got to know the intensity of the heat the second I walked off the flight. The moment I walked through the doors of the airplane into the tunnel‚ I felt a rush of hot air in my face. It felt like there was no way to escape it. I haven’t seen much of India yet but I can tell you that it is not the cleanest or calmest place. It was around ten at night last night‚ after I greeted my grandma and aunts‚ we were walking back to the car and it was a mad house. People were everywhere pushing and shoving; there
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The Power of Superstition in Public Life in India Why are superstitions a part of public life in India? The modern mechanisms for risk-management or “disciplines” ranging from statistics to modern medicine exist side-by-side with superstitions in the country. The answer to why these disciplines have not penetrated into the pores of Indian society lies in the history of political power in India. It is difficult to use the word “superstition” without imagining quotation marks around it. For‚
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Corruption in India is one of the most menacing threats that our economy has been battling with ever since the independence. At all levels of Indian bureaucracy corruption has seemingly taken its toll and has been corroding the structure of our nation. Be it private sector or public sector‚ Indian people have a tendency of misusing the public position/power in their favor to fulfill their motives and gain personal benefits. All these “allegations” are not solely based on observation but have statistical
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Introduction: Established in 1978‚ Biocon Limited is Asia’s premier biotechnology company and India’s largest biotechnology company by revenue. It is the only Asian company among the top 25 in global biopharma. Biocon is called as Poster child of Biotech in India. The Group‚ promoted by Ms. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw‚ is a fully-integrated‚ innovation-driven healthcare enterprise with strategic focus on biopharmaceuticals and research services. Biocon’s value chain extends the entire length of discovery‚ development
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developed countries indicate that there is a direct relationship between high level of income and industrial development. Industries account for 37% of the gross domestic product in Japan‚ 32% in UK and 22% in the U.S. whereas it stands at 27% for India. Further a strong industrial base is required for generating gainful employment opportunities for the unemployed and under-employed labourers in the agricultural sectors. Industrialization also helps in overcoming trade gap. The less developed countries
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The maoist problem in India has a long history. It is one of those movements which over the years have changed color from a pristine white to a dark shade of black. The roots of the problem lie not in some terrorist movement and neither is it the product of the state funded cross border terrorism. The roots of this problem lie in the Freedom struggle of India. Back in the heydays of the freedom struggle‚ the naaxals were a band of outlaws in and around the West Bengal‚ Bihar and Orissa border. They
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Inflation in India There is hardly a thing or commodity whose price has not gone up in the recent times. Rise in prices has become a common feature in India and the people are reconciled to this fact. Rise in prices is called inflation. There are various factors that contribute to this rise in prices. Some are natural factors like unfavorable weather conditions which affect the food production and lead to the shortage of commodities in the market. With more money chasing fewer goods‚ the prices
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The base of India’s social structure is caste and sub-caste. Infact‚ caste systems has been an integral part of Indian society. In ancient times‚ varna’ system started in India which had four ’varnas’- Brahmins‚ Kshatriyas‚ Vaishyas and Shudras. Thus‚ the basis of caste. Some of these became higher castes and others lower castes. The people belonging to higher castes started treating other as belonging to lower castes and‚ thus‚ started the practice of ’untouchability’. It is matter of shame that
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Copyright India (By Sangam Ghimire & Jyoti Pathak) Meaning Copyright is a right given by the law to creators of literary‚ dramatic‚ musical and artistic works and producers of cinematograph films and sound recordings. In fact‚ it is a bundle of rights including‚ inter alia‚ rights of reproduction‚ communication to the public‚ adaptation and translation of the work. There could be slight variations in the composition of the rights depending on the work. Indian work "Indian work" means
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Three years ago‚ Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) started making enquiries into the fund raising by two Sahara group firms based on an anonymous complaints. It soon turned into a full-blown investigation which later resulted in a protracted and high profile legal battle under the direct supervision of the Supreme Court. Even after the final order by the Supreme Court on August 31‚ the matter did not achieve closure as Sahara continued to make new statements and appeals in lower courts
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