From Business Line in India’s The Hindu Hyderabad, Dec 6: With India and Israel being at an advanced stage of finalising a free trade agreement, the bilateral trade is likely to touch $15 billion from around $5 billion now, said Mr Alon Ushpiz, Ambassador of Israel to India. “We have concluded three rounds […]
From ancient times India has been worshipped as Mata Bharat or Mother India. The country’s very soil is therefore not just motherland but the mother goddess herself. Which makes the now notorious brutal rape and murder of the 23 year old female medical student all the more poignant.Stripped of her clothes, dignity and very essence […]
On Sunday 16 December 2012 a 23-year old was gang-raped and brutally beaten with an iron rod for about 45 minutes on a Delhi bus. The crime was so animalistic that NDTV news channel has reported that the woman has had to undergo surgery for two hours to have almost her entire intestines removed. The […]
In forming our opinions it is essential to have access to accurate information. In many respects the internet has broken down traditional barriers of communication. Valid criticism is levelled that this makes it difficult to authenticate facts. Nevertheless the well-worn methods of research and scholarship need not be compromised. Indeed they can be enhanced as […]
Yamit Talker-Shefer in a green sari dances with family and friends during her Indian wedding ceremony in Rehovot, Israel, 2009. The creation of Israel provided the Jews with both a homeland and sanctuary free from the ravages of anti-Semitism which culminated in the Holocaust. While the persecution of Jews in Europe is well known […]
Israel’s Mekorot water company has signed its first major contract in India. Mekorot, through its development subsidiary, will build a water control system and smart metering system to prevent waste. The project, which includes extensive cooperation with local water suppliers, will be set up in the Indian state of Utar Pradesh. A delegation of Mekorot […]
Muslims have started associating anti-Islam activists with the white supremacist maniac, who killed 6 Sikhs in a Milwaukee temple attack. Yet the fact is: Islam, White Supremacism and Nazism are similar ideologies. On Sunday August 5, 2012, a Neo Nazi skinhead attacked and murdered 6 Sikhs in a Sikh Temple, called Gurdwara, at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, […]
by Ranbir Assam in north-east India is famous for its tea. Assam tea is a favoured brew among many drinkers of that now quintessential British as well as Indian hot beverage of choice. However recently this major tea-growing area of the world has been wracked by horrific violence. On 27 July 2012 NDTV reported […]
by Ranbir In his book God is not Great, the late Christopher Hitchens takes issue with the prevailing view that India’s independence was the result of the efforts of Mahatma Gandhi’s use of non-violent civil disobedience. Anyone claiming to be Gandhian or setting their ethical compass by Gandhi often exudes a self-righteous arrogance and […]
by Ranbir In India the preference for lighter skin is well known. In Bollywood lighter actresses such as Katrina Kaif find that the right skin tone outweighs talent and ignorance of Hindi. Skin lightening products do roaring trade. But what lies at the root of all this? Many people assume it is because over three […]
