India

The Foreign tourist arrivals (FTAs) increased by 9.1% in June 2014 over June 2013. India is still ranked 14th among Asian countries in terms of FTA, and has a huge scope for growth in the industry. With new investments in tourism industry of Rs. 82 billion in 2014 – 2016 through projects by central and state government and private sector the industry is looking to grow enormously. Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India Ltd is one of the leading companies in leisure hospitality…

rounded out and during the time period of when the Guptas were in power, classical India carried out its greatest period of political stability and both economic and cultural life was able to advance. The political and economic institutions of Han China were primarily based on the expansion of bureaucracy within their centralized government and their development of extensive internal trade and merchants. Although Gupta India did share a similarity in their development of…

Passage to India is a novel written by E.M. Foster. It is located in the middle of the British Raj in India, when it was under the effective control of the British Empire for a long time, which developed a powerful economic control of the natural resources of the country, exploiting and exporting them to the most diverse places of the empire king George V and thereby creating a flourishing trade that benefited most the undisputed power in Britain grade. During this time, the population of India…

The social and political aspects of any country are always deeply entwined with the political environment often being swayed by civil aspects and even ancient seemingly archaic cultural and religious customs. India in particular retains a very culturally influenced political scene despite recent efforts to convert into a more modern, secular institution. Throughout the majority of India’s history it has been integrated into various major empires, the first of these was the Indus Valley…

aimed to give farmers a fair and consistent price. But over the years it grew into a monster, gaining layer upon layer of intermediaries, none of whom added any value to the fruits and vegetables they traded even as they added on their own margins. India lacks a network of cold storages and refrigerated trucking facilities that can efficiently transport fresh fruits and vegetables from a farm to the shop-floor while retaining its freshness. The country's 35 states and territories run…

INTRODUCTION Air India was launched as a private airline in 1932 under the name of Tata Airlines by industrialist J. R. D. Tata. It was the only national carrier which flew in various international destinations at that time. In 1946, Tata Airlines became a public limited company under the name of Air India. Since then, Air India has been a source of national pride because it is regarded as one of the finest airlines which is at par with the leading airlines like Pan Am and British Airways. Air…

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…

Fizza and Gaziya’s presentation on violence against women in contemporary India provided an extensive look at the various forms that violence against women take place. These forms included rape, female infanticide, female foeticide, acid throwing, dowry deaths and some forms of sexual violence. In doing so, the group looked at some of the changing perceptions to these forms of violence in India and how these have been reflected in India’s Penal Code through amendments. They also provided many…

True Man Behind India, he discusses the reality of Mahatma Gandhi, and his efforts to achieve spiritual perfection. Adams uses Gandhi’s famous line, “Truth is God, or God is nothing but the Truth,” to understand his spiritual journey of life (Adams 5). However he also attempts to expose the truth behind the man everyone has come to know as a world icon. Was Gandhi a highly spiritual man who searched for the truth of God, or went against word about Hindu-Muslim relations in India? Although he was…

his Nepalese Gorkhas to join the East India Company’s Army, Amar Singh Thapa discussed the issue in detail with Ochterlony, who convinced him that the Gorkhas who wished to join the Nusseerees, would be well taken care of. Only then did the Gorkha General sign the historic agreement by which he surrendered Malaun Fort to Ochterlony. The agreement also stated that those not employed would be provided with an allowance until the war between Nepal and the East India Company came to its final…