Impact of a bad economy and job market is seen everywhere. Americans are keeping their vehicles longer and postponing their buying. Which means that new car sales will be impacted in the coming months. Americans are holding onto their new vehicles for about six years — 27 percent longer than before the recession — due [...]
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Education Achievement Gap between Rich and Poor rising rapidly in the US: a study
February 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Indians and Chinese Discriminated against in College Admissions in name of “Promoting Diversity”
February 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
If you are an Indian or Chinese student, the chances are you are discriminated when it comes to College Admissions in the US. This is being proved by repeated studies and also from the complaints against some premier colleges like Harvard and Princeton. The explanations offered try their best to give a spin. In a [...]
How Western Classical Music is being kept alive by Far East
February 8, 2012 By 1 Comment
The American Classical music scene is a strange and interesting game of musical chairs when it comes to the audiences. The White American audience, which predominated the classical music halls is dispropotionately older (45-54 yrs). And as this older generation moves out due to death, disease to non-attendance – a newer color and type of [...]
The Business of Death: Cremation vs Embalming
January 27, 2012 By 1 Comment
Unbeknownst to many who don’t live in the US, Death is a very lucrative industry. And if the Indians think that the Haridwar-based Sati-Ghat side Panda (pandit) is asking for too much when he demands Rs 2000 (~$40), then one has to look at the proportions of spending one has to do in US on [...]
Five Predictions for 2012: How will the world be like?
January 18, 2012 By 1 Comment
This year, 2012, is a significant year in many ways. There are enough doomsday-sayers, who believe that 2012 will be the end of the world. World, as per the great mystic and yogi Sadhguru is poised to see a surge in ability of people to touch their inner self. World is at a point where [...]
Local Congressman remembers 26/11 massacres
November 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
As the Americans take off for the Thanksgiving, I just got an email from Congressman Pete Olson (Pete Olson’s website), who represen
India is China’s #2 target
November 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
George Bush was in Mumbai to meet the business tycoons.
Are Pakistani Nukes in danger of going to Jehadis?
November 6, 2011 By 1 Comment
It is a common whine by many so-called “Political and Defense analysts” of Pakistan that US is after their Nukes.
As I remember it: The day of 9-11 by Anindita
September 15, 2011 By 3 Comments
I was a new immigrant to America, just barely two years old, trying to assimilate into the culture, still trying to comprehend the significance of my skin color and my place in society, but still full
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