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MauritiusA country once cursed for indentured laborers (mostly from

India) & their plight & pity has now become hot & beautiful

destination for tourists with very rich cultural heritage &

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PUT MORE ON BOLLYWOODCongratulations. You have done a great job. You have covered everything I wonder what is left for next isue. I would like to suggest put more infor-mation about new release films. I don’t watch movies but I know when Indian’s meet there conversation ends with film talks. They want to know about films, which are going to be released soon. I will forward it to all my friends. I did not get chance to intereact with you but. Once again thanks for your efforts for Magzine.

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...DELIgHTED & FELT EMOTIONALI received your Magazine from my father’s friend who is Hindi Teacher in Indian School Muscat. My father was also a writer here in Fiji and I am working here as an Elecrical Engineer since last 6 years. Really this maga-zine is worth reading, My wife also read it, she was delighted & felt emo-tional to read this. Though we are here for long but our heart always with our native place (Balia, U.P.).

Wish you and your family happi-ness and goo health. Dher sari Shubhkamnayen aur aage bhi apki patrika padne ko milti rahe.....

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DIL MANgE BOLLYWOODIt’s indeed a great pleasure to have a magazine like NRI ACHIEVERS. I have read it many times. It feels like smoothening breeze to rejuvenate the mind and soul of we the Indians here. But apart from that I would like to add that here in US we love to read Bollywood gossips.Please incorporate the same in your coming issues.

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WORTH READINgThank you very much for giving us an opportunity to look through a window which lead us to a world of creativity. Each article of the magazine is worth reading and thought provoking. I for-warded this issue to my friends and relatives accross the country and they all are very happy to receive the same.Hope you will continue to share your love for the contents and creative writ-ing.

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IMPROvE THE qUALITYI received NRI ACHIEVERS and wish to reiterate that give more own experi-ences of NRIs in first person. Can you improve the quality of photographs? I know the problems also, but if you have to carry them, you may kindly give attention to the quality also, in the process you might have to reduce the size or the number.

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MAURITIUSFROM CULTURE TO CIvILISATION

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Indian community constitutes such diverse elements as South Asian Hong Kong Muslims, Canadian Sikhs, Punjabi Mexican Californians....

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'promote our local artists'

Omeshwaree Bauhadoor, the secretary of Action for Artistic Creativity, Mauritius,

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MAURITIUS PRESIDENT TO BE .... 20

INDIAN STUDENTS gROWINg ABROAD 24

MAURITIUS IS A BHARAT CHHAAP DESH 26

OLDEST gURDWARA IN US 28

FUTURE SCOPE 32

ARSP MATTERS 34

OPTIONS IN REAL ESTATE FOR NRIs 36

HEALTH IS WEALTH 42

HUMOUR BYTE 44

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uman history and their cultural and traditional growth is an exceptional exercise which happens in the course of time, facing the uncertainty, hard work, war and stupendous struggle. Mauritius speaks the same since its discovery by Arabs in 1507, followed by the Portuguese, then Dutch who have christened it as Mauritius & thought of settling the life with farming and husbandry.

Later, the French had settlers from Africa as slave & devel-oped the farming & renamed it as isle-de-France. Then came the Britishers, abolished slavery & this idyllic land reverted to Mauritius again. Amazing history! isn't it. such tiny nation & so much to say. we Indians here entered as indentured labor-ers & army men and irrigated the land with sweat , protected the land with blood and constructed the land by the sheer dint of hard-work, entrepreneurship & endeavor to excel.

And not the least we cultured the land with the rich & vibrant sanatan way of life, carried from paternal land India and planted here the roots of democracy, 'sarva jana hitaya', love and brotherhood. this cultural practice of Mauritius makes it the only democratic nation in the African continent & 24th in the world rankings which itself are the testimony of its exceptional development and growth since its independence on 12th march 1968. This is no exaggeration that India, the largest father republic has a lot to learn from Mauritius in terms of economical and democratic growth this nation has scripted to follow, apart from this, the beautiful assimilation of various faiths and races (Indian, Chinese, European etc.) has given the world a food for thought, to reflect on & to intro-spect how to make this world truly a place where the people would be what they expect themselves to be, without having distinction in the name of race, religion and region, with babed breath the world is watching Mauritius!!!

