INCREDIBLE INDIA! SUPERPOWER? Alternate heading-(Is India really a superpower?) It has been more than 60 years since India got its independence and a lot has changed. Radios have been replaced by LCDs‚ tongas have been replaced by autos and busses and matkas have been replaced by refrigerators. Indian Companies have made it to the word stage. Companies like TATA own few of the most premium brands of the world such as Jaguar on one hand while the world’s cheapest car ‘Nano’ on the other. Indians
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multiply their worth makes for an exciting prospect for owners and directors of such firms. This paper will look broadly into the internationalisation of KFC into India‚ and will discuss the key issues that led to the successes and failures of their internationalisation process. From the outset‚ expanding into a foreign market such as India looked like it could only be accompanied by huge gains for KFC. A booming Indian economy and millions of the population hungry for consumerism meant that KFC could
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launch pad for the dawn of Political Regionalism in India – that would in course of time alter the whole landscape of India. But the brand of regionalism that evolved after Potti Sriramulu’s death was legitimate‚ genuine and logical. It reflected the aspirations of people at that time. It stood for fulfilling the longstanding desire of people to have their own linguistic state. Thus‚ Andhra Pradesh became the first linguistic state of India. Today‚ Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh is renamed
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PHILOSOPHY Politics of India take place in a framework of a federal parliamentary multi-party representative democratic republic modeled after the British Westminster System. The Prime Minister of India is the head of government‚ while the President of India is the formal head of state and holds substantial reserve powers‚ placing him or her in approximately the same position as the British monarch. Executive power is exercised by the government. Federal legislative power is vested in both the government
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Will India Become a Superpower? More than sixty years ago‚ in the summer of 1948‚ the Indian nation‚ then newly-born‚ was struggling for its very survival. It was pierced from the left by the Communists‚ and pinched from the right by Hindu extremists. And there were other problems aplenty. Eight million refugees had to be resettled; provided with land‚ homes‚ employment and a sense of citizenship. Five hundred princely states had to be integrated‚ one by one‚ a process that involved much massaging
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NATIONALISM IN INDIA Introduction: Allegories‚ songs and past had played a great role in the rise of nationalism in Europe. Similarly‚ in India the struggle against oppressive colonial rule brought the people close from where they visualised themselves as a part of great nation‚ i.e.‚ India. World War I‚ Khilafat and Non-Cooperation: World War I came to an end in 1919. There was a new political and economic situation in India. Defence budget was increased and forced recruitment of peasants in army
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President of India From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia President of India Presidential Standard Incumbent Pranab Mukherjee since 25 July 2012 Style Hon’ble President (Within India) His Excellency (Outside India) Residence Rashtrapati Bhavan Appointer Electoral College Term length Five years (renewable) Inaugural holder Rajendra Prasad 26 January 1950 Formation Indian Constitution 26 January 1950 Salary 1.5 lakh (US$2‚400) (monthly)[1] Website President of India The President
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India is blessed with a vast and rich heritage. One has only to see the various architectural marvels and cultural institutions that dot the geographical expanse of India to glimpse the richness of our heritage. The science and technology of ancient India was quite advanced. Many historians believe that most of the scientific advances believed to have been made in Europe had been achieved centuries ago in India. Such advances covered major fields of human knowledge and activities like mathematics
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Begging in India is a fashion‚ a compulsion‚ a profession‚ a privilege and a recreation. The number of beggars in India is much larger than in other countries. Our heads hang down in shame when we read description of this institution given by foreigners in a hateful manner. To the Westerners‚ India is a land of the mendicants and snake-charmers. Beggars are found in villages and towns‚ on roads‚ crossings and footpaths. But their favorite haunts are bathing Ghats‚ temples‚ religious or festival fairs
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NEW DELHI: Not many in India today would remember Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha. Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) certainly wouldn’t want to remember the group of stone pelting farmers who forced the fast food chain to temporarily down its shutters in India in mid 1990s. In fact‚ the company now doesn’t want the consumers to remember it as Kentucky Fried Chicken. Just KFC would do nicely. Thank you very much. More than a decade after they set foot in India‚ all the major MNC fast food chains such
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