Archive for October, 2006

Sania Mirza’s WTA Ranking Stands at 67

Wednesday, October 25th, 2006

A week off actually boosted Sania Mirza’s WTA ranking by one spot, to stand at 67th, and restored her to her former 26th place in the Doubles ranking.
The hop in the Singles ranking made back one of the seven places that Sania slipped last week, after her first-round defeat to American Meghann Shaughnessy at [...]

Foreign Universities in India?

Tuesday, October 24th, 2006

Each year, $4 billion in tuition and housing leaves India for foreign shores, matched with the even more valuable loss of the country’s brightest students who have the means to pursue higher education in countries such as the U.S., Britain, and Australia. 150,000 are currently studying abroad, and another 100,000 depart every school year; many [...]

Katrina Kaif’s “Skimpy Skirt” Causes Uproar in Temple

Friday, October 6th, 2006

Katrina Kaif was causing a ripple of excitement in Ajmer before she even arrived. The former model, who is delving deep into the medium of film with a dizzying number of projects this fall, is beginning to distinguish herself as an up-and-coming actress after first coming into the public eye as Salman Kahn’s significant other. [...]

Hinduism Different for Indian-Americans

Wednesday, October 4th, 2006

Approximately 900 million Hindus live in India, which, at 81.5% of India’s 1.1 billion population, constitutes the overwhelmingly largest number of Hindu citizens of any nation on the globe. It might be initially surprising, then, to consider that many Indians feel ‘more Hindu’ when they move to the United States, and out of the world’s [...]

Government Plans New University to Meet Needs of India’s Students

Monday, October 2nd, 2006

This year, Delhi University received 93,000 applications from Indian students. This flourishing number of area youth looking to attend postsecondary school would be a cause for pride, but with only 40,000 seats available, it has turned into a cause for concern.
Part of the problem is that Delhi University, which was until recently the only college [...]