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Over 6,000 Indians are current-lylanguishing in foreign jails withmaximum of 1,691 being lodgedin Saudi Arabia. External AffairsSalman Khurshid revealed in the parliament.in Rajya Sabha, said a total of6,293 Indians are imprisonedinvarious countries.

1,012 Indians are lodged in jails inUnited Arab Emirates followedby 441 in the US, 426 people inUnited Kingdom, 377 in neigh-bouringNepal, 279 in Qatar and225 in Kuwait.The number of Indianslodged in Pakistani prisons is 224while 114 people are languishingin jails in Australia , 167 inBangladesh, 187 in Malaysia, 52in Iran and 27 in Afghan prisons.Indians are also lodged injails in various other countriesincluding

Greece, Bahrain,Belarus, Belgium, Bhutan,Cyprus, Egypt, Finland, Germany, Indonesia, Lebanon, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Myanmar, Oman, Sri Lankaand Thailand.Khurshid said generally theof-fences for which Indians landin foreign jails include violationof visa rules such as overstay

andillegal entry, non-possession ofvalid travel docu-ments, economicoffences and violation of employmentcontracts.'However, there are also afew cases of grave offences likedrug trafficking, theft, murder etccommitted by Indian nationals,'he said.The minister said IndianMissions utilize the IndianCommunity Welfare Fund to providelegal assistance in deservingcases.

President Barack Obama said to sikh community around the world 'Happy Diwali and Saal Mubarak'. He praised the resil-ience of the Sikh community in the wake of the shooting at a Sikh gurdwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. 'Out of a day of sad-ness, we were reminded that the beauty of America remains our diversity, and our right to reli-gious freedom,' he said in a mes-sage of greetings to Hindus, Jains, Sikhs and Buddhists celebrating 'the holiday of Diwali - the festi-val of lights'. 'Diwali is a time for gathering with family and friends, often marked with good food and dancing. It is also a time for prayer and reflection about those

less fortunate,' said Obama. 'It is a testament to the compassion of these communities that so many of them have helped those that have been devastated by Hurricane Sandy,' he said, refer-ring to the storm that threw life out of gear in Northeast US, par-ticularly New York and New Jersey Turning to the Oak Creek tragedy and the 'heroic actions of the first responders and the out-pouring of support from people across the country', Obama said: 'In the wake of that horrible trag-edy, we saw the resilience of a community that drew strength from their faith and a sense of solidarity with their neighbors, Sikh and non-Sikh alike.'

'HAPPY DIWALI & SAAL MUBARAK': OBAMA

6,293 INDIANS JAILED IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES

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In yet another appointment of an Indian American to a key administration post, President Barack Obama has named former Asia Society president Vishakha N. Desai as member, National

Museum and Library Services Board. At over a score, the Obama administration has more Indian−Americans working in top positions than any other previous administration with USAID administrator Rajiv Shah currently being the highest ranking Indian American.

Announcing the appointment of Bombay University graduate Desai with nine others, Obama said: 'I am pleased to announce that these experienced and committed individuals have agreed to join this Administration, and I look forward to working with them in the months and years ahead.'

According to the White House announcement, Desai is president emeritus of Asia Society, an organisation she led as president and CEO from 2004 to 2012. From 1977 to 1990, Desai worked at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in a variety of roles, ultimately serving as assistant curator of Indian, Southeast Asia, and Islamic collections from 1981 to

1990, and, simultaneously serving as the head of aca-demic programs from 1981 to 1988.

Desai has been a visit-ing professor at numerous universities and was an assistant and associate pro-fessor at the University of Massachusetts from 1988 to 1990. Desai is on the board of The Brookings Institution and is an advi-

sor and reviewer for the New York City Advisory Commission for Cultural Affairs. She served as the president of the Association of Art Museum Directors from 1998 to 1999, and was on the boards of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Leadership Education for Asian Pacific, Inc., Asian University for Women, and the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities. Desai received a BA from Bombay University and an MA and PhD from the University of Michigan.

