india

July 29, 2011

Protecting women in India

“What women want,” by Aruna Kashyap in The Times of India, does not make for easy reading, but highlights a reality of life for women and children in some parts of the world. Clearly, the idea of a woman’s modesty should not be thrown out (the proverbial baby-with-the-bathwater)–but at the same time, no man’s assault should be justified or excused on the basis of the behavior of the woman, and all too often it is, with horrific results. Men should protect women, not take advantage of a loophole in the law to help themselves to whatever their broken, sinful natures [...]

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July 19, 2011

India moving into a high-growth period?

6 points on why India is in a better position demographically than China, perhaps, to take advantage of the fruits of globalization. 1. India’s population is presently second largest, but is slated to move into first place in the near future. Better, the population is not aging (as China is). Half of its population is under the age of 25, but it is experiencing moderate aging: this means that it has, for the moment, a maturing young-adult and middle-class population ideal for work and leadership.

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July 19, 2011

Will India and China be competitors in Africa?

China and India both see the need for resources, manpower and energy, and both seem to see Africa as crucial to this future.  Indian Prime Minister Singh has offered a $5 billion credit line to African countries over the next three years to help them achieve development goals. The goal is to attract students from Africa to study in India.

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July 16, 2011

India: Farmers migrate to cities as economy booms

New Delhi: The number of Indians living in urban areas grew at almost three times the pace of the nation’s rural population in the last decade, a surge that threatens to swamp already congested towns and cities. via gulfnews : Farmers migrate to cities as economy booms. More statistics on the trend.

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July 16, 2011

Now India wants access to your Skype, Gmail

Penn Olson has written an article about how India gave RIM a “deadline for handing over interception keys for its Blackberry service” and is now asking Skype and Gmail to provide access to their data. This is a trend to watch, but I’m not overly worried right now. This really wouldn’t be easily possible for Skype to do, since it’s a peer-to-peer service–there is no central service for storing chat messages (unless you’re using the now infamous Chinese wrapper around the software–not recommended unless you want Beijing to know what you’re typing in the Chat window!). And Google told China what they [...]

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July 13, 2011

Mumbai attacks: July 13, 2011

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July 5, 2011

Indians are moving to the cities

India’s Urban Awakening (McKinsey Global Institute) projects that, by 2030: The number of megacities (1 million+) will rise from 42 today to 68 (twice Europe’s total). This doubling represents only a small potential of future urbanization. Today, only 30% of Indians live in cities. Indian cities could be responsible for three quarters of new employment and India’s GDP. Urbanization could lead to a quadrupling of national per capita income. A larger middle class could develop: from 22 million households today to 91 million households by 2030. Significant urban infrastructure problems will need to be dealt with.

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June 2, 2010

New India Martyr: Ajit Bansi

http://bit.ly/bDtpHb - Ajit Bansi was constructing a new church in Assam when he was killed by an extremist anti-Christian group on May 20. He had gone to a nearby town to purchase materials for the final phase of construction but never returned.

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May 14, 2010

India’s Vision 2030

http://bit.ly/9frmto – “Do or die” – many stats on the need for India to build infrastructure to keep pace with urbanization. Failure to do so could have catastrophic consequences.

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April 15, 2010

Indian refugees from religious violence

In India, religious violence leaves long trail of refugee camps: Christians fled violence from two years ago, but Muslims and Hindus are also religious refugees after over 20 years.

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March 29, 2010

India Statistics

300 Million go Hungry in India. India ranks 65th out of 88 countries. In Persecution Update India.

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March 24, 2010

India: teaching on giving needed?

India’s wealthy class uncharitable, study shows. The number of wealthy Indians is rising, but the level of philanthropy is not. Indian missions and churches will suffer until it does.

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March 23, 2010

India: 1,000 attacks on Christians in 500 days

Christians Face 1,000 Attacks in 500 Days in Karnataka, India. From Worldwide Religious News, quoting Compass Direct. Gives a brief chronology of the persecution wave.

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March 21, 2010

India’s economic growth.

Despite poverty, India is growing at 7% annually and hourly wages are doubling every decade. In Christian Science Monitor.

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March 12, 2010

Abortion on the rise in India

Abortion for the purpose of gender selection among the wealthy in India appears to be rising. The gender imbalance means fewer women will be available to be wives. In Christian Science Monitor.

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February 13, 2010

Persecution: counting the cost in India

Erich Bridges records the story of two men who lead a growing movement of Muslim-background believers in Mumbai, India, and the persecution they endure.

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