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Barack Obama, the 44th President of the US with Michelle Obama being seen off by his successor Donald J Trump and the First Lady Melania Trump, January 20, 2017

Redefining Leadership ~ Obama makes way for Trump, and shallowness

Jan 22, 2017 - 9:52 am EST @theindpanorama 1

America is going through, what historian Arthur M Schlesinger Jr. calls “cycles” in American history, when the tide of action, passion, idealism and reform gives way to seasons of drift, quiescence, hedonism, and cynicism. The cheapness […]

Modi’s Raisina Dialogue

Jan 22, 2017 - 9:46 am EST @theindpanorama 2

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spelt out the nation’s foreign priorities at the second Raisina Dialogue, an initiative by the current government which it hopes will eventually rival the conclaves in Munich and Singapore (Shangrila Dialogue). For […]

The wilderness of mirrors – The allegations against Donald Trump, and the press conference that followed, will surely affect his presidency.

Jan 13, 2017 - 4:14 pm EST @theindpanorama 1

Jim Angleton would have loved this. Angleton, admired and despised in equal measure, was the legendary (or notorious) CIA director of counterintelligence in the 1960s and 1970s, who spent those years in a Captain Ahab-like […]

Farewell, President Obama: A passionate reminder of US liberal values

Jan 13, 2017 - 4:08 pm EST @theindpanorama 1

Soaring oratory and strong emotions marked the farewell speech of the 45th US President, Barack Obama, 10 days before his successor is sworn in. The tradition dates back to President George Washington, reflecting the concerns […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at PBD. Seen in the picture, among others, is Chief Minister of Karnataka, Sundararajan Panelists at one of the sessions

Pravasi Bharatiya Divas closes; engagement extremely substantive, says government

Jan 13, 2017 - 4:03 pm EST @theindpanorama 1

BENGALURU (TIP): The three-day 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, a mega meet of the Indian disapora which saw its largest convergence, came to an end in the IT city on Monday, January 9, with the government […]

Dr. Bharat Barai of Chicago receiving the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman from President of India. Seen from L to R: General VK Singh, Minister of State for External affairs, President Pranab Mukherjee, Dr. Bharat Barai and Luiss da Costa, Prime Minister of Portugal who was also conferred the honor. Photo / Jay Mandal on assignment

Six Indian Americans honored with Pravasi Bharatiya Samman

Jan 13, 2017 - 3:00 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

BENGALURU (TIP): Nisha Desai Biswal, Assistant Secretary of State, Department of State, community activist Dr. Sampatkumar Shivangi; community activist Ramesh Shah, environmental engineer Hari Babu Bindal, philanthropist and organizer of Modi’s historic Madison Square Garden […]

President Pranab Mukherjee conferred Pravasi Bharatiya Samman on Nisha Desai Biswal, US Assistant Secretary of State. Seen in the picture, from L to R: General VK Singh, Minister of State for External affairs, President Pranab Mukherjee, Nisha Desai Biswal with her honor scroll and Luiss Da Costa, Prime Minister of Portugal who was also conferred the honor. Photo/Jay Mandal on assignment

PBD 2017 Concludes on a note of greater engagement between the government of India and the Diaspora

Jan 13, 2017 - 12:08 pm EST The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 1

‘Indians abroad are ambassadors of our culture’: President Mujherjee BENGALURU (TIP): The three-day Pravasi Bharatiya Divas convention came to an end on Monday, January 9, with the President Pranab Mukerjee delivering valedictory address and conferring […]

An emotional President Barack Obama with the First Lady Michelle Obama and their daughter Malia Obama at his farewell address to the nation from McCormick Place in Chicago, January 10, Obama dwelt on the challenges before America's democracy and sought to give a message of hope to American. "Let's be vigilant. But not afraid", he said.

President Obama delivers Nostalgic and Hopeful Farewell Address in Chicago

Jan 13, 2017 - 11:56 am EST @theindpanorama 2

An emotional President Barack Obama with the First Lady Michelle Obama and their daughter Malia Obama at his farewell address to the nation from McCormick Place in Chicago, January 10, Obama dwelt on the challenges […]

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Amitabh Bachchan honored by US Embassy for TB awareness

Jan 13, 2017 - 11:39 am EST @theindpanorama 1

NEW DELHI (TIP): Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has been honored by the US Embassy to acknowledge his immense contribution to the India-US ties on tuberculosis. The award was presented on January 8 by US Ambassador to […]