The Irish public health watchdog has announced that it has launched a probe into the death of pregnant Indian woman Savita Halappanavar. The Irish Republic's health service is already conducting an inquiry, which is now described as a clinical review. The Health Information Quality Authority, an independent health safety body, will conduct a parallel inquiry, the BBC reports. Halappanavar died after suffering a miscar-riage in University Hospital, Galway. Her widower, Praveen, claimed she was denied a ter-mination. Her husband has asked for a full public inquiry into his wife's death. He believes she would still be alive if she had been granted an abortion days earlier, when she was told about losing her baby. The wid-ower alleged doctors refused his wife's requests because there was a foetal heartbeat. According to the report, Savita's death of the Indian-born dentist has sparked international protests and reignited the debate on the Republic's abortion laws.

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FROM CULTURE TO CIVILIZATION Mauritius

While Arab and Malay sailors knew of Mauritius as early as the 10th century CE

and Portuguese sailors first visited in the 16th century, the island was first colo-

nized in 1638 by the Dutch. Mauritius was populated over the next few centuries

by waves of traders, planters and their slaves, indentured laborers, merchants,

and artisans. The island was named in honor of Prince Maurice of Nassau by the

Dutch, who abandoned the colony in 1710.


Captured by the BritainThe French claimed Mauritius in 1715

and renamed it Ile de France. It became a prosperous colony under the French East

India Company. The French Government took control in 1767, and the island

served as a naval and privateer base dur-ing the Napoleonic wars. In 1810, Mauritius was captured by the Britain,

whose possession of the island was con-firmed 4 years later by the Treaty of

Paris. French institutions, including the Napoleonic code of law, were maintained.

The French language is still used more widely than English.

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A Diverse Heritage

Mauritian Creoles trace their origins to the plantation owners and slaves who

were brought to work the sugar fields. Indo-Mauritians are descended from

Indian immigrants who arrived in the 19th century to work as indentured labor-

ers after slavery was abolished in 1835. Included in the Indo-Mauritian communi-

ty are Muslims (about 17% of the popula-tion) from the Indian subcontinent.

Navin Ramgoolam, Prime Minister, Mauritius



A Shifting Political Power BaseFranco-Mauritians control nearly all of the large sugar estates and are active in business and banking. As the Indian population became numerically dominant and the vot-ing franchise was extended, politi-cal power shifted from the Franco-Mauritians and their Creole allies to the Hindus.

Road to IndependenceElections in 1947 for the newly created Legislative Assembly marked Mauritius' first steps toward self-rule. An independence campaign gained momentum after 1961, when the British agreed to permit additional self-government and eventual independence. A coalition composed of the Mauritian Labor Party (MLP), the Muslim Committee of Action (CAM), and the Independent

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(Top) Mauritius Prime Minister Navinchan-dra Ramgoolam shakes hands with Indian

President Prathibha Patil. (Below) With Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

(L-R) Veena Ramgoolam, Michel Obama, Mauritius Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam and US President Barack Obama


Forward Bloc (IFB) – a traditional-ist Hindu party – won a majority in the 1967 Legislative Assembly election, despite opposition from Franco-Mauritian and Creole sup-porters of Gaetan Duval's Mauritian Social Democratic Party (PMSD).

Independence Within the CommonwealthThe contest was interpreted locally as a referendum on independence.

Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, MLP leader and chief minister in the colonial government, became the first prime minister at indepen-dence, on March 12, 1968. This event was preceded by a period of communal strife, brought under control with assistance from British troops. Ramgoolam was awarded the United Nations Prize for the defense of human rights in 1973 for his handling of ethnic ten-sions between Muslims and Creoles on the islands.

Becoming a Republic

Mauritius was proclaimed a repub-lic on 12 march 1992, having been a Commonwealth Realm for 24 years. Mauritius is one of Africa's success stories, having had a stable democracy and good human rights record.

(Top) Former Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam with Mauritius Prime Minister Nav-inchandra Ramgoolam

(below) The Prime Minister of Mauritius, Dr. Navinchandra Ramgoolam inspecting the Guard of Honour, at the ceremonial recep-tion, at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi


Suppose someone were to describe a small country that provided free education through university for all of its citizens, transport for school children and free healthcare – including heart surgery – for

all. You might suspect that such a country is either phenomenally rich or on the fast track to fiscal crisis.

