A Hug Halfway Around the World: Episode 7 of our Podcast Series, “A Better Life?”
A COVID era conversation between an aunt in India and her beloved niece in New York.
Tag: India
Madoff, Meet Satyam: India Now Has Its Own Huge Financial Scandal
By Diego Graglia, FI2W web editor As if the global economic outlook wasn’t bleak enough already, India now has its own financial scandal to add to the bad news. What’s known as the Satyam scandal — after information technology outsourcing…
Making Sense of the Carnage: What We Know About The Mumbai Attacks
By Diego Graglia, FI2W web editor (Image: IBN) WHAT: From India’s IBN news network: Terrorists equipped with heavy machine guns, including AK-47s and grenades, strike at the city’s most high-profile targets: the Chhattrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) rail terminus; the landmark…
Obama’s Selection of Sonal Shah and Rahm Emanuel Ruffle Feathers Among Some Immigrant Groups
By Diego Graglia, FI2W web editor Two of President-elect Obama’s early picks for his transition team and White House staff have stirred sharp debate among immigrant and ethnic groups in the US and overseas. One was the designation of Chicago…