By WSJ Staff Your daily round-up of the best of Wall Street Journal’s India coverage: India Cuts Policy Rate: India’s central bank lowered its key lending rate by a quarter of a percentage point Friday but stuck to a hawkish line on inflation even as it gave a downbeat growth outlook for … [Read more...]
The Khan of High Fashion – Wall Street Journal (blog)
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By Visi R. TilakWhat do First Lady Michelle Obama, Taylor Swift, Deepika Padukone, Carrie Underwood, and Vanessa Hudgens have in common? They were all recently seen on the red carpet dressed in a Naeem Khan outfit.“I design for a woman of a certain social standing who is going to go out there … [Read more...]
Politics And Fashion in Pakistan – Wall Street Journal (blog)
April 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment
By Annabel SymingtonPolitics is never far from the agenda in Pakistan, even on the catwalk. The 33 Pakistani designers at this weekend’s Pakistan Fashion Design Council fashion week were showcasing their designs but some were also attempting to make a statement about the need for change in the … [Read more...]
Where Kids Don’t Know Kobe Bryant, Yet – Wall Street Journal (blog)
April 28, 2013 By Leave a Comment
By Shanoor Seervai“If you throw a ball up in the poorest village of India, every child will gravitate to it. All kids—Hindu or Muslim, boy or girl— love to play,” says Matthew Spacie, the founder of Magic Bus. Earlier in April, Magic Bus announced a partnership with the National Basketball … [Read more...]
‘Phablets’ and Fonepads the New Tech Lexicon – Wall Street Journal (India) (blog)
April 24, 2013 By Leave a Comment
By WSJ StaffA growing numbers of technology companies are combining cell phones and tablet computers to create single do-it-all devices — and an increasingly inelegant lexicon of hybrid names to match. The latest breed of “phablet” – a phone crossed with a tablet – launches in India … [Read more...]
The Great Lure of Indian Fast Food – Wall Street Journal (blog)
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By Visi R. TilakKati rolls are unlikely to dethrone popular fast-foods like hamburgers or burritos in the U.S. any time soon, but Indian cuisine is gaining ground. When Payal Saha founded The Kati Roll Company in New York about 10 years ago, the street-side staple from her hometown Kolkata … [Read more...]
India Tech Stocks Drop on Oracle – Wall Street Journal (India)
March 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment
By ASHUTOSH JOSHI And DHANYA ANN THOPPIL MUMBAI--Shares of Indian software exporters fell on Friday on fears that information technology spending by their key U.S., European clients … [Read more...]
Truck rams school wall, kills 2 kids – Times of India
March 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
LUDHIANA: Friday morning turned ugly for children of Government Elementary School in Jandiyali on Ludhiana-Chandigarh road when the school boundary wall fell on them … [Read more...]
Bollywood Journal: Hrithik Roshan, Superstar – Wall Street Journal (India) (blog)
March 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment
By Daniel Ashwin PillaiHrithik Roshan is one of India’s most popular actors, a Bollywood “It” boy since his 1999 debut in “Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai.” In the years since, he … [Read more...]
The Mystery of India’s Food Security Bill – Wall Street Journal (India) (blog)
March 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment
By Biman Mukherji and Debiprasad NayakEulogizing the ruling Congress Party-led coalition’s plan to introduce an ambitious food security law, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram left everybody scratching … [Read more...]
