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 Desh-Videsh 1607 cover - Six Indian - Americans Win Ellis Island Medal of Honor

Six Indian - Americans Win Ellis Island Medal of Honor
Six Indian-Americans won the Ellis Island Medal of Honor from the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations at ceremonies on May 9 on Ellis Island, N.Y. The annual award, which was constituted in 1986 to pay tribute to the ancestry groups that...  Read more...


Desh Videsh Indians Shining In The US                        Desh Videsh Immigration
Desh Videsh Give Homeopathy a chance                      Desh Videsh Ask the Doctor
Desh Videsh MyShadi Bridal Expo in South Florida     Desh Videsh Bollywood News

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Desh-Videsh 1606 cover - Educational Excellence of IndiansEducational Excellence of Indians
The prowess of Indians in the field of higher education, especially in disciplines like mathematics, has taken a fabled shape by now. In almost every western college or university, it is a common sight to find an Indian name among the top three students. The situation has become so intimidating that President Barack Obama has urged Americans to raise their standards of education in order to compete with the students of India.. Read more »

Facing the Global Financial Crisis 

  More than arithmetic!! Whole Brain
     


 

Business

Foreign investments worth Rs.541 crore approvedfinance_ministry
The government has cleared 22 foreign investment proposals worth Rs.541 crore, including a Rs.237.2-crore project of Mumbai-based telecom company Tikona Digital Networks, the finance ministry sources revealed early this week. Kolkata-based water infrastructure company Electrosteel Castings and Anant Raj Industries are also among the companies whose projects got the government nod. Read more »

Desh VideshGovernment joins hands with Microsoft to curb     internet threats

Desh Videsh British Columbia starting liaison office in      Chandigarh

Desh Videsh Hero Motors gets $250-mn order from Canadian      firm

Desh Videsh Peerless may launch mutual fund next year

 
Travel
MatheranMatheran
We were bombed out in Bornbay. This was in the days when Mumbai was called by its anglicised, straight out of the mouth name. We were just about at the end of our tether battling stress, crowds, pollution and heat. Having moved here recently from Delhi, it sank in, as October rolled towards November, that "winters here are not the same as winters up north". But what were we to do! Our work seemed to... Read more »

Desh VideshIndia: Best Vacation Spots for NRIs

Desh VideshJodhpur

Desh VideshKhajuraho

 
Book Review

SpiritualityESSENCE OF THE UPANISHADS
A Key to Indian Spirituality
: Eknath Easwaran

Easwaran takes one of India's classic wisdom texts, the Katha Upanishad, and explains how it embraces all the key ideas of Indian spirituality within the context of a powerful mythic quest - the story of a young hero. Read more »
 

Desh VideshGanga : The River that Flows from Heaven to     Earth

Desh Videsh
The Philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi for the
    Twenty-first Century 
  
Desh VideshPassage Meditation
  
Desh Videsh
Timeless Wisdom
 
Desh VideshIndians Short listed for the Man Booker Prize

Desh VideshShakti: Realm of the Divine Mother

Desh Videsh
Celebrate Ramadan and Eid Al-Fitr with  Praying,
    Fasting, and Charity


Desh Videsh
Peace or Perish there is no other choice: 
    Stepping Stones for Turbulent Times

 

NRI Story

AfricanFinanceMinisteIndian-origin tipped to be SAfrica's next finance minister
South Africa's Indian-origin revenue commissioner Pravin Gordhan is tipped to become the country's next finance minister. Sources in the ruling party - said that a decision on his appointment would be made when ANC leader Jacob Zuma will assume office of president in early May and finalises his cabinet. The speculation over the appointment of Gordhan follows calls by the South African Communist Party. Read more »

Desh VideshTwo India-origin people among America's  
      top 100 financial advisors.


Desh VideshIndian-American helps design energy-saving PCs.

Desh Videsh 'Punjabi village' in US raises $35,000 for orphans in India .

Desh VideshIndian banker among 15 Yale World Fellows.

