E-ECONOMY
E-commerce guru launches e-service biz
'You have seen the transition from e-commerce to e-business, now you will see the transition from e-business to e-service. hsupply.com is a great example of the next generation e-service company, because we are telling the customer, "you can fire and forget",' said Dr Ravi Kalakota, founder and CEO of hsupply.com.
ACHIEVER
Bombay boy hosts tech show for CNET
Hari Sreenivasan, who began his journalism career with alternative radio, will co-host CNET TV.COM, the syndicated technology news programme seen in over 120 markets all over the US.
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Correa among 9 jurors to select design for King monument in DC
The organisers of the monument project said Indian architect Charles Correa's connection with the Gandhi project was significant. Martin Luther King, Jr, was inspired by the Mahatma's non-violent protest movement, and used Gandhian tactics in the 1960s to win civil rights for African Americans -- and by extension, all minorities.
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TiE Atlanta steps up activities
The Need for Speed in Building a Successful Internet Startup will be discussed by two men who have proved in the past several years what they would be telling the members (and invitees) of The Indus Entrepreneurs in Atlanta on January 20.
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Apna Ghar's first new millennium event
A panel discussion on January 24 will address such issues as: Are South Asian Americans truly a model minority, if so many are under the poverty line, or is it silence among immigrants that allows injustice to be perpetuated?
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Desi Detractors, Defenders Of West Wing
The threat of another "war" between India and Pakistan recently became a 'reality,' albeit on a fictionalised prime-time television show. And it launched a public opinion battle, with some Indians complaining it was anti-Indian, and a few saying the show addressed an aspect of South Asian political reality many Americans are not aware of.
Organisation Offers New Lease of Life to Indians
To many people like Dave, who battle addiction, spousal problems and other related problems in New York and the neighbouring states, the Nav Nirmaan Foundation has, over the last decade, become a major source of recovery. "What is very significant about an organisation like this," he says, "is it is run by South Asian professionals. They understand our minds and hearts."
Rajmohan Gandhi To Hold Discussion on India-Pakistan Relations
The event is scheduled for January 26, India's Republic Day. A research scholar based at the Center for Policy Studies in New Delhi and an editor for several years, Gandhi will be in Atlanta from January 24 to February 11.
Anti-Hinduism Booklet: Southern Baptists Declare War on 7 Congressmen
The Southern Baptists, having refused to back down from the infamous
booklet against Hinduism it mailed to 40,000 of its churches and affiliated
institutions, are now denouncing seven members of the Congress who
wrote them a strongly-worded letter against the booklet, demanding its withdrawal.
Vedanta in Real Life
For a long time Lakshmi Sukumar has been telling her guru, Swami Chidananda, that she would love to get involved in a humanitarian cause on a long-going basis. Last week not only did she give something tangible to an Indian family, but she also got her family involved in the act.
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