras House Group, Northern Ireland’s biggest hotels and hospitality organisation. Born at Sanghol in Punjab, Lord Rana has been living in Northern Ireland since 1966. He was awarded an MBE in 1996, for his contribution to the […]
POWER OF INDIASPORA SHINING EVERYWHERE
NRIs, PIOs, OCIs all over the world are making waves by their sheer intelligence, smartness & hard work. This is the reason that their sucess stories are emerging everyday from every nook & corner of the world. From running businesses to helming multinational corporations, from forming the very backbone of the much acclaimed NHS to […]
RAJASEKHARAN NAIR – A BUSINESS EXPERT WHO RETURNED TO CONQUER
It is a widely accepted aphorism and home-truth that ‘no prophet is honoured in his hometown’. Honoured elsewhere he surely is, but when he returns to his hometown after winning the world, the folk of his hometown just take him for granted. It would have been the same in the case of Rajasekharan Nair, a […]
NARINDER SINGH KAPANY – THE MAN WHO BENT LIGHT
Two people talking to each other across a city or a continent – doing business locally or globally, accessing home entertainment from anywhere – all these today are channelised through slender bundles of glass fibres thinner than human hair that carry the signals or images at nearly the speed of light. The seeds for this […]
ANIL AGARWAL – AN ENTREPRENEURIAL JOURNEY
“India is not a capitalist nation and should never be one” ….. Anil Agarwal This brave journey for Anil Agarwal began when he was all of 19 years old. Born into a lower middle class Marwari family in Bihar with no silver spoon in his mouth, Anil Agarwal’s story today is that of a self-made multi-billionaire, […]
SUNNY VARKEY – A VISIONARY IN THE MISSION MODE
1957 born Sunny Varkey, a non-resident Keralite from India, is a well-known Dubai-based entrepreneur and education philanthropist. He is both the founder and chairman of global advisory & educational management firm ‘GEMS Education,’ by far the largest operator of private ‘kindergarten-to-grade-12’ schools in the world, with a network of over 130 schools in more than […]