After all, rich countries in Europe have increas-ingly found they cannot pay for university education, and are asking young people and their families to

bear the costs. For its part, the US has never attempted to give free college for all, and

it took a bitter battle just to ensure that America's poor get access to health-care – a guarantee that the Republican party is now working

hard to repeal, claiming the coun-

try cannot afford it.But Mauritius, a small

island nation off the east coast of Africa, is nei-ther particularly rich nor on its way to budgetary ruin. Nonetheless, it has spent the last decades successfully building a diverse economy, a democratic political system and a strong social safety net. Many countries, not least the US, could learn from its experience.

— Dheeraj Kumar Dubey

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'India is close to our heart'

I have always felt connected to India. I have soft corner for India and Indians. India is the country which is close to our heart and soul. It's been a great pleasure to be associated to India in any

manner. Apart from my roots which are deep in my native country, I have many personal good memories to cherish whenever I sit relaxed. I am MBBS and have done my degree from the nation I always adore. I feel very much accomplished after I have been appointed as High Commissioner of Mauritius to India. I have many fond memories when I was doing MBBS from Lucknow and it's been great to be back in the same cuddle with more promises to keep and responsibilities to bank upon.

Dr. Arye Kumar Jagessaur, High Commissioner of Mauritius in New Delhi photo: rajeev tyagi


TourismSometimes Mauritius termed as paradise on earth, due to its sheer beauty and miraculous sceneries, the island of Mauritius radiates charm and exquisiteness when it comes down to its heavenly beautiful beaches. The beauty of the clear waters of the turquoise lagoons

is such that even poets would not be able to capture its charms with mere words.

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Being awarded the 'World’s Leading Island Destination 2010', Mauritius has a unique blend of cul-tures, beautiful beaches and stunning scenery. It offers a peaceful sanctuary for those in search of pure relaxation and a full range of activities ranging from diving, surfing, kayaking, windsurfing

and deep-sea fishing (marlin and yellow fin tuna abound) for those who enjoy a more active pace. Your luxury holiday in Mauritius will be graced with the amenities that go hand in hand with life’s sophisticat-ed pleasures, a cultured cosmopolitan cache and a graceful style and ease of knowing that some of the fin-est luxury 5 star beach hotels in the world can be found within its shores.

The beaches of Mauritius apart from being storehouses of exquisite and incomparable beauty offer countless opportunities for those who wish to explore the mysteries of the marine world and for the adventure enthusiasts who loves water sports.

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Ma u r i t i u s P r e s i d e n t R a j k e s w u r Purryag will be the chief guest

at the 11th overseas Indians meet to be held at Kochi, Kerala in January next, Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi announced at a press confer-ence in new Delhi. For the 2013 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD), Ravi said Purryag will be among the prominent overseas Indians attending the meet, which will

focus on 'Engaging Diaspora', The Indian Growth Story'. PBD-2013 will have Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurating it Jan 8. President Pranab Mukherjee will be the guest at the valedictory of the event on Jan 9.

Minister Ravi also noted that there would be 2,000 delegates from 60 countries participating at the PBD-2013. A similar number of delegates had attended the event in January this year at Jaipur too. PBD is a platform established by the Indian government to strength-

en the India diaspora engagement and to provide them an overview of how they could participate in the country's growth. Among the issues that are expected to come up for discussion at the meet are India's growth and greater oppor-tunity for investment, safe invest-ment environment for overseas Indians, and engaging the youth Diaspora. There will be special discussion on issues concerning the Indian Diaspora living in the Gulf countries.

— J.P. Narain

mauritius presiDent to Be chieF guest at pBD 2013

Among the issues that are expected to come up for discussion at the meet are India's growth and greater opportunity for investment, safe investment environment for overseas Indians, and engaging the youth

Diaspora. There will be special discussion on issues concerning the Indian Diaspora living in the Gulf countries.

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If we look at the world cul-ture, one thing we can notice is the Indian Diaspora that constitutes an important and unique

force in some references. The incorporation of the British Empire in India can be linked to the exis-tence of modern Indian Diaspora all over the world.

