The Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan American think tank based in Washington, D.C., conducted a survey among 2,464 respondents in India from February 21 to March 10, 2017. Its main findings are: Indians are increasingly upbeat about Prime Minister Modi, the economy and India's direction Modi's popularity extends across India...
India Elections 2014 Result
Hopes for maintaining freedom and democracy are shaky in many countries today from Egypt, to Ukraine, to Iraq and Afghanistan. On the other hand the continued success of autocracies such as China has its scholars arguing that they have created a system better than Western democracy. The Economist recently ran...
India wins World Cup Cricket after 28 years; Economic Bonanza follows
For the first time since the Indian economy liberalized in 1991, India won the World Cup in cricket, the game that is India's passion. By beating Sri Lanka in a thrilling finish at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium, India won the trophy in a moment of joy for the entire country on...
Bofors Arms Deal Scandal, Quattrochi in the news again
The Bofors Arms Purchase scandal began 20 years ago but seldom does a month go by when some new item relating to it does not appear in the news. Now India's income tax department says that over $9 million in kickbacks were paid to Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi and an...
Forbes missed Sonia Gandhi among powerful women
The latest version of the 100 most powerful women in the world according to Forbes Magazine is published. Indian-American Indra Nooyi ranks sixth on the list which is quite creditable. But somehow the magazine neglected to rank Sonia Gandhi, the Italian-born president of India's ruling Indian National Congress party. This...
Worlds most ambitious people database launches in India
This week, Infosys co-founder and billionaire Nandan Nilekani stood watch as the first step of the "Unique Identification Authority of India" database of every Indian citizen took its first step to reality in the field. Nilekani retired from Infosys to take on this role last year and the position has...