My Life :
By Swami Jyotirmayananda

Like the fountain of glistening water
Gushing from the mountainous heights;
Like the breeze from expansive
oceans
Overwhelming with exhilarating delights;   Read more »

Desh VideshHappy Easter to all of : By Musarrat Nasir

Desh VideshWe are what our thoughts have made us

Desh VideshAsk not what your country can do for you

Desh VideshLove Putting Others First

Desh VideshThe total effect of a person's action

Desh VideshWe are what our thoughts have made us

Desh VideshThis is MY commandment, that you love

Desh VideshAhimsa is not a policy for the seizure

Desh VideshBuilding Strong Communities Based on Love

Desh VideshLord, make me an instrument of thy peace

Desh VideshLove Is The Law Of Life

Desh VideshHappy Mothers day to all the women

Desh VideshArise, Awoke and Stop not till the goal is reached

 

 




News

Eight Indian scientists honoured for ground
breaking research

Eight of India's leading scientists were honoured with Thomson Reuters Research Excellence - India Research Front Awards for their groundbreaking work and influential contribution to global research and development.. Read more »
 

Desh Videsh ASSOCHAM urges Government to set up $90-bn      infrastructure fund.

Desh Videsh BBC journalists board 'election train' to cover India

Desh Videsh Indian doctors remove basketball-sized kidney from man

 

Art & Artist

Indian Art and ArtistIndian Art & Artist
We are just returning from a niece's wedding in Cleveland, OH (in case you are wondering, yes, the groom arrived on a magnificent white horse, followed by a procession led by a dholi). Another niece has her big day in October … 2008 seems to be the year of nieces tying the knot! Many things have changed over the years.... 
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Desh VideshThe Violin: An Indian Instrument ?

Desh VideshIRCC Idol 2008 winner, Kamal Mehdi
 
Desh VideshTabla Not Your Ordinary Instrument

Desh VideshBharatnatyam - Ancient Classical Art from India

 

Healthy Times
WHO asks India to wake upWHO asks India to wake up
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said India has a long way to go towards controlling the incidence of diabetes in the country, which has assumed dimensions of a 'tsunami.'  Read more »

 
Desh VideshIn an expansion mode at home and abroad

Desh VideshNarayana Hrudayalaya is Pakistani boy gets new
   
Desh VideshSome natural aids to health improvement

Desh VideshAyurveda medicine promises to cure


Desh VideshThe Holostic Health Village in Central Florida
 
 



Bollywood

RehmanRahman ready with his next international venture
After his Oscar win, A.R Rahman has been going places. The talented Indian composer A.R. Rahman  will be teaming up with former Rolling Stones...  Read More »
 

Desh VideshIIFA 2009 goes to China


Desh VideshAkshay, Kareena to walk red carpet with Stallone at Cannes

Desh VideshSikandar screened at LA's Indian film festival

Desh VideshBollywood stars out in numbers to exercise their
    democratic rights

Desh VideshProducer-multiplex feud continues

Desh VideshBollywood loses two great personalities in one month

Desh VideshFilmmakers Corner

Desh VideshBig B to share screen with Ben Kingsley for Teen Patti

Desh VideshAfter Raavan, Abhishek-Aishwarya go Crooked

Desh VideshJiah Khan signs two-film deal with UTV

Desh VideshShabana puts on weight for Gurinder Chaddha’s movie

Desh VideshSlumdog Millionaire

 

Sports

DavisCup_small India declared winner after Australia forfeits Davis Cup tie
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has declared India the winner of the Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Group I third round tie after Australia decided against sending its team to Chennai for the May 8-10 match citing security concerns. India now move to the World Group Play-off Sept 18-20 and the ITF Davis Cup Committee will impose sanctionson Read More »
 
Desh Videsh Yuki wins his maiden tournament without dropping a set

Desh VideshGambhir, Goswami recommended for Arjuna awards

Desh Videsh Mohun Bagan beat Churchill to win season-ending  Super Cup

Desh VideshAthletes bring India 3 Gold from Bangkok  

 

FAMOUS CELEBRITY
Find the following hidden words in the puzzle
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Desh VideshFestivals of India

Desh VideshSuduko for Kids

Desh VideshIndia - All Things NATIONAL

Desh VideshAll About - South East ASIA

Desh VideshAll about South Asian Geography

Desh VideshLanguages of South Asia

Desh VideshWhat do Below Pictures mean together?