Honeywell International announced on Tuesday that Vimal Kapur, who has over three decades of experience managing the multinational manufacturer’s numerous operations, will take over for Darius Adamczyk as CEO. The top office of a premier American MNC has yet again been held by a business executive of Indian descent. Around 10 months after being named Honeywell’s president and chief operating officer, 57-year-old Kapur will assume the top position on June 1. When Kapur finished his education in India, he joined the company. As an electronics engineer with a focus on instrumentation, he received his diploma from the Thapar Institute of…
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US President Joe Biden has nominated Indian-origin corporate leader Ajay Banga, vice chairman of General Atlantic and former president and CEO of MasterCard, to be the World Bank’s next president. The nomination comes at a critical juncture in the Bank’s ambitious internal reform. Banga has more than 30 years of business expertise and has held a number of positions at Mastercard as well as on the boards of Dow Inc., Kraft Foods, and the American Red Cross. He is the first Indian-born candidate for president of the World Bank. The announcement comes only days after current World Bank President David…
‘She Reflects’ is the third in the ‘SHE’ series of books (She Speaks, She Celebrates)—published as a collaborative project by a group of 22 women, of Indian origin, spread across the world (Australia, India, The Netherlands, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, UAE and the USA). There are 43 flash fictions in this book, distributed across three sections roughly based on the age of the protagonist—Ganga (senior), Alakananda (middle-aged), and Bhagirathi (infancy to youth), similar to a river’s journey from its origin till it merges into the ocean. In this offering of flash fiction, the reader will find a rich smorgasbord of micro-flash…
About the Book : This collection of short stories offers a fresh prespective of the global Indian experience in the 21st century, as seen through women’s eyes. Here you will find stories written by women living and working in India, as well as stories written by those who live across the world, in places as far-flung as the United States of America, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Indonesia and New Zealand amongst others. The stories speak of love, of anger, of sorrow, of desire as well as hope. They give voice to ideas of displacement and the art of making anew…
The wildly popular Tamil film Varisu, starring Vijay, Rashmika Mandanna, Prakash Raj, Sarath Kumar, Jayasudha, Srikanth, and others, is now accessible on Amazon Prime Video in both Tamil and Hindi. Viewers have given the Vamshi Paidipally-directed film high marks. The conflict between the father and his youngest son (played by Vijay) and the circumstances that drive the son to take over his father’s business empire are the main themes of the family drama Varisu. Both acting skill and emotion abound in the story. Although the ending is predictable and there is little suspense, the film has just the right mix…
This family comedy will appeal to you. In the most recent web series Happy Family: Conditions Apply, the story of four generations of a Gujarati family is presented. The Dholakia family is dysfunctional and a blend of contemporary and traditional beliefs and values, like the majority of other Indian families. Raj Babbar, Ratna Pathak Shah, Atul Kulkarni, Ayesha Jhulka, Raunaq Kamdar, Meenal Sahu, and other actors star in the series, which is directed by Aatish Kapadia and J. D. Majethia. It tells the tale of the Dholakia family, whose four generations coexist despite having differing opinions and moral convictions. The…
Viewers have given Rana Naidu, a Hindi web series currently available on Netflix, favorable reviews. It is a remake of the Ray Donovan television series in America. The cast of this web series, which is directed by Suparn Verma and Karan Anshuman, also includes Rana Daggubati, Suchitra Pillai, Surveen Chawla, Gaurav Chopra, Sushant Singh, and Ashish Vidyarthi. Both spectators and critics have heaped praise on Rana Daggubati’s acting. Several people think it’s one of Rana Daggubati’s best performances. Rana Naidu, a problem-solver for all the Bollywood and cricket-related celebrities, is the subject of the web series. Every time there is…
Kuttey, the directorial debut of Aasmaan Bhardwaj, successfully tells the interconnected storylines of numerous individuals who are motivated by greed, desire, and a thirst for killing, continuing the tradition of his father Vishal Bhardwaj. The leading actors included Tabu, Arjun Kapoor, Kumud Mishra, Konkona Sen Sharma, Radhika Madan, Naseeruddin Shah, and Shardul Bhardwaj. The other actors have also given outstanding performances, but Tabu steals the show as a dishonest police officer. The plot is broken up into 4 interwoven segments, and the never-ending hunger for wealth and blood serves as the story’s central theme. Beautiful music is employed throughout the…
On January 30th, 1948, Hindu extremists Nathuram Godse assassinated Gandhi ji, the most well-known proponent of nonviolence in the world. Where there is extremist ideology, innocent people will always be killed Religious fanaticism in our day and age is a danger to world peace Due to the allure of the future, we are currently being forced backwards The wall of solidarity that had expelled our oppressors has developed communal fissures. The webs of restraint that had held it all together are being broken by wheels that have been set in action and are silently whirling Editor’s note It has been…
Gov. Mike Parson of Missouri has appointed Indian American immigration lawyer Vivek Malek to the position of state treasurer, making him the first non-white statewide office in Missouri’s history. Malek, a 45-year-old Republican from the Wildwood neighborhood of St. Louis, will take the position of fellow Republican Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick, who was elected state auditor. According to a statement from Parson, “Vivek’s tale is compelling proof that the American Dream can and will carry on for the next generation of Missourians.” “Vivek and I both agree that immigrants are one of the greatest sources of American greatness, as President (Ronald) Reagan once stated.…
