ambition
IT
economy & finance
Texts and websites
“India car sales plunging — what's behind it?” by Srinivas Mazumdaru, DW, 15 Aug. 2019
"The Elephant in the room - India's Missing Middle Class" The Economist, January 2018. (pdf-version)
"India: Is Gujarat synonymous with development thanks to Modi?" BBC News, 14 Dec. 2017
"Starbucks comes to India, Selling Coffee and Atmosphere", Wharton
"India's Bizarre Rules Constraining Amazon's and Flipkart's Activities", Forbes
"Money in India - Taking Notes", The Economist, 12 Nov. 2016
"How do you organise an Indian wedding without cash?", BBC News, 18 Nov. 2016
Videos and podcasts
"India banker's tale of 'cash like rotten leather'", BBC News, 17 Nov. 2016
"India rupee ban: Rural communities hit hard", BBC News, 17 Nov. 2016
"India rupee crisis: The village with cash worth nothing", BBC News, 17 Nov. 2016
"India's rupee crackdown sees money-changers ink-marked", BBC News, 17 Nov. 2016
"How do you organise an Indian wedding without cash?", BBC News, 18 Nov. 2016
"The village that avoided India's cash crunch", BBC News, 21 Nov. 2016
"Cash crisis: why Indian ATMs struggle with new notes", BBC News, 24 Nov. 2016
IKEA in India
Fact-checking the news
If you want to fact-check the Indian news, you can go to: AIT News
politics
India’s Relationship with Russia
The race for Indian American votes is well underway. The Trump campaign on Saturday released a video that seeks to rally Indian American voters for "4 More Years.”
the election
“Narendra Modi threatens to turn India into a one-party state” The Economist, Nov 28th Edition
“India Lok Sabha election: 11 things you need to know”, Soutik Biswas, BBC, 10 March, 2019
Poo to the loo and Swachh Bharat Bbhiyan
TAKE THE POO TO THE LOO AND SWACHH BHARAT ABHIYAN
A look at toilets in Delhi (link to YouTube) by youtuber Karl Rock, and the development of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan campaign.
nris
Texts
“India’s future will be shaped by its expats”, opinion piece by Gurav Dalmia, The Economist
"The Gujrati Way - Going Global", The Economist
Videos
Rotimatic - The smart kitchen appliance that has been taking over the world since 2014.
The documentary Diverted to Delhi show what a call center can look like and how the language lessions can be.
In the documentary Diverted to Delhi, a researcher explains how it can be problematic to work at a call center.
dating and marriage
An Indian wedding.
Stand-up comic Saikiran's dissection of India's obsession with fairness is not just skin-deep.
Videos
Through advertisements, films and everyday life, women in India are constantly told that fairness equals beauty. Where did we get this idea? What does this do to women with dark skin? And where do we go from here?
This documentary was created as a student project by Anuja Premika, Desiree D’Souza and Neha Joshi, students of Masters of Arts in Mass Communication and Journalism, St. Francis College for Women, Begumpet, Hyderabad.
The Jindal Steel commercial incorporating vistas and sounds from India.
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British Airways
Amul
TATA
TATA Nano
TATA
Air India