April 2008
Desh Videsh April 2008 – Cover Story
ARE YOU READY – TIPS FOR SMALL BUSINESS HONOUR
The news is filled with stories about a credit crunch and slowing economy. Some banks have put business lending on hold, and some businesses are having trouble getting the funds they need either to operate or to expand. “Not us,” explains Mukesh Mike” Patel, chairman of Haven Trust Bank Florida. “We realize that entrepreneurs need a steady flow of cash …
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Incredible Indians
AMAR GOPAL BOSE
Life could not have been easy in those early days for the child of an Indian freedom fighter, who fled the country to escape prosecution from the ruling British Government in the 1920s. His father, Nani Gopal Bose, took refuge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where his son was born. Eventually this little boy, who engaged himself in making small electrical toys …
Incredible Indians, India News
INDIAN ART AND ARTIST-BHARATNATYAM
These syllables are very strongly etched in my mind as my sister practiced her Bharat Natyam steps assiduously. They would surely have distracted my watching TV, but at that time there were only two channels, and none with cartoons! My son will reminisce about different set of sounds, since my daughter is learning Kathak. We will meet Kathak in a …
Incredible Indians
USTAD ZAKIR HUSSAIN
Born to celebrated tabla maestro Ustad Alla Rakha in Mumbai on March 9, 1951, Zakir Hussain Alla Rakha Qureishi is among the most gifted tabla players in the world today. Zakir went to St. Michael’s High School in Mahim, Mumbai, and then completed his graduation from St Xaviers, Mumbai. Although the child prodigy’s music career began at the tender age …
