India House in Houston closer to reality

The long-awaited dream of building 'India House' that will give a sense of pride and identity for 1,20,000 Indian Americans has taken a giant step forward with the Houston City Council approving a......

Conditional transfers and state autonomy

Ensuring autonomy to subnational governments with incentives and accountability is the key to the success of fiscal federalism. The recent trend in Central transfers to states has two distinct......

US buildings, Indian architects

Even in Las Vegas, a city not known for understatement, the overhaul of the Tropicana Casino & Resort is grandiose. When the $2 billion face-lift is completed in 2010, the hotel will have more than......

This is the future of computing!

Jefferson Han, a pale, bespectacled engineer dressed in Manhattan black, faced the thousand or so attendees on the first day of TED 2006, the annual technology, entertainment, and design conference......