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Niyamgiri to Delhi, via LondonViews:461 | Comments:10 | Author:Sudeshna Sen | Posted on August 30, 2010A couple of weeks ago, I bumped into a visiting Indian corporate type. We were naturally chatting about the Vedanta issues. He bet me that its bauxite mining project in Niyamgiri would go through, but..
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Jain, Cairn and national treasureViews:485 | Comments:15 | Author:Sudeshna Sen | Posted on August 23, 2010I’ve done a lot of ranting about Brits recently, so it’s time I did some ranting about people back home. Last week, two ostensibly disconnected events hit the headlines in India. One, how ..
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Cloudy, yes, but sunshine forecastViews:262 | Author:Sudeshna Sen | Posted on August 16, 2010After what they call an Indian summer, things seem to be back to usual in this part of the world. It’s wet and miserable, just in time to mess up school holidays in August. |
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Don't let that chip get soggyViews:220 | Author:Sudeshna Sen | Posted on August 9, 2010I notice that the Americans hiking H1-B visa costs to Indian companies to pay for border security with Mexico is hitting headlines in India. I also notice that the Indian IT industry, led by Nasscom, ..
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Going to UK, verified by visaViews:190 | Author:Sudeshna Sen | Posted on August 2, 2010This time of the year is usually dull for people like us. Everybody’s headed into the summer holidays. Luckily, half the British cabinet and its ginormous retinue have just come back from Ind..
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Mind your tongue (or is it language?)Views:256 | Author:Sudeshna Sen | Posted on July 26, 2010It's one of my favourite provocative statements, usually when some hapless Brit is trying to make polite conversation at networking events. “So,” they’ll say, “What’s the..
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Game for common wealthViews:166 | Author:Sudeshna Sen | Posted on July 12, 2010Summer in London is that time of the year when everyone from India is floating around the place. It’s also inbound Visits season. When Indian dignitaries come calling on their friends and contac..
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It happens only in IndiaViews:482 | Comments:12 | Author:Sudeshna Sen | Posted on July 5, 2010Once in a while, something comes along that gives me that warm glow of feeling, ‘hey, I’ve been on the right track’. Ever since I came to live and work in Europe, I’ve ranted a..
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What makes Bhopal and BP differentViews:181 | Comments:1 | Author:Sudeshna Sen | Posted on June 14, 2010I'm learning to live with the fact that I’ve become some kind of historical archive consultant. Usually when something from ‘before’ resurfaces, given that most of today’s Indi..
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It's not brown man's burdenViews:402 | Comments:1 | Author:Sudeshna Sen | Posted on June 7, 2010It's like those invisible mosquito bites, the ones you ignore — until they give you malaria. Slowly, invisibly, the level of xenophobia, and more specifically Indophobia — yes, there is..
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