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Welcome to my home, Mom and Dad! Now, watch out for the bombs.
Hi, this is Melissa Bell. I'm an American working at Mint and I had the pleasure of pestering LiveJournal during the American election, so I'm back to annoy you all in the global forum ( Read more... ) -
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India was viewed for very long by the west as a romantic and exotic destination. In the last decade this perception has changed to some extent with India taking centre stage as a potential growth engine. With the Mumbai terror attacks and the global slowdown hitting India it has quickly become the microcosm of much of what we have to deal with ( Read more... ) -
Are you partying like it's 1999?
Mitra Kalita, a national editor and columnist at Mint, here in New Delhi. There are a few election parties I know of planned (am gonna try to head over to one at 6am, another in the evening--and will just have to drag myself to work in between!) but the festive atmosphere in foreign countries is noteworthy and perhaps reflects a few trends. One, ( Read more... ) -
On a lighter, art-ier note...
Street art seems to have a new hero: Obama. Not only are established artists (such as photographer Martin Schoeller and Obey artist Shepard Fairey) being inspired by the Democrats' hope, every Tom, Dick, and Sally at a street fair in San Francisco had their own take on the would-be prez, from macaroni magnets to stone leaf-shaped pendants praising ( Read more... ) -
War on Terror
Hi everybody ( Read more... ) -
Clueless in America
Hey everyone, I'm Melissa, an American living in India and working at Mint. I just arrived back in California to visit my parents (after 31 hours of transit). I'll be here for a month blogging from the netherworld of the prodigal daughter trying to make sense of her own country ( Read more... ) -
Outsourcing and India
This is Anil from Mint. Many thanks for replying so promptly....
As some of you have pointed out that outsourcing more than the entry of skilled workers is the key issue.
Are either Obama or McCain being forced by the voters to take a stand on the subject; as it did figure in the democratic primaries.
Is the ire of voters directed against any single ( Read more... )