Note-bandi will help curb corruption, fight terror

Notebandi not enough to end corruption

Jan 6, 2017 - 5:05 pm EST @theindpanorama 2

The historic decision of Nov 9, 2016 to demonetize currency notes of Rs. 500/1000, which represents 86 %of the total currency in circulation, was ‘overdue’ since the last time in 1978. Many reports suggest that […]

Demonetization was a dishonest promise

Jan 6, 2017 - 4:59 pm EST @theindpanorama 1

A cost-benefit analysis of demonetization needs to take into account the inconvenience caused and the millions of man days lost in queues and lay-offs. The honorable Prime Minister promised the people an India of their […]

Mr. HR Shah, Chairman of TV Asia is a successful entrepreneur, philanthropist and community leader

Mr. HR Shah: The Doyen of Indian American Community

Jan 6, 2017 - 3:08 pm EST Bidisha Roy 2

He may pass by. You may not notice him. He is one among many. But only when you get to know him, you understand the power of the man. When I say power, I surely […]

He Accomplished Daunting Tasks of Protecting and Promoting Diversity

Jan 6, 2017 - 2:47 pm EST @theindpanorama 2

A Tribute to Guru Gobind Singh, Creator of Khalsa. Sikhism is the Fifth Largest Religion of the World. The Sikh Guru’s 350th birth anniversary falls on January 5, 2017 In the times of Mogul empires […]

Welcome to Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2017 at Bengaluru

Jan 6, 2017 - 10:46 am EST The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 2

THE CONVENTION WILL FOCUS ON DIASPORA ACHIEVEMENTS TIP Correspondent BENGALURU: The curtains are ready to be raised on the 14th edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas being held at Bengaluru from January 7 to […]

Fundraiser Eye Foundation of America hosted by The Indian Panorama 16

The Indian Panorama hosts an ‘Evening with a Purpose’

Dec 16, 2016 - 11:46 am EST The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 1

LONG ISLAND, NY (TIP): The Indian Panorama hosted a well-attended fundraising dinner for the Eye Foundation of America on Tuesday, December 13 at Cotillion in Jericho, Long Island. Dr. VK Raju, an internationally reputed ophthalmologist […]

TAXING TIMES AHEAD: Union Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley with Deputy Chief Minister Delhi, Manish Sisodia after the recent GST Council meeting in New Delhi.

GST matters but so does fiscal federalism

Dec 10, 2016 - 1:23 pm EST @theindpanorama 2

As expected, the latest Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council meet, headed by the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and with state finance ministers as members, could not arrive at any policy decision as far […]

Another session lost: A timely rebuke from a marg darshak

Dec 10, 2016 - 1:19 pm EST @theindpanorama 21

The continued disruptions of the Lok Sabha provoked a strong reaction from a sidelined BJP veteran, LK Advani. The latter has blamed both Speaker Sumitra Mahajan and his one-time protégé, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar, […]

Jayalalithaa was only 16 years old when she starred opposite M.G.R in Ayirathil Oruvan

The Young Prodigy – Jayalalithaa

Dec 9, 2016 - 9:24 am EST The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 1

Jayalalithaa was only 16 years old when she starred opposite M.G.R in Ayirathil Oruvan. The entire cast & crew would stand up every time the veteran actor walked in, but the Church Park educated, English […]

President-elect Donald Trump at a meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House

A rite of passage: Obama-to-Trump transition will see a new America and changed equations

Dec 2, 2016 - 4:44 pm EST Gauri 1

Never has the US seen a transfer of power in the White House as contentious and controversial as we are now witnessing. One has also rarely seen an electorate as polarized as it was during […]

Misery in rural India: The government should listen to its own bureaucrats

Dec 2, 2016 - 4:19 pm EST @theindpanorama 2

If the government thought media was exaggerating the prevailing “cash chaos” and focusing excessively on urban India, its own officers’ report has confirmed that the situation is far worse in rural India. A team of […]

Sharath Narayan won Jeopardy! Teen Tournament - a top quiz show in the US

Indian teen wins US quiz show

Dec 2, 2016 - 4:01 pm EST @theindpanorama 1

NEW YORK (TIP): Sharath Narayan, an Indian American teen from Madison, Alabama won Jeopardy! Teen Tournament – a top quiz show in the US. In the finale held in Washington, DC, on November 22, he […]

The implications of demonetization and Trump’s win will be far-reaching

Nov 26, 2016 - 4:09 pm EST @theindpanorama 2

Trump’s election as US President and demonetization in India arrived like conjoined twins on November 9. Joseph Schumpeter’s phrase “creative destruction”, used in 1942 to characterize industrial evolution, is the hopeful outcome. Experts are divided […]