Dating back to nineteenth cen-tury, Indian indentured labor was taken over to the British colonies in different parts of the world. Places like Fiji, Mauritius, Guyana, Trinidad, Surinam, Malaysia, South Africa, Sri Lanka... leave the foot prints of Indian immigration in a peculiar way.

Over two million Indian men fought on behalf of the empire in several series of wars fought abroad, including the Boer War and the two World Wars, and some remained behind to claim the land on which they had fought as their own. In the early part of 20th century many Gujarati trad-ers left for East Africa in large numbers as if it’s an emulation of their ancestors. In the post World War II period, most of the Indian labor and professionals scattered and it was a worldwide phenome-

non. The reconstruction of Europe after the war was provided by Indians and other South Asians, particularly in United Kingdom and Netherlands. In the more recent years the physical landscape of much of the Middle East is transformed by unskilled labors from South Asia.

Indians have made their pro-fessional presence visibly felt in countries like the United States, Canada and Australia. The fact is that the Indian community consti-tutes such diverse elements as South Asian Hong Kong Muslims, Canadian Sikhs, Punjabi Mexican Californians, Gujarati East

Indian Diaspora an important anD unique Force

Indian community constitutes such diverse elements as South Asian Hong Kong Muslims, Canadian Sikhs, Punjabi Mexican Californians, Gujarati East Africans now settled in the U.S. by way of England, South

African Hindus, and so forth.

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Africans now settled in the U.S. by way of England, South African Hindus, and so forth. The question now is who is an Indian? How can we distinguish the Indian Diasporic community as ‘Indian’?

When we look at the term ‘Indian Diaspora’ at least in America, the Indian community has occupied a place of consider-able privilege that many Indians could sidetrack the moment of rec-ognition that ‘Indianness’ as opposed to ‘American’. In the wake of declining economy and the sep-aration of Indians in clusters for varied reasons has resulted for targets of racial attacks. The ‘native dress’ of Indian women with the vermillion dot on the forehead is easily considered as the embodi-

ment of a otherness which has made gang of white teenagers to commit crime, who have done in New Jersey.

The native Indian costume has been scrutinized and discussed in North America and the U.K in a different perspective. Sikhs in these areas have insisted that they should be exempted from the law that restricts bicyclists and motor-cyclists to wear helmets, because such helmets cannot be worn on the turbans. In Californian schools Kirpan has been an issue of dispu-tation.

However, in general the Indian communities who are settled down in any part of the globe maintain some sort of fragile link with the motherland.

Of all the things, the most like-ly bonding to the Indian Diaspora is the ‘Bollywood’. What Hollywood is to the Western Europe, the Bollywood is to the Middle East and East Africa. It is worthy to note that the Hindi films are found in the grocery and video stores in the United States.

They often carry subtitles in Arabic or other language that the Indian Diaspora does not under-stand in the U.S! Indian ‘arranged marriage’ can give another dimen-sion to the ‘otherness’ of the Indian Communities in the USA.

The newspapers published by Indian communities will have a section for matrimonial ads. Though it help Indians to locate their community it once again exhibits the ‘otherness’ in relation to ‘Americans’. There are many ele-ments that can be debatable as we start dwelling on the issues that are related to religion and religious practices of Indians. The religious faith of Indians living in India and Indian Diaspora are rather dis-cussed with the background of reli-gious practices that they carry out. The religious practices of Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims in the U.S and other foreign countries might have acted as a catalyst in transforming the religious faith in India itself. While pointing out the Indian Diaspora the other question that appears to the fore is the relations between parents and children, food habits and music of Indians abroad... All these diverse elements are constantly altering as the world is growing every second with new perspectives and creativity.

— vinod GoelA


Universities in the West have been wooing Indian stu-dents to enroll in their campuses.

They have been organizing educa-tion fairs, road shows and special admission campaigns to encourage them to pick up brochures that show college life in Europe.

During the last decade, the number of Indian students in for-eign countries has grown by 256%.

Traditionally, students from north India sought admission for higher education in universities in the West but increasingly, the number of students from Gujarat and the southern states have also been on the increase.

And when it comes to scholar-ships and grants, most of them are bagged by students from southern India. In 2000, more than 53,000 Indian students went abroad but at the end of the decade, the num-

ber went up to 1,90,000. The US attracted the largest number, while UK came in a close second. Australia has been aggressive in seeking Indian students to enroll in their universities.

