Copyright © 2013 Knight Sac Media. All rights reserved.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=55676Culture, Politics, Economic Development, Finance, Capital Markets For US-traded Indian stock performance see indiastockblog.com http://www.siliconinvestor.com/images/Logo380x132.pnghttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=5567638013210kumar ranganUPA clinches retail FDI vote as SP, BSP walk out indianexpress.com  -- UPA wins FDI vote in Lok Sabha; SP, BSP abstain timesofindia.indiatimes.com http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2858667012/5/2012 3:14:07 PMgcrispinhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2856450011/23/2012 8:40:48 AMChinuSFOThe British no doubt took away a lot from India. None the same, they left some very good things behind such as good public transport system, a good education system, a India that is more integrated than when they got India under the crown. I have started visiting India as a consultant. The money that they can affor...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2848765210/20/2012 3:32:08 PMGlenn PetersenI have not yet had an opportunity to visit India, though I am working on a project that may lead to a trip within the next two to three years. My initial interest in India probably came from my father, who was stationed there in WWII helping to ship supplies over the Hump into China. It was a huge culture shock for a 1...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2848762910/20/2012 3:22:59 PMSdglaLove your post re my statements re O and our soldiers. My point has been proven true and you plate of crow is waiting for you. Insulting me and then preventing me from responding via your ban button displays your cowardice. If you believe yourself to be right then you should be able to debate your position.... clearl...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2848605710/19/2012 5:43:55 PMChinuSFOGlenn, have you visited India? You make many of us here in Silicon valley very proud with posts like this. Thanks a pile.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2848340210/18/2012 6:27:20 PMGlenn PetersenIndia, relocated: How Indians defied gravity and achieved success in Silicon Valley Neesha Bapat VentureBeat October 15, 2012 10:32 AM If you visited Silicon Valley in the ’50s and ’60s, the only Indians you would meet would be a few low-level engineers who came to the U.S. to study and ended up staying. Indians ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2848309310/18/2012 4:45:10 PMGlenn PetersenIndia Has Big Plans for Burning Coal The subcontinental nation may contend with China as the world's largest coal-burner, with attendant climate change impacts By Lisa Friedman and ClimateWire Monday, September 17, 2012 India is poised to contend with China as the globe's top consumer of coal, with 455 power plan...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=284141099/17/2012 1:03:17 PMGlenn PetersenScandal Poses a Riddle: Will India Ever Be Able to Tackle Corruption? By VIKAS BAJAJ and JIM YARDLEY New York Times September 15, 2012 NEW DELHI — His business rivals never fully understood how Manoj Jayaswal got so rich so fast, except that he often seemed joined at the hip with powerful politicians. He hosted the...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=284117269/15/2012 11:23:09 PMChinuSFO [graphic]The Korea Herald > Opinion > Viewpoints > Columnists [Shashi Tharoor] U.S. presidential election and India’s American ties 2012-08-16 19:58 [graphic] NEW DELHI ? With America’s presidential election looming, perhaps its most striking aspect from an Indian point of view is that no one in New Delhi ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=283472058/19/2012 8:42:19 PMGlenn PetersenGrinding Energy Shortage Takes Toll on India's Growth By AMOL SHARMA in New Delhi and MEGHA BAHREE in Mumbai Wall Street Journal Updated July 1, 2012, 10:23 p.m. ET India is facing an energy crisis that is slowing economic growth in the world's largest democracy. At stake is India's ability to bring electricit...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282412697/2/2012 7:47:26 AMChinuSFOThis is the only interesting news I found. It sure does lighten things up. ================================================ Dead man' runs for India's presidency A 'dead man' is running in India's presidential election next month to prove he is alive. [graphic] He has written to the prime minister,...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282234626/23/2012 5:14:38 AMkumar ranganHere are the resources I use. I am sure u can access them too : indianexpress.com  timesofindia.indiatimes.com  dnaindia.com  economictimes.indiatimes.com  (I dont feed fish to a person - I try to teach a person to fish)http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282158446/19/2012 3:28:38 PMChinuSFOI think you can think at least and share what is happening with the Indian politics. We don't live in India hence it is very hard to know what politics goes on there. When I visited India last, I realized that the Prime Minister as well as the Finance Minister do not call the shots. It is some unelected person who d...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282123436/17/2012 8:03:17 PMkumar ranganYou think Wal-Mart will be allowed in? You think I am the Finance Minister of India ?http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282120236/17/2012 3:52:58 PMChinuSFOAbout what? Looks like it is going to be monetary and nothing to do with the choice of President. I am visiting INdia and will wait anxiously for the announcement. India is booming but unfortunately I do not know why the Rupee is taking a beating. Good for people like me who shop with US dollars but bad for people like...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282111366/16/2012 7:52:07 PMkumar ranganWatch for an announcement from the Ministry of Finance & the Reserve Bank of India on Monday/Tuesday.