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Non-resident Indians get voting rights
Published on 9 Jan, 2012 at 0:56 in Diaspora | Viewed 119 views times | No Comments
Jaipur: Fulfilling the long-standing demand of its Diaspora, India Sunday said it would allow Non-resident Indians (NRIs) to vote and participate in the election process.
“Pursuant to the law that was enacted to enable Non-resident Indians to vote in our national elections, the government has issued notifications for registration of overseas electors under the Representation of People Act, 1950,” Prime Minister…
Recession makes NRIs want to move back to India
Published on 8 Jan, 2012 at 5:39 in Diaspora | Viewed 101 views times | No Comments
Jaipur: With recession affecting the world economy, people of Indian origin settled abroad are now evincing interest in returning to India where they feel the growth story lies.
“I come from Canada where the recession has really affected the economy. A few of my friends are planning to make investment in the country,” Kamal Singh, a real estate specialist in Canada…
Indian migration remains high despite economic crisis
Published on 4 Dec, 2011 at 23:12 in Diaspora | Viewed 76 views times | No Comments
New Delhi: India not just continues to rank first in terms of remittances from its Diaspora, just short of $60 billion in 2010, but has also seen a huge jump in migration of its workers to North America, Europe and the Gulf despite economic turmoil there, says a World Bank expert.
“Of late, there is a significant increase in migration of…
NRI body opposes move to tax long stay in India
Published on 30 Nov, 2011 at 23:19 in Diaspora | Viewed 101 views times | No Comments
Washington: The largest umbrella organization of overseas Indians has urged the Indian government to withdraw a proposal to impose tax on non-resident Indians staying over 60 days during a visit to the homeland.
It will be detrimental to the interests of NRIs who contribute substantially to the nation’s development, the Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) said in a…
Experts call for statutory remedies to NRIs’ problems
Published on 10 Nov, 2011 at 22:48 in Diaspora | Viewed 45 views times | No Comments
New Delhi: The problems and grievances of a large number of non-resident Indians (NRIs) have proliferated in the absence of legislative and administrative remedies, says former attorney general Soli Sorabjee.
“With a large number of Indians migrating abroad and the nomenclature of non-resident Indians, people of Indian origin and overseas citizens of India coined by the government of India to describe them, their problems and grievances have proliferated, sans any…
Cream of Indian community felicitates Hamid Ansari
Published on 3 Nov, 2011 at 22:49 in Diaspora | Viewed 78 views times | No Comments
Perth: The cream of the Indian community in Western Australia, prominent local politicians, cricketer Adam Gilchrist and, well, the richest Australian – all of them turned out here Sunday evening to felicitate visiting Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari.
Over 500 members of an estimated 45,000-strong community in the state, Mayor of Perth Lisa Scaffidi, several ministers of the state government, Gina…
Indian-origin youths on Know India tour
Published on 10 Oct, 2011 at 23:53 in Diaspora | Viewed 39 views times | No Comments
New Delhi: A group of 25 Indian-origin youths from various countries like Australia, Surinam, Fiji, Indonesia and South Africa is on a visit to India. This group of youths yesterday called on Lt Governor, Tejendra Khanna, and shared with him their feelings about India.
The group of 25 is visiting India as part of the ‘Know India Programme’ (KIP). The programme is sponsored by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs.
The…
Indian People Smell like Rice and Curry
Published on 8 Aug, 2011 at 12:14 in Diaspora | Viewed 297 views times | No Comments
Houston, TX: Indian American Author Leena Ceraveeni Documents Racial Experiences Indian Americans have to deal with people who tell them they smell like rice and curry. Indian Americans have been asked if they know the Indian people who work at the gas station down the street. If Indian people would eat the cow they wouldn’t starve.
Leena Ceraveeni’s debut…
Crossing caste lines, they cast off surnames
Published on 29 Jul, 2011 at 12:45 in Diaspora | Viewed 157 views times | No Comments
New Delhi: Upon entering the cold room and extending the formal niceties, Reshma, 30, introduces herself to her prospective employer. A pregnant pause and a puzzled look later she’s asked the indispensable question – ‘Reshma what’? That she doesn’t have a surname always has the same effect on people-a long reluctant silence.
In a nation where identity comes in a rigid two column template, where a mandatory surname box greets…
From guns to Buddha to enlightening others, a monk’s story
Published on 24 Jul, 2011 at 10:59 in Diaspora | Viewed 81 views times | No Comments
Leh: He was a soldier who dropped the gun to be a monk – but even that didn’t give him peace of mind. So Bhikkhu Sanghasena decided to work towards educating the underprivileged in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir to help them match steps with the rest of the world.
“I was a soldier and our instructors used to say, what do you know about the world? You…