Germany and France are also attracting Indian students. Indian students are now exploring Sweden, Italy and Ireland, where cost of education is considerably cheaper.

— Bureau

Indian students growing aBroaD

During the last decade, the number of Indian students in foreign countries has grown by 256%.Indian students are now exploring Sweden, Italy and Ireland, where cost of education is considerably cheaper.

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Having settled down in a small hotel room and found myself craving for food, I opened my

bag to look for something that I could eat and I took out one ‘fara-ta’ identical to which I can now call an Indian ‘paratha’ that my mother prepared for me back home. Sitting there, did I realize that not only I look like an Indian but how much the same culinary arts we share.

The stories of my grandma lingered in my mind. She always used to tell me that we had Indian origins as her grandparents came from India as indentured laborers for they were fooled that they could find gold by digging the soil.

Though that those people could not find gold but they did transformed Mauritius into a par-adise. After having been nurtured from bollywood films and my

grandma’s stories, I grew up with a particular image in my mind of how India could be. In my India, one could not find skyscrapers neither metros but it would be like real old with ancient infrastruc-ture. The very basic thought about India would bring the scent of mouth-watering jalebis, haven for clothes and jewelleries, the heri-tage of gods, kings and queens

who once lived in India. I was greatly surprised by what I saw in India.

My journey to India was pure-ly accidental and unplanned. I just had to take a decision on the spot about pursuing my Masters stud-ies, today I find myself in that land, Incredible India, which I knew cured admission at one of the prestigious universities in

mauritius is a

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Bharat Chhaap Desh

HARPAL HIMTEE


Delhi, and without any second thought I boarded the plane head-ing India.

Once in India, so many thoughts crossed my mind, and my ‘to do’ list overflowed the sheet of paper where I penned them. I wanted to cry for I left behind me most importantly my home and the quiet environment which quickly resonated in my mind since I set my foot in India where each and every second blaring car horns are heard.

People talking in different lan-guages was something that my mind could easily disregard as was seeing crowds of people on the road. Though Mauritius is some-what bigger in size than Delhi, it has a population of only 1.3 mil-lion.

We Mauritians speak English, French, Creole, Hindi and Bhojpuri, a rich heritage bestowed upon us from the long coloniza-tion and the influx of foreigners who occupied Mauritius. Still, it is hard to forget those three hours before I settled in the hotel when a single drop of tear from my swol-len eyes trickled down my cheeks.

I perched myself at the door-steps of Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi waiting for someone to welcome me. After crying on that summer morning of July, and continuously asking myself the same question as to what I was doing in this country? Do I need to go through this just for a two- year academic course? I concluded that I was all alone, a loner about to discover the land of my great-great-grand par-ents. It dawned to me that no one

was coming to fetch me as it is supposed to be. Having mustered courage, I decided to see what the city holds for me and not to waste the whole day at the airport.

A hawaldar showed me the way to the prepaid taxi heading to a hotel in Paharganj. This was surely not the first time I was trav-elling in a foreign land but the very first sights and experience on the road bewildered me as they were to become my routine from then on. The constant horning cars and a smell inextricably an unex-plained one had not yet repelled me but stretched out a child’s like curiousity how India would sur-prise me. I walked through the narrow intertwined roads just to realise that despite being in a for-eign land, I did not feel like a stranger.

Mauritian culture is closely linked with the Indian way of life. One of the most thrilling rides I had was on cycle-rickshaw to eat kachori in a dhabba by the side of the road. I was shocked of the knowledge of a rickshawala about Mauritius. 'I am from Bihar' said he proudly when I told him am a

Mauritian. He then happily started to share his feelings as in he was so proud to say 'you people are our brothers and sisters and a perfect example of the determination and perseverance of Indians'.

