Category: General

‘Poverty Porn’: Education Or Exploitation?

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101487893 As usual this was a good show on NPR with Chitra Divakaruni really explaining the fact that ultimately Slumdog is a movie and yes it does portray horrible things about India, the absolute fact being that they do exist. There is enough research showing that there are 800 people …

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Cargo-International Movers

We come across our freinds/relatives who are planning to move back to India for good and they have typically have 2 common questions. 1. Do you know any cargo- movers to India? What is the cost associated ? Any contact details 2. Can we ship our car to India. Is …

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KV Jain Shala

This is an attempt to learn/memorize the sutras,  stutis,  vidhis etc that are associated with Jainism.   Nitul has been saying that he wants to teach the kids more about Jainism 🙂 , and i have been thinking about learning the deravasi pratikraman.  Am glad that we have such talented people around us, …

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ICICI vs Remit2India

Have you use either ICICI or Remit2India service for ACH money transfer? This service transfer money from ur existing US bank account to ur existing Indian Bank account. One doesn’t need to open new bank account with ICICI or Remit. If you have used such service any recommendation, good/bad experience? …

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