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This article discusses the social impacts of the Golden Quadrilateral (GQ), a highway being constructed between Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, and Delhi in India. Some of the cultural and religious ceremonies developed around transportation in India are described. The role of the GQ in the development of India is explored.

The article focuses on India's health care system which lacks funds and is overcrowded. The author sites the example of an Indian boy who has been shuffled around by a bureaucratic medical system for years before he can get a simple bladder surgery. An analysis of the country's medical system points to India's paradox which is that a country that is acquiring great wealth cannot seem to get the clean water, sewage and power infrastructure they need to keep their populace healthy.

The article presents an in-depth profile of the social and economic conditions of Calcutta, India at the turn of the 21st century. The city's rapid economic development and globalization is described, highlighting the social ramifications of the changes. The stratification of social classes and the development of a "new rich" class is particularly explored.

The article discusses several aspects of India in terms of numbers. It stresses that India has a territory of more than 3 million square kilometers. It mentions that in terms of population, Indians amount to sixth of Earth's total with population with an estimation of eleven hundreds million people in 2006. Also discussed are the cultural, social and economic inequalities in the country.

The article reports on the rise of the middle class in India, and the challenges posed by its members' relative lack of political engagement. Indian politics and society are discussed, from the divisions of the caste system to the ethnic rift between Hindus and Muslims. Lack of trust in government and unconcern for the poor on the part of the middle classes are also discussed.

The article focuses on Rajesh Jain, co-founder of Novatium, makers of NetTV and NetPC technology. Jain has developed a cheap and feasible alternative to the PC, and involves little more than a keyboard, a screen and a few USB ports. Details of the Novatium's marketing strategy and competition are discussed. The implications of this technology for computer hardware suppliers such as Compaq, Dell and Hewlett-Packard are presented.

The author, who would become a noted travel writer, recalls his first trip outside of Communist Poland. No one he knew had travelled abroad, and it was the physically subversive act of crossing the border that interested him, not the actual destination. For his first trip, he was sent on assignment by his newspaper to visit the vastly foreign land of India.

The article discusses the authors's interpretation of India. India is a place where labor is cheap, raw talent overflows, and its first generation entrepreneurs are reconstructing the economy of the country. They are rewriting IT play books abroad, and disrupting jobs in the United States. Among all these, the country is also facing many challenges. Business leaders are agitated over the sorry state of travel, wage inflation, and the investments required to mold tech graduates into top-notch professionals. INSET: DATA CENTER AND TALENT POOL.

Focuses on perspectives of Poonam Barua, regional director for the Conference Board in India, regarding corporate diversity challenges in the country. Transition from the traditional corporate model to professional management due to global competition; Gender-based diversity; Preference of companies based in a certain geographic region to recruit workforce within the same location.

Addresses the caste system in India, and how the lower-class is struggling against discrimination. How the Dalits, or 'broken people,' are fighting back; Plans of civil rights demonstrations similar to those in the United States and South Africa; Problems surrounding the Dalit movement; How changing a system sanctified by Hindu religious text will be difficult.

Focuses on four citizens of India who are shaping the face of the country and highlights what the future may look like. Actress Nandita Das who frets about the state of artistic freedom in India; Subhash Chandra, the owner of Zee Telefilms which has become India's media powerhouse; How a brutal act of violence has made Kavita Srivastava a warrior for the rights of disempowered Indian women. INSET: How to Take A Plunge In Bombay, by Daniel Eisenberg.

The author comments on how people living in Mumbai, India are responding to the terrorist attacks that occurred there. Politicians are not responding adequately to their demands for action to prevent further incident, he says. However, he commends businesses that are proposing ideas to secure the city, including tax revolts, moving corporate headquarters out of Mumbai, and establishing a private security fund to be operated independently of the government.

Looks at how living standards are beginning to improve for some of India's poorest people. Review of road development at villages such as Kharonda in the western Indian state of Maharashtra; Increase in commercial activity in once destitute villages; Indian government census statistics on improved standards of living; Discussion of the work being done by the BAIF Development Research Foundation; Construction of adequate housing structures in villages where grass huts were once the norm.

