Archive for April 14th, 2008
How India ‘Colonized’ Britain
Now the best polo players are Argentine.
via TIME
Tea, for example, that most English of drinks, was first cultivated in India by British growers, who quickly undercut their Chinese competitors on price. Like cricket (which the English introduced to India) and polo (though its origins are Persian, the modern game began in northeast India and was [...]
Tamil Cuisine of India
On the account of Tamil New Year’s today – April 14, this post is dedicated to Fay Dimase of Rosario – who considers herself an “Argentine Tamil”. Enjoy the recipes, Fay!
via BlogHer
Tamil cuisine also uses many spices, with the word “curry” actually coming from the Tamil word Kari.
there is an entire blog dedicated to indexing [...]
Wine Consumption In India Growing By Three-Fold
Opportunity to up the share from Argentina.
Avenue Vine:
Wine consumption in India is set to treble by 2011 to touch 17 million litres per annum, according to a study conducted by UK-based International Wines and Spirits Records (IWSR).
As per the study, wine consumption in India stood at six million litres in 2006 and in [...]
Can China and India save the US?
Bill Emmott, former editor of The Economist writing in the Guardian
via GuardianComment is free
The continued growth of China and India is being financed by Chinese and Indian savings – India still has a small balance-of-payments deficit and needs a bit of foreign borrowing, but it doesn’t need much. The vast amounts of investment in those [...]
Infosys in Mexico
via Business Americas
Since Infosys Technologies’ incorporation as a company in Mexico last July, the firm has been on a tight training and hiring schedule as it prepares to bring its Monterrey-based global services delivery center to fruition.
Nearly a year later, the firm’s BPO and IT services center employs a staff of some 100 and expects [...]
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