An influx of ultra-wealthy business tycoons from India has helped cement Dubai’s position as the city with the most billionaires in the Middle East, according to a latest index that ranks Mumbai fifth largest hub of billionaires. The emirate is now home to the highest concentration of billionaires in the region – there are 14 [...] Read more »
Aman puts Indian expats under cover
Hussein Al Meeza, the chief executive and managing director of Aman, says the Indian expatriate community is a big market. Dubai Islamic Insurance and Reinsurance Company (Aman) recently introduced two medical policies for Indian expatriates. Rishtey, which means relationships, offers workers an insurance plan for their family back home. Health on Return covers workers during [...] Read more »
US issues 5 lakh non-immigration visas to Indians every year
MUMBAI: US diplomat Peter Haas, recently appointed consul-general in Mumbai, stressed the importance of people-to-people contact in Indo-US ties. US-India people-to-people connections are more powerful than any government initiative, said Haas. “While 8 lakh Americans travel to India each year, the US issues half a million non-immigration visas to Indians yearly,” he said adding that [...] Read more »
World of Indian diaspora to come alive in docu series
New Delhi, (IANS) The world of the Indian diaspora, their life in all its shades of colours, will soon come alive in a series of documentaries that well-known documentary filmmaker Siddharth Kak and his Surabhi Foundation are currently making. The series of 10 documentaries will be shot partly on location in countries where large numbers [...] Read more »
The Diaspora and Imagination: Fiji Indians in Australia
The Fiji Indians trace their colonial roots to indentured labour. Between 1879 and 1916, when the indenture system was abolished, 60969 Indian men and women came to Fiji. Plantation life caused them to rearrange their closely-knit, family-oriented routine. The caste system had to go as well, and people remade a version of society they had [...] Read more »
Why the Indian diaspora despises India?
Suhani Sharma, a 25-year-old woman from Fiji, is back after a long holiday in India. She had a fun-filled experience, having visited 2000-year old forts, massive temples, and prodigious IT complexes. Her verdict about the rapidly growing country: “I don’t care for India at all.” Queried about why she had such strong feelings towards the [...] Read more »
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