The author discusses her trip to India to accept the Hans Christian Andersen Award from the International Board on Books for Young People. She discusses the poverty and danger she saw there, but also the beauty of the Taj Mahal and the work of the artisans at the women's craft market. The Empress of Japan addressed the audience and talked about how Robert Frost's poem "The Pasture" had touched her as a child. The author recalls the India portrayed in Rohinton Mistry's "A Fine Balance."

Describes cultural and political opposition to Christians in India. Attacks on Christians and their establishments in the town of Ahwa; Views of Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee; Opposition to Christians from the group Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP); Christians used as a scapegoat to rally support among Hindus for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP); Sonia Gandhi of the Congress Party labeled a Christian by her opponents. INSET: Pakistan's Laws Invite Attacks on Christians, by Anthony Spaeth.

Examines India in 1997, fifty years after British rule. The modernization of Banglalore, the capital of Karnataka; How much of India's most visible history is British; Feelings on English being the dominant language of India; The computer revolution in Bangalore; The British architecture; The British influences that remain.

The article correlates the various characterizations of Mahatma Gandhi in film and biographies with his actual life and philosophies. She compares the common perception of Gandhi's timeliness with that of film makers and authors. The author believes that despite Gandhi's contradictory words and actions, his principles and ideologies remain relevant in the modern world.

The article discusses Indian family life as of December 2013 with a focus on relations between Indian wives and their mothers-in-law. The article notes the fearsome reputation of Indian "saas" or mothers-in-law who try to stop a son from bonding with his wife and the tradition of a bride moving in with the groom's family as well as the skewed power relations between the sexes and between generations in India. Topics include women's low status and author Veena Venugopal's remarks about saas.

The article focuses on the mass sterilization campaign by Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in controlling India's population. It mentions that the sterilization program which aims to sterilize 4.3 million Indian males had actually involved 7.8 million males between April 1976 and January 1977. The Family Planning Council of India declared that the sterilization program was voluntarily accepted in October 1976, contrary to the reports from the village of Pipli wherein the Police enforced mass sterilization. Furthermore, the Indian government still ignores the possibility that the program was in trouble due to the incident in Muzaffarnagar, wherein 56 people were killed when a local administrator refused to release the 17 men gathered by the police for sterilization.

The article focuses on the suspension of the fundamental freedoms in India by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1975. Opponents of Gandhi's regime and alleged smugglers and black marketeers were arrested. The number of detainees reached to 20,000 from 5,000 and internal censorship of information became so tight. According to Gandhi, her draconian measures were prompted by a conspiracy that endangered her government. However, it was claimed that the Prime Minister failed to show real evidence of the alleged conspiracy.

The article looks at totalitarianism. According to the author, democratic powers will only be successful if they become better and enacting social changes. In the article, the author compares the democratic system of India to the totalitarian system of China. The article also discusses U.S. foreign policy.

The article focuses on the social and economic changes in India as it celebrates its 25th independence anniversary from Great Britain. It states that after its independence in 1947, massacres increase and numerous casualties were accounted when the British India divided into two nations such as the Moslem Pakistan and Hindu India. It notes that Brahman Nehru, successor of Mahatma Gandhi, made several social changes in the country including equal property and divorce rights for Hindu women.

The article looks at the condition of women in India as of January 2013. It reports on a 2012 gang rape in New Delhi, India, and the public demonstrations against violence against women which it sparked, and discusses it in the context of underlying social transformations including the emergence of an educated middle class and the movement of more women into education, employment, and public spaces.

The article discusses the culture of violence against women in India as of January 2013, focusing on an analysis of several gang rapes and beatings involving Indian women, as well as an examination of the societal views towards females in India. Aman Deol, the general secretary of a women's-rights organization in Punjab, India, states that Indian women are considered to be possessions. The Indian government's attitudes towards legal reforms and the nation's antirape laws are also mentioned.

The article examines functional literacy rates in India. It discusses the development of the National Literacy Mission (NLM) in 1988 and examines literacy improvements since the organization's establishment. NLM initiatives including Projects for Residual Illiteracy, Special Literacy Drives, and the Accelerated Female Literacy Program are also discussed. The article also examines the connection between illiteracy and poverty in India.

