NRIs, Big Brother Will Be Watching
The only way bureaucracy, in India or elsewhere, can survive is to create more work for itself. After 9/11, paranoid governments have begun introducing more and more security measures that increase travel hassles. The latest in this list is Britain, which has begun fingerprinting all visitors. When all this is happening, can India be left behind? == == Related Links == ...
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NRIs, Big Brother Will Be Watching
The only way bureaucracy, in India or elsewhere, can survive is to create more work for itself. After 9/11, paranoid governments have begun introducing more and more security measures that increase travel hassles. The latest in this list is Britain, which has begun fingerprinting all visitors. When all this is happening, can India be left behind? == == Related Links == ...Published 20 days ago | -
Is Sri Sri Ravi Shankar a Con Man?
My brother is a follower of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. Around May 2000, he wrote to me and asked me to check out the Art of Living website. He clearly wanted my opinion on the man. This was six years ago. Sri Sri Ravishankar has gone from strength to strength since then. I wrote to my brother then and here is ...Published 6 months ago | -
What's Your Indian Type?
The one thing that truly perplexes me is the number of fantastic single Indians friends I have, and how hard it has been for them to find other Indians in the US to forge meaningful relationships. Individual personality traits aside, I suspect that the largest discrepancy in compatibility happens along what I call the Distance From India (DFI) spectrum. On the ...Published 6 months ago | -
The Most Beautiful Actresses in Bollywood...
The are so many gorgeous Indian actresses that it was extremely difficult to pick the top 5 MOST beautiful actresses in Bollywood. But we did. We at IndiaOn selected these stunning women as the top five most beautiful women in Bollywood. h4. Who are your top 5? Comment on who you think is #1 below! We know its hard to choose! ...Published 4 months ago | -
To Follow or Not to Follow Gandhiji?
Years ago, a powerful short was aired regularly on Doordarshan. It showed a hand painting a silhouette of Gandhiji with the voice-over - “The greatness of this man lay in his simplicity. Let us try and discover the Gandhi in us.” In light of his 60th death anniversary, we have, over the past few days, heard and read a lot about ...Published 3 months ago |
Putting the Best Foot Forward
“Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us” – Calvin (of ‘…and Hobbes’ fame. Not ...