Still I’m always haunted by a particular thought, what would it have been if my ancestors had never left India for Mauritius with their scriptures in their hand and some clothes in a ‘thaila’ in their hands? Had they not ventured for the most daring adventure, today Mauritius might not be the multi-cultured country we know. From what they knew and how they could, the labourers who were brought from Bihar and other parts of India tried to preserve their culture. Marriage and many of the Indian festivals among that of other cultures are celebrated pompously in Mauritius. Mauritius is in other word a 'BHARAT-CHHAP DESH'. Coming back to my roots, I remain a shadow con-structed on my past appurtenance that helps me to assimilate with a new way of life that bears much resemblance to my own.

—The writer is in India for studiesA


During the travel to North America there comes a num-ber of strange cases about the buildings

of various gurudwaras. Among them is the interesting case of the founding of the first gurudwara in America, at Stockton, California. This was also called, 'Gadari Babeyan da Gurudwara'— (the gurudwara founded by the mem-bers of the Hindustan Gadar Party). Both these factors make it unique.

The oldest existing Sikh gurudwara in both the US and Canada was founded in 1912 and despite the fact that there are big-ger gurudwaras, it has retained its pre-eminence in the religious his-tory of North American Sikhs. Whenever there is a reference to the immigration of Sikh to these

shores, a reference is always made to the Stockton gurudwara. In 1912, the older building came up. The Nishan Sahib was raised, to mark it as the house of Guru Nanak and the Guru Granth Sahib was ceremoniously installed.

All the steps were taken to have a proper gurudwara where a Sikh could pay obeisance to Wahe Guru. The enclosed black and white photograph shows that first building, which is now being used for housing the library and for holding of the akhand paath. We felt a sense of wonder and awe when we saw the gurudwara and thought about its founding so long ago. First, the event was too near to the beginning of the Sikh migra-tion into America which started around 1900.

Secondly, till 1910 the total Indian population as per the US

Census figures was only about 2000 in the whole of California,thats' too only individu-als, not families. And most of them were the day labour category, earn-ing in pittance. There was no organised Church to back them, nor even the State.

Still, those poor devout raised the funds and built the First gurud-wara in America way back in 1912 to spread the message of Guru Nanak. But it was a different sort of gurudwara then. Not only the gurudwara but even most of the sangat of 1912 was a different lot. They built the Sikh gurudwara, but initially ran it more like the Christian Churches which were all around them to emulate. Their mode of worship was far removed from the norms prescribed in the gurudwaras in India.

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The Stockton gurudwara retains its unique status of being the oldest existing gurudwara in North America

Initially the gurudwara ran more like Christian churches. The devotees did not sit on the floor.

The first building, established in 1912, is being used for housing the library and for holding of akhand paath. PHOTOS: THE WRITER

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THE PAINTER 'promote our local artists'

Omeshwaree Bauhadoor, the secretary of Action for Artistic Creativity, Mauritius, now is in India. She is quite busy regarding an exhibition in Delhi and looking forward for Indian Association of Artists/painters to collaborate for the same.

Mauritius and India have got various Cultural Exchange Programmes with help and support of ICCR. NRI Achievers gets candid with the artist. Here are some excerpts of the talk:

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NRI ACHIEVERS talks to Shri Baleshwar Agrawal about Antar Rashtriya Sahyog Parishad, which was established in 1978 with the same purpose.

Q. What made you think of Antar Rashtriya sahyog Parishad as an institution of the Indian Diaspora? A. For long, the Diaspora had been neglected by the successive Indian governments and as a result, they were cut off from Mother India, socially and culturally. The ARSP was founded with a clear purpose to correct this prevailing situation wherein NRIs/PIOs harbored a perception that Indian govern-ments were only after their money but least interested in their well being. Q. What has been the ARsP role in this regard? A. I was a member of the High Level Committee of the GOI on the

Indian Diaspora wherein we had suggested to the government sever-al measures to strengthen our ties with the world of NRIs/PIOs. Chief among our suggestions were the creation of a separate ministry for NRIs and PIOs, as well as starting

the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD), which has now become a regular annual event. The ARSP has also been a tireless campaigner for granting dual citizenship to over-seas Indians and the issue of PIO cards.

Ever since the beginning of his journey, this man had dream to

achieve, the dream to abridge the gap between India & Indian.

