Category: Global Indians
-
Relationship is not a glass – it can be fixed
•
Sujata was suspicious of her husband. Sumit’s coming late from work, not showing up for his 3-year old daughter’s play at school, quietly speaking on the phone to a “colleague”, not leaving his mobile phone behind at dinner table, he showed all the signs. And finally Sujata’s suspicion was confirmed.…
-
Councillor objects to racist comments about Muslims
•
A New Zealand councillor has taken strong objection to comments by a national broadcaster. Manu Caddie, a councillor for New Zealand’s Gisborne District Council, has lodged a complaint against state-owned Radio New Zealand, for “racial” comments against Muslims during a programme on national radio. “I was listening to Radio NZ’s…
-
Sri Lankan man dead in immigration detention
•
A Sri Lankan man has died in a government-run facility in Sydney. The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) has confirmed a man died at the Sydney Immigration Residential Housing (IRH). The Sri Lankan man was discovered in distress in his accommodation at the facility. “An ambulance was called immediately…
-
Festival to celebrate rugby world cup cultures
•
Auckland will host a cultural festival to celebrate diversity among the 20 rugby-playing countries participating in the world cup in New Zealand. The national identities of each of the countries in the Rugby World Cup will be celebrated at the ‘Kiwi Day Out’ festival  on Labour Day. Auckland Domain will…
-
Job cuts cause NRIs to return home
•
With unemployment rising and pay-packages shrinking in many parts of the western world, global Indians are choosing to return to their homeland in search of a prosperous life. According to latest figures released by a recruitment industry firm, Indian companies are hiring more NRIs this year than they did a…
-
Indian taxi driver’s murderer sentenced in China
•
In a historic first, a man accused of murder in New Zealand, went to a trial in China, and has been sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment by a Chinese court. The successful prosecution of an Auckland taxi driver’s murderer by Chinese authorities has strengthened links between Chinese and New Zealand…
-
Little improvement for Afghan women
•
Ten years after American invasion in Afghanistan, primarily to improve the status of women, very little improvement is reported, according to an international charity organisation. According to a scorecard released by Amnesty International assessing, Afghanistan continues to be of the most dangerous places in the world to be a woman. One…
-
Charity struggles to raise funds for Pakistan
•
There is a huge shortfall in emergency funding needed to help families left destitute by recent heavy flooding in Sindh province, says an international charity currently delivering aid in southern Sindh. Following the worst floods in Pakistan’s history last year, more than three million children are at risk of malnutrition and disease as world ignores aid funding plea for Pakistan…
-
New Zealand gets ready to celebrate Diwali
•
Following its tradition of celebrating major cultural events, New Zealand Parliament will host 300 people on the occasion of the Hindu festival of Diwali at Parliament on Monday 26 September. These celebrations are almost one month in advance, as Indians worldwide will celebrate Diwali on 26 October. Diwali, or Depawali, marks…
-
Eid celebrated in New Zealand Parliament
•
Members of the Muslim community gathered at Parliament on Tuesday 6 September to celebrate the Islamic festival of Eid ul-Fitr (Eid). The Minister for Ethnic Affairs, Hekia Parata, hosted the celebrations in the Banquet Hall at Parliament and was joined by the Minister of Immigration, Jonathan Coleman and other Members…
-
Religious workers can get residence in New Zealand
•
Religious workers in New Zealand now stand a chance to gain permanent residence visa, thanks to changes announced by the country’s immigration minister Jonathan Coleman. The change to the immigration policy not only provides a provision for residency for religious workers, but also offers an updated temporary work visa for…
-
US Hindus have highest education, lowest divorce rate
•
Hindus living in the United States have the highest educational qualification and the lowest divorce rate, according to a recent survey. While national average is 11 percent, almost half of all Hindus (48 percent) in America have post-graduate degrees, followed by Jews at the second place at 35 percent, according…
-
Kamath to head Infosys
•
He has led India’s largest private sector bank. Now he will lead one of the world’s largest IT services company. KV Kamath is not an unfamiliar name in India’s corporate sector. However, he is from the banking background, having joined ICICI soon after passing out of India’s premier management institute,…
-
Road safety gets better
•
Hundreds of people die on Indian roads every day. To be precise, 13 people succumb to their accident injuries every hour. In fact, India ranks number one in the world when it comes to deaths caused by a road accident. Road fatalities don’t make big news in India. It is…
-
Man accused of burning wife to plead not guilty
•
A Fijian man accused of burning alive his wife in New Zealand is said to not plead guilty when he is brought up in a New Zealand court. The 29-year old Diwesh Kumar Sharma, of Indian descent, who was earlier arrested from Fiji by New Zealand Police, appeared in the…
-
NRIs slow on using voting rights
•
Despite the government of India offering the much-demanded voting rights to Indians living overseas, NRIs have been shunning away from exercising this right in the recent state assembly elections in India. For example, not even one NRI has registered to vote in the recent elections in Tamil Nadu. “Even though…
-
Indian-origin author wins Pulitzer
•
What’s common between Shah Rukh Khan and Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee? Dr Mukherjee acted in a school play where one of his co-actors was the King of Bollywood. But Dr Mukherjee has better introduction. He has joined the exclusive club to which only three other Indians belong since 1937. A club…
-
Indian duo creates best-selling iPad app
•
Just a mention of your name by Steve Jobs can make you a celebrity overnight. At least that’s what two young Indian students in the US experienced. As a part of a project for Stanford University where they were completing their masters’ degree, Ankit Gupta and Akshay Kothari created an…
-
US uni grads to be blessed with prayers
•
Hindu Baccalaureate Service (Dikshant Utsav) will bless the University of Nevada graduating class in the traditional Hindu style according to ancient scriptures, complete with applying tilak (religious mark) on the foreheads of graduates. In its fourth year, the service at the prestigious university will include blessing prayers by Christian, Muslim,…
-
Indians may compete with foreigners for top jobs
•
Soon, Indians competing with foreigners for C-level jobs in India will be a major trend, according to a study. The world will witness reverse brain drain, and the vast vacancies for CXOs in countries like India will be filled not only by returning Indians, but also by Americans and Europeans…