This article discusses India's national strength and wealth. The English-language media in India sees India as the paramount power of the 21st century. India wants to be seen as a modern, rational country. Middle class Indians would like to achieve a disciplined and efficient society like Singapore, Malaysia or China. Many Indians believe that democracy causes chaos, disunity, and waste in India. Peasants, the working class and the poor still outnumber the middle class in India.

The dean of Harvard Business School recounts his undergraduate studies in India and how the class system manifested itself at his summer internships. Topics include how reading the "Harvard Business Review" journal introduced him to management thinking as an engineer, why he saw his first published article in the journal as a management rite of passage, and how Harvard Business School's reputation has spread within countries like India.

Discusses social conditions in India in light of relations between Hindus and Muslims in the country. Terrorism and violence in the country; Ethnic relations; Mention of the Bharatiya Janata Party; Outlook for civil war in India or war between India and Pakistan; Issue of fascism in India; Politics in the country.

Focuses on the AIDS epidemic in India. Growth of HIV infection among the general population; Predictions of public health officials that the infection rate will continue to rise exponentially without intervention; Cultural taboo regarding discussion of sex which hinders AIDS education; History of the disease in India, and the response of the government; Need for accelerated AIDS prevention efforts in India.

Asks five women from different regions of the world to share their views on women's issues in their communities. Social conditions of women in Japan, Colombia, India, the United States and Iran.

This article discusses research by marketing professor Praveen K. Kopalle into effective marketing strategies for international business enterprises interested in investing in India. The authors found that Indian consumers were more likely to believe advertiser claims than their Chinese or American counterparts would. This tendency is related to ideas about karma.

The article examines how Indian farmers regard the country's attempt to establish factories as being in opposition to their agrarian lifestyle. Focusing upon an event in which thousands of Indian protesters shut down a Tata Motors factory in West Bengal, the author states that many citizens of India oppose Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's desire to begin an industrial revolution.

The article reports that India's wealth continues to grow because of the active stock market and the appreciating rupee. The country's 40 wealthiest residents have more than doubled their fortune in a single year. Also included is a list of the five wealthiest Indians, with businesses that lie in steel, oil, and real estate.

The article reports that the National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) in India announced that the total number of HIV infections is lower than predicted. NACO has launched a new HIV/AIDS control plan to target treatment and prevention efforts more effectively. The report also showed that in some high-burden areas, such as Tamil Nadu in the south, HIV prevalence has begun to stabilize or decline.

The article offers information on the legal and religious dispute over the demolished Babri Masjid site in Ayodhya, India between the Hindu majority and Muslim minority in the country. Topics discussed include the case in India's Supreme Court over the ownership of the site; the interpretation of religious texts as history by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government since 2014; and the use of monuments and archaeological sites as ideological tools.

The article looks at the role of snake charmers in controlling India's snake population. Modern-day India isn't all call centers and semiconductors. There are snakes--at least 250 species. "They're all over the place here," says Bahar Dutt, a wildlife conservationist. Keeping them in line are 200,000 to 300,000 flute-playing charmers, known as saperas, who earn on average 75 rupees ($1.60) a day. Depending on the province, that's higher than the minimum wage. But a charmer's lot is not a happy one. Animal-rightists harass them, deploring cobra working conditions. Laws forbidding the trapping of wild species, if strictly enforced, would put them out of business. Enter the government. Drawing on the findings and recommendations of the Wildlife Trust report, it aims to outplace charmers. Proposed career changes: Barefoot conservation educators, providers of health services and wedding entertainers.

Focuses on the Indian Institute of Technology (ITT) in India. Review of how students and professors across the county are working on various technological developments; Comments on the dream of building billion dollar product companies in India from electrical engineering professor Ashok Jhunjhunwala; Discussion of how ITT schools are providing initial office space, labs and seed money foster startup companies; Comparison of startup development in India to those in Silicon Valley of the 1990s.

Reports that a Girl Scout troop in Austin, Texas, is making audio books to help teach English to Indian orphans as a way to prepare them for success in English-language call centers in India. Statement that Indian orphans are considered "untouchables"; Rise of outsourced call centers in India; Creation of jobs for English-speaking Indians; Founding of the Miracle Foundation by Caroline Boudreaux in 2000.