Banks of India

A Curious Wealth of Poverty There is no place on earth quite like India. It is alive and bursting at the seams, its economy expanding at unprecedented rates. Potential is the national currency: GDP skyrocketing, international investment booming, and industry flourishing. Where dirt once dominated, there now stand skyscrapers, highways, luxury apartments. And yet, amidst all this wealth and prosperity, 363 million Indians are still living below the poverty line (Katyal), excluded from the…

technology and business to much of India is the lack of easy transportation. Of the over 1.34 billion people who populate India, 72.2 percent live in 638,000 villages while the remaining 27.8 percent live in only 5,480 towns and urban agglomerations (Population of India 2016, 2016). While urban cities have some paved roads and public transportation means such as trains and subways, much of the country is still exceedingly rural and lacks modern roadways. Very few cities of India have an…

For the next 1,500 years, different parts of India were ruled by Middle kingdoms, among which the famous Gupta Empire stood out. This period witnessed an intellectual resurgence of the Hindu religion. It can be called the "Golden Age of India". During this time, aspects of culture and religion spread to a lot of Asia, while kingdoms in southern India had sea trade with the Roman Empire. During this time, the Indian cultural influence spread over large areas of Southeast Asia. This would lead…

Book Review: Half Lion: How P.V. Narasimha Rao transformed India by Vinay Sitapati. Published in Viking by Penguin Books India 2016. Around the time when the family of P.V. Narasimha Rao was commemorating the former Prime Minister’s 95th birth anniversary and India was marking 25 years of economic liberalisation; a young scholar, Vinay Sitapati, launched his debut book ‘Half Lion: How P.V. Narasimha Rao Transformed India,’ in New Delhi. The book is a biography, that has given Pamulaparthy…

unrecognized, and he left a legacy of work in India. He is mainly known for his work in biblical translations and as the father of modern missions, but Carey also transformed many aspects of the Indian culture for good. Carey made major contributions in areas such as these; botany, economy, printing technology, agriculture, translation, education, libraries, women’s rights, and moral reform. Carey had a great interest in the environment and the agriculture in India, and he taught the…

Kolkata: City Known For its Magical Touch and Charm Situated at the east bank of the Hooghly river, Kolkata is the capital of West Bengal, India. This city is much famous for its rich cultural heritage, traditions and festivals. It is an educational, cultural and commercial hub of East India. After Mumbai, it is the second largest city in India and the third largest metropolitan of the Nation. The quality of education, wonderful places, street food, career opportunities and several other things…

India is a country with huge population. However, some people have achieved great sucess through their hard work and abilities. Let’s learn about some of these famous personalities. Homonyms are words that sound like one another but have different meanings. Synonyms are words with similar meanings while antonyms are words with opposite meaning. India is a huge country with different climates and geographic regions. Let’s explore some interesting facts about our country. Religion in India is…

traditions and their culture. The Bhil tribe is one of these tribes. The Bhil tribe is very unique and is the largest tribe of South Asia. The Bhil tribals are also known as the bow men of Rajasthan or ‘The Archers’. They are located mainly in Northern India and in the mountain regions, and some have spread to Maharashtra. They belong to the race of the indo aryans The Bhil tribes have many special attributes such as-their beliefs, culture, religion, lifestyle and history. The Bhil tribes are…

Mother India or Tyrant Indira Gandhi leaves a divided legacy. To the poor she is a hero. She is Mother India, who helped the underprivileged with her social welfare programs and the mother of the Green Revolution, which helped make India self-sufficient in grain productions. For others she is the architect of the Emergency, a dark period in India’s history when democracy was suppressed and political enemies we put down or jailed. Under her rule India won a war against Pakistan…

Walk the Walk and Talk the Talk: Transformational Adventures in India Real yoga is about transformation. http://www.yoganonymous.com/how-yoga-helped-one-man-move-past-addiction It’s not about mastering the Ashtanga intermediate series, or holding pincha mayurasana. While not simple, true transformation may be even harder to grasp. If you’re in limbo, you may need to follow the footsteps of rishis, in India, to seed your metamorphosis. I’ve been practicing yoga for 40 years, but I didn’t get my…