1 month ago
For NRIs, India has now arrived
'Oh nooooo!' groan many non-resident Indians - as they stood in long queues for immigration after arriving at Delhi airport. Battling jet lag after a long-haul flight and then waiting in an almost immobile queue becomes their first experience of coming to their motherland. No more.Earlier, as NRIs arrived from New York, Toronto, London or Sydney, they would get a culture shock on entering Indian ...
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3 months ago
British NRIs expect immigration cuts, pro-rich policies
NRIs may well grit their teeth at the new Conservative-Lib Dem government. The new British government will probably come down hard on immigration and introduce economic policies that help the rich. Plus, the Tories usually have cool relations with India.Never mind that many of the estimated 2.5 million Asians voted for the Tories and Lib Dems. The rich Hindu NRIs usually vote for the Conservatives ...
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6 months ago
India's budget: NRIs wake up and smell the coffee
India's budget yet again demonstrates to NRIs that investing in their homeland is probably the best option right now. The West is still struggling to climb out of one of its deepest recessions and provides low returns, while India's growth story promises healthy returns. Surely, it's time to wake up and smell the Indian coffee.Soon after the budget was read, the Indian stock exchange gave it a thu ...
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7 months ago
Tracing the shattered dreams of many Dubai Indians
New Delhi, Feb 3 - It's a novel that looks at the hard lives of poor Indian migrants in search of their pot of gold in Dubai - a work that gains significance in the backdrop of the current credit crunch. 'Dubai Dreams: The Rough Road to Riches', released at the New Delhi World Book Fair, explores how the current situation in Dubai affects Indian immigrants.'Dubai is very much in the news now and ' ...
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1 year ago
Racist Australians? No, Indians students are blamed
Indian students in Australia are to be blamed for getting attacked - this seems to be the belief of many Indians prospering in Australia. In a flurry of e-mails from Down Under, it is made out that the Indian students invite these vicious attacks upon themselves.
The Australia-Indian community leaders and their religious/social welfare organisations have hardly issued any strong statements again ...
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1 year ago
Vienna killing sullied our image, say Indians in Austria
The good image of Indians in Austria has been damaged by the killing of a Sikh leader in Vienna, say members of the 15,000 strong community in the European nation.
'Sikhs, and Indians in general, who have been to date viewed favourably - as willing to integrate, friendly and peaceful, have now lost the general goodwill of most Austrians. Their image has suffered immense damage and will take ages ...
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1 year ago
Vienna killing sullied our image, say Indians in Austria
The good image of Indians in Austria has been damaged by the killing of a Sikh leader in Vienna, say members of the 15,000 strong community in the European nation.
'Sikhs, and Indians in general, who have been to date viewed favourably - as willing to integrate, friendly and peaceful, have now lost the general goodwill of most Austrians. Their image has suffered immense damage and will take ages ...
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1 year ago
Overseas Congress to press for NRI MPs
New Delhi, May 25 - A significant section of Indians settled in Britain say they will contribute more to India's development now that the Congress has won the elections to form a stable government, but is lobbying for two nominated NRI members in parliament.
Balwant Kapoor, president of the Indian Overseas Congress of Britain who led a six-man team to campaign for the Congress for the past one m ...
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1 year ago
Growing demand among NRIs to become overseas citizens of India
Regular NRI visitors to India are increasingly switching from a five-year visa to either a PIO - Card that allows them visa-free entry for 15 years or an OCI - status that allows them a life time entry and stay in India. This is the Indian version of the much sought after American 'Green Card'.
Considering the current depression in the West, OCI status has become more attractive to overseas Indi ...
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1 year ago
Recession forcing NRIs dip into Indian nest eggs
The economic crisis in the United States and Britain is reportedly forcing many NRIs to dip into their savings and assets back home. Due to job losses, default of mortgage payments and losses in their businesses, some NRIs are cashing their foreign currency demand deposits in India to stay afloat.
According to a World Bank economist and an expert on immigrant remittances, Dilip Ratha, foreign cu ...
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