Brand India- Feel proud to be an Indian August 17, 2007
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The number of companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange, at more than 6,000, is second only to NYSE.
Ø Four out of 10 Silicon Valley startups are run by Indians.
Ø With 800 movies per year , India’s film industry overshadows Hollywood .
Ø The organized lottery market in India is US$7bn (2% of GDP)
Ø India consumes a fifth of the world’s gold output.
Ø Indians account for 45% of H1-B visas issued by the US every year
Ø Growing at 6%, in 25 years Indian GDP(on a PPP basis) will be at the same level the US is at today
Ø Six Indian ladies have won Miss Universe/Miss World titles over the past 10 years.
Ø Bank deposits in India roughly equal 50% of its GDP C again, among the highest in the world.
Ø Indian Railways is the largest railway network in the world under single management
Ø India has the third largest army in the world, nearly 1.5 million strong.
Ø India is the largest producer and consumer of tea in the world, accounting for more than 30% of global production and 25% of consumption.
Ø India is the world’s premier center for diamond cutting and polishing. Nine out of every 10 stones sold in the world pass through India .
Ø India has the highest number of annual bulk drugs filings (77) with USFDA.
Ø India is home to the largest number of pharmaceutical plants (61) approved by USFDA outside the US.
Ø India ’s Hero Honda is the world’s largest motorcycle manufacturer, with 2002 production of 1.7m units.
Ø Other than US and Japan, India is the only country to have built a super computer indigenously.
Ø Indian Railways is the largest employer in the world, with a staff of 1.6 million people.
Ø India is the second largest cement producing country in the world, producing more than 110 m tones.
Ø Of the fortune 500 companies, 220 outsource their software-related work to India .
Ø There are 8,500 Indian restaurants in the U.K.15% of the country’s total dining-out establishments.
Ø India is the largest democracy in the world, with nearly 400m voting in the last national elections.
Ø India has the second-largest pool of scientists and engineers in the world.
Ø India has the third largest investor base in the world
Ø According to the Gemological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds.
Ø The Kumbh Mela festival, held every 21 years in the city of Allahabad, attracts 25 million people CE more than the population of 185 of the 227 countries in the world.
Ø The Indian city of Varanasi, also known as Banaras , is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world today.
Ø There are 3.22 million Indians in the US.
Ø Indians are the richest immigrant class in the US, with nearly 200,000 millionaires.
Ø India is ranked the sixth country in the world in terms of satellite launches.
Ø There are over 70,000 bank branches in India – among the highest in the world.
Arise Again, O India – François Gautier July 3, 2007
Posted by innqubus in India, Knowledge Base, ebooks.1 comment so far
This ebook is about the French Author’s feelings and attachment toward India and its rich culture and heritage. He expresses all the truth and reality about India and goes down the timeline. A nice ebook of realization!
Arise India
Hinduism for Beginners – What is Hinduism? June 4, 2007
Posted by TiDeS in India, Thought Provoking.add a comment
If you’re new to this faith, here’s where to begin. In this simple introduction to a complex religion, get your basic questions on Hinduism answered and explained in brief.
Two Minute Training – Good one to think about…!! May 5, 2007
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As I was passing the elephants, I suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains, no cages. It was obvious that the elephants could, at anytime, break away from their bonds but for some reason, they did not. I saw a trainer near by and asked why these beautiful, magnificent animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away.
“Well,” he said, “when they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it’s enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away.
They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free.” I was amazed.
These animals could at any time break free from their bonds but because they believed they couldn’t, they were stuck right where they were.
Like the elephants, how many of us go through life hanging onto a belief that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once before?
DOES THIS MAKE YOU THINK. . . . . .
Happy Republic Day…!!! January 26, 2007
Posted by TiDeS in India.add a comment
India is celebrating its 57th Republic day today.. It was 26th January,1950 when Indian constitution came into force. It was the day when India became truly sovereign republic nation.
Show your love by wearing tri colour, change your desktop wallpaper, wear a tattoo (PDA)..
I wish you all a happy republic day..
