Editorial Board

Come September. The mercury is falling, there is a lift in spirits and thnigs are happening. As we move closer to the first ever GIBM2012 (Global Indian Business Meet) organized under the NGI Foundation in the heart of New York city @ Marriott Marquis Hotel in Manhattan, we are thoroughly enjoying that feeling of oneness with the Indian diaspora as it congregates in the Big Apple. The excitement of being there and meeting different people, sharing ideas,making friends and spending those few days with our fellow New Global Indians clearly and vividly flavours this issue! We start with an excellent ...

New Global Indian (NGI), the platform for networking and information-sharing, has taken a significant turn for the better this year. Since its humble launch in 2008, NGI has made far-reaching contribution to connect and share inspiring success stories of Indian diaspora at large. ...

Facts, figures and data about any issue, place or person constitute information. Information, when collated, processed and applied in a situation, gains ‘contextual relevance’, and becomes knowledge. When knowledge is creatively used over a period of time with innovations evolved therein, we move towards wisdom. While knowledge is about best practices, wisdom is about next practices. Wisdom is about Innovation Quotient, going beyond the quotients of intelligence, emotion and passion of knowledge. ...

First of all Best Wishes from the whole NGI Family to all our readers for the Holy Month of Ramadan! NGI welcomes on board a stalwart in journalism – Bikram Vohra… a household name in this part of the world when anyone talks of news, media, columns & opinions. Bikram was the Editor of Indian Express, India’s largest selling newspaper at a young age of 27 years, and needs no further introduction. He is joining to guide us as a Consulting Editor at NGI – Knowledge Exchange Magazine. Bikram brings with him a vast experience of more than 40 years ...

Calling for an end to the indefinite fast by Anna Hazare and three members of the Team Anna at Jantar Mantar recently, 22 eminent citizens appealed to them, saying, “Instead, we call upon them to focus their energies on creating an alternative political force that is democratic, accountable, ethical and non-violent and capable of leading an electoral revolution to democratise and decentralize power and make the power structures of the country more accountable to the people.” The names included those of retired General V K Singh, retired Chief Justice V R Krishna Iyer, actor Anupam Kher, among others. That’s what ...

The Independence Day of any nation invokes emotions of many kinds. After all, being able to freely live, express and contribute is the birthright of every individual. Independence day celebrates the occasion when one had acquired that fundamental right. India’s independence was historical. World War II had ended. The world, especially Europe, was in turmoil. While Adolf Hitler’s defeat was a great relief, Britain’s diminution of power had pleased many across the world as well. British colonialism had caused misery to the victim nations, which included destruction of indigenous economy, social systems and sheer discrimination and torture of its subjects. ...

Fifteenth August, 1947. A new India was born. After a long and arduous struggle, the nation became independent from British rule. Today, on the 65th anniversary of India’s independence, we must contemplate as we celebrate so as to remember the struggle and tyranny that the Indians had to face before freedom was finally achieved. For the sake of their countrymen, many freedom fighters sacrificed their lives. The journey towards freedom had its share of bloodshed. Moreover, the division of India caused by religious violence affected millions of lives, caused countless deaths, rendered thousands homeless and left many others to battle ...

When Job Charnock made his way towards the unknown world, no one could predict that he would go native in the then Bengal. He started to eat, drink and make merry like a Bengali, and even smoked from a hokum pipe like a pucca Bengali. The villages which formed Kolkata of Charnock’s times may not be there, but thousands of such hamlets can still be found throughout Bengal and India. Thanks to the East India Company, urbanization was initiated amid the lush green landscape dotted with rivers that ran like veins and arteries. Mango, berries, jackfruit along with flowers like ...

Inheriting a huge debt, overdraft, many ailing PSUs and government initiatives, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has done quite a lot in a year in power. A major challenge has been the ailing state healthcare system, though Banerjee has been trying her best to streamline them. After a spate of newborn deaths across the state, she has handpicked Sanjay Mitra, ex-joint secretary in the PMO, as principal secretary in the health department, and 21 sick newborn care units have been set up. Several task forces, comprising management gurus of IIM- Kolkata, socio-economists, senior physicians and paediatricians to streamline healthcare, have ...

Indian cinema, the largest by volume and the second largest by value in the world, turns a grand and graceful old lady of 100 years. Although there is a lot of talk about the occasion, I’d rather look at the next few years ahead of us. Before I deal with that, however, I must emphasize on the need to celebrate the century of Indian cinema all through 2012 till the middle or end of 2013. Indian cinema in general, and Bollywood in particular, has reached out to more viewers than we would have imagined till sometime ago. I remember how ...