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282106926/16/2012 1:14:22 PMChinuSFOFiguratively speaking for choosing a figurehead when "Rome burns". Why is the Rupee in a free fall?http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282105346/16/2012 11:48:45 AMkumar ranganIndian Presidential Elections : If u have watched the movie "The God Father" (its 3 part, but 1st is enough to get the gist), Sonia is equivalent of Don Corleone Mamta is equivalent of Philip Tataglia - kumarhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=282092866/15/2012 3:18:59 PMGlenn PetersenAnalysis: India frustrations send some foreign firms packing By Anurag Kotoky and Sumeet Chatterjee NEW DELHI/MUMBAI Fri Jun 8, 2012 12:54pm EDT NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) - Frustrated by a lack of opportunities in India, Germany's Fraport ( FRAG.DE), the world's No. 2 airport operator, is shutting its developmen...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=281958726/8/2012 1:56:19 PMGlenn PetersenIndia’s Economy Slows, With Global Implications By JIM YARDLEY and VIKAS BAJAJ New York Times May 29, 2012 NEW DELHI — India’s coalition government just celebrated the third anniversary of its tenure with a self-congratulatory banquet that could not have been more poorly timed: India’s currency, the rupee, is fa...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=281756775/30/2012 6:39:10 AMGlenn PetersenNo Power, No Boom By VIKAS BAJAJ New York Times Published: April 19, 2012 NELLORE, India — India has long struggled to provide enough electricity to light its homes and power its industry around the clock. In recent years, the government and private sector sought to change that by building scores of new power plan...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=280946044/20/2012 11:14:08 AMGlenn PetersenThe politicians don't seem to understand that more foreign investment will stimulate more business activity and inevitably more tax revenue: Tax Plan Gives a Chill to India’s Foreign Investors By VIKAS BAJAJ New York Times April 6, 2012 MUMBAI, India — Just two months ago, worried about their slowing economy, I...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=280658624/6/2012 3:56:13 PMChinuSFOI agree with the sentences that you bolded. As much as we would like to see WalMart get involved more so as the make it a win-win situation for all, the political parties particularly the Communist parties are opposing WalMart's entry tooth and nail. I thing that it was yesterday the Indian court ruled that interne...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=279343532/7/2012 5:53:59 PMGlenn PetersenAs Economy Slows, India Awakens to Need for Foreign Investment By VIKAS BAJAJ New York Times February 7, 2012 NEW DELHI — When India’s finance minister, Pranab Mukherjee, flew to Chicago recently to address a group of American executives, it was to deliver an urgent message: India is still open for business. Us...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=279341982/7/2012 5:00:37 PMChinuSFOIndian firms feel rising pinch of red tape Tired of battling graft, bureaucracy and regulatory flip-flops, companies increasingly look overseas for investments [graphic] Image Credit: APBillionaire tycoon Ajay Piramal at his office in Mumbai. Owing to red tape, Piramal has been unable to deploy the $3.8 billion ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2784804812/28/2011 11:30:24 AMChinuSFOIndia's growth so far has been fueled primarily by the IT industry, They have a very good IT infrastructure. However they can accelerate their growth by opening up and providing free access to the Internet. Currently the private industrialists like the ones mentioned, Ambani, Tata etc. have a stranglehold on this. ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2784375912/24/2011 2:14:13 PMGlenn PetersenAnd the infrastructure is being ignored. . . Possible progress: 0India set to launch infrastructure push By James Crabtree in Mumbai and James Fontanella-Khan in New Delhi Financial Times December 23, 2011 1:58 pm Manmohan Singh, India’s prime minister, is set to launch a fresh push to restart many of his nati...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2784375312/24/2011 2:00:11 PMChinuSFOThanks for the post. Took me back to my days in my birth city of Bombay. And yes Mazagon dock seems very familiar. Globalization is great.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2784120312/22/2011 11:27:22 PMGlenn PetersenYour observations are consistent with the feedback that I have gotten from some of my business associates and friends (both Indian and not). India's capitalistic tendencies are still evolving. I am hoping to make my first business trip to India in two or three years. Scaling Caste Walls With Capitalism’s Ladders in I...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2784109112/22/2011 9:52:37 PMChinuSFOGlenn,, I just got back from a business trip to India. Granted there has been an influx of capital into the country and there are opportunities galore. But I did not see much of a change inn the business approach/outlook of the Indians. They do not yet have that "investment spirit" that go-getter approach that we se...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=2783701112/21/2011 1:23:14 AMGlenn PetersenIndia's democratic tradition is an advantage, although I would suggest that China will end up in the same place, though probably not in my lifetime. In India, Nurturing the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs By NIDA NAJAR DealBook New York Times September 21, 2011, 10:35 am NEW DELHI — Teacups in hand and butter...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=276522789/21/2011 5:58:50 PMkumar ranganhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=276321219/12/2011 3:13:26 PMGlenn PetersenTiger vs. Dragon: A Demographic Comparison of India and China Freakonomics 09/12/2011 | 1:07 pm One of the biggest story lines of the 21st century is going to be the continued economic rise of China and India. According to the World Bank, both countries grew at a rate of 9.1% in 2009. Here’s a chart of their growth ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=276318319/12/2011 1:27:02 PMkumar rangantimesofindia.indiatimes.com  Printed from [graphic] Terror strikes in India: 11/7, 26/11, 13/7, 7/9...Numb & Number Avijit GhoshAvijit Ghosh, TNN | Sep 8, 2011, 01.52AM IST NEW DELHI: Terror strikes snuffing out dozens of innocent lives are meant to provoke anger, trigger outrage. But psychiatrists and sociolo...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=276218319/7/2011 5:25:30 PM