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Pravasi Today January-March 2012 EDITORIAL
Will Diaspora help India in economic recession?DR. PADMESH GUPTAIn the current wave of global recession, India can play a major role of offering good returns and opportunities on investments to overseas Indians COVER STORY
‘In PBD 2012, Rajasthan will showcase investment opportunities and potential of the state in various focus sectors’Dr. Purushottam Agarwal, Commissioner, Rajasthan Foundation, in an interview to Pravasi Today’s Amit Guin tells about PBD 2012 and the organisation Jewels of RajasthanVIJAY GOELÂThe ever-enchanting state of Rajasthan has sent her sons and daughters in different spheres of the globe. There, they have left their mark in almost every vein of daily life Parliament has no timeANIL MALHOTRANew laws and special courts are required to address the unique problems faced by NRIs. Knee-jerk reactions and formation of Commissions and committees are not the answer. But Parliament has failed so far to address the issues ‘I gained a lot of experience from Pravasi Bharatiya Divas’Peace activist and more commonly recognized as the granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi, Ela Gandhi, in an e-mail interview to Pravasi Today’s Amit Guin tells about Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, Indian community in South Africa and her earlier days in shaping the country Calling the DiasporaHARNOOR GILLÂEmployment opportunities for youth should be increased so that they do not have to leave their home country COLUMNS
Clash of the TitansThe most balanced Indian team has left for a battle of nerves in Australia. Whatever the outcome, the series promises to produce exhilarating crickets, feels Dr. K K Srivastava Remembering a Real Global IndianDev Anand always had that vigour, that untiring energy in his make-up, whether he was making a point or a movie, says Gulshan Madhur SNIPPETS
NRI HappeningsIs Nikki Haley selling out her principles? Indian immigrants embrace American identity, but retain their culture: Research School with Indian kids named Britain’s best Remittances from Indian Diaspora top the list with $58 billion in 2011 NRI NewsmakerKargil 2.0British lawyer of Indian origin Jas Uppal, who initiated a campaign to secure the release of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, has now stirred a new ‘battle’ DIASPORA
I will continue with my schedule: T&T PM Kamla PersadRAMESH KUMAR SHARMATrinidadian Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar, despite facing assassination plot will probably be attending Pravasi Bhartiya Divas event in January 2012 in Jaipur 2011: A Benchmark Year for MOIAOTHER FEATURES
Say no to DowLondon Assembly member Navin Shah was in Bhopal recently to seek justice for the Bhopal gas tragedy victims. Here he voices his opposition to allowing Dow Chemicals to be a sponsor of the 2012 London Olympics   ‘As the economy is knowledge-based and there is remarkable progress in the field of technology, we need proper research on how to harness the Diaspora’s knowledge in different domain’Recently, Indira Gandhi National Open University organised a two-day International Conference on Diaspora and Development: Prospects and Implications for Nation States. Joint coordinator of the event Dr. Sadananda Sahoo tells Pravasi Today Chit Dukhira’s love for IndiaMauritian Chit Dukhira, of Indian origin considers himself an open citizen. He thus cherishes the Indian culture that has spread across the world. Though widely-travelled overseas, he has special affection for the country where he keeps social, professional and family connections. He recently returned from India where, as on previous occasions, he was honoured, this time because of his new book. After his numerous works and articles on public administration, mostly local government of which he is a specialist (theory and practice), and his 2003 masterpiece, History of Mauritius: Experiments in Democracy, he has now come out with an encyclopedic publication on India and its Diaspora. This large-formatted, 600-page “INDIANS IN INDIA, MAURITIUS AND SOUTH AFRICA†(2011) is the outcome of over three-year assiduous and extensive, but passionate, research The interpreter of genetic codePRAVASI TODAY BUREAUDr. Har Gobind Khorana’s synthesis of RNA, capable of replication in laboratory, is a step towards the creation of life artificially ‘The project anticipates 20 pc increase in peak and total milk yield during a lactation period’Canada-based NRI Kashyap Bhatt was amongst the 26 winners of World Bank’s Development Marketplace grant, given to noticeable climate change adaptation projects. Here, he talks about his project and future plans to Pravasi Today Inside the dream world of the PellattsCasa Loma in Toronto has all the elements which can enchant a tourist- beauty, history, mystery and charm. Poonam Gupta takes you to a majestic trip of the splendid castle A miraculous little fighterPRAVASI TODAY BUREAU |
