BY MARY E. BREEDING The recruitment of workers in India for the purpose of fulfilling construction and other low-skilled occupations in the Persian Gulf region has gained substantial attention in recent years. Thousands of Indians emigrate to Gulf countries annually as contracted workers. In 2007 the number low-skilled Indian migrants acquiring emigration clearance to work [...]
BY JEREMY RINKER The tension and excitement were palpable. It was October 2, 2006 and thousands of disaffected youth wagged their fists towards the sky from atop the numerous light posts and vehicles that dotted the divided thoroughfare. Crowds of revelers packed the entrance to the giant stupa which marks the hallowed grounds where, in [...]
BY NAYANTARA SHEORAN Advertising has traditionally been the machinery that has affected change in the thinking of people. Advertising in post-liberal India took on the task of creating consumers. This article originates from a conference presentation where a semiotic analysis was employed to examine the visuals in some Indian advertising campaigns, which aimed to affect [...]
BY BHAVANI ARABANDI India’s current growth rate of 8 percent has been attributed to the successful implementation of economic liberalization policies in 1991 that opened the economy to global corporations seeking to do business in India. These policies encouraged the formation of partnerships between domestic firms and global corporations, as well as the entry of [...]
BY TOJO THATCHENKERY AND ROGER STOUGH1 India has emerged as one of the fastest growing economies in the world. A report authored by Goldman Sachs in 2003 stated that by the year 2050 India will become the third largest economy in the world, behind China and the United States. The report predicts that India’s GDP [...]
BY BHAVANI ARABANDI India has gone through many transformations since its independence from British colonization in 1947. Significant among them has been a change in economic policies. Initially, India promoted a mixed economy: an uneasy combination of Soviet-styled socialism and Gandhi’s dream of self-sufficiency. Nascent industries were protected by the state, and foreign competition was [...]
BY REHANA GHADIALLY In this article, I share with you my personal impressions of India’s globalization and the challenges posed by it. I work at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai. Both the institution and the city are at the forefront of what may follow in other parts of the country. Thirty years ago, [...]