Q In recent years, many countries with a sizeable proportion of the IndianDiaspora have seen the political empowerment of the Diaspora with Indianorigin political figures being elected to office and even heads of states and governments, Mauritius and the caribbean countries being prime exam-ples. What is ARsP view in this regard?A. The political empowerment of the Indian Diaspora people aroundthe world is a matter of both joy and pride for all of us, especially asit is being achieved through purely democratic means, thereby vindi-cating India's faith and commitment to the spread of humanfreedom and liberty throughout the world. PIOs around theworld must also realize that their political success confers on them ahuge responsibility of both being loyal and committed to the countryof adoption as well as leveraging their hard-won positions of powerand influence to enhance India's standing in the world.

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Q What are the challenges before ARsP in the wake of changes taking place in the coming generations of the Indian Diaspora and its perceptions? A. It is true that the newer genera-tion of PIOs/NRIs is undergoing tremendous changes. In a sense, their distance form Indian culture and way of life is growing, as the later generations are born in the adopted lands of their parents and naturally imbibe the host culture right from birth. It is of utmost importance to make unceasing efforts to instill in them a pride of being connected to India and its civilizational ethos. Efforts have to be made at the school level itself, like teaching of Indian languages.

Facilities for teaching Indian arts, music, literature and culture must be extended to the younger gener-ation. We must encourage the younger generation of NRIs/ PIOs to visit India and its places of his-torical and cultural importance. Though the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) has started 'Know India Program’’, but the number of young students invited every year by the government is negligible. The government must involve non-governmental organi-zations given their reach, connec-tivity and goodwill, in enlarging the scope of this activity.

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Today Indian real estate sector is boom-ing, not only in the big cities but even in second tier cities.

Skeptics have already started to drum about overheating and fore-cast market correction. Even if one discounts for a reasonable market correction, the return on invest-ment in the Indian real estate sec-tor over the last five-six years has been phenomenal. Given the cur-rent drive and the emerging

trends, the phenomenon is reason-ably expected to continue in the coming years.

No wonder, this sector has elicited interest of investors from all parts of the world and inves-tor’s space in this sector is increas-ingly getting crowded. For those yet to take a decision, this article gives an overview of the legal framework governing the invest-ment by NRIs and PIOs in the Indian real estate sector and also briefly discusses the various

options available to them. Under the scheme of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999, the legislation that governs foreign investments and foreign exchange transactions, an NRI is understood as a person resident outside India, who is a citizen of India. For the purposes of availing the facilities of opening and maintaining bank accounts and investments in shares/securities in India, the term NRI includes a PIO, meaning thereby, that with respect to invest-

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The return on investment in the Indian real estate sector

over the last five-six years has been phenomenal. Given

the current drive and the emerging trends, the phe-

nomenon is reasonably expected to continue in the

coming years.

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ments in shares or securities, NRI and PIO are treated at par and have the same rights and privileg-es. In this context, the term PIO means a citizen of any country other than Bangladesh or Pakistan if: (a) He/she at any time held Indian Passport; or (b) He/she or either of his/her parents or any of his/her grand parents was a citi-zen of India by virtue of the Constitution of India or the Citizenship Act, 1955 or (c) The person is a spouse of an Indian

citizen However, with respect to investments as individuals in immovable property, PIO means an individual (not being a citizen of Pakistan or Bangladesh or Afghanistan or Bhutan or Sri Lanka or Nepal or China or Iran): (a) Who at any time, held an Indian Passport; or (b) Who or either of whose father or whose grandfather were a citizen of India by virtue of the Constitution of India or the Citizenship Act, 1955. In light of the above, the following

options are available to NRIs and PIOs to invest in the real estate sector in India.

As per the existing foreign direct investment policy NRIs and PIOs are allowed to invest directly up to 100% in any Indian compa-ny in the housing and real estate sector without any approval. The profits and capital are fully repa-triable subject to withholding tax.

Activities permitted under this route are as under: a) Development of serviced plots and construction of built up residential premises. b) Investment in real estate covering construction of residential and commercial premises including business centres and offices. c) Development of townships. d) City and regional level urban infra-structure facilities, including both roads and bridges. e) Investment in manufacture of building materi-als, which is also open to FDI. f) Investment in participatory ven-tures in (a) to (e) above. g) Investment in housing finance institutions, which is also open to FDI as an NBFC, i.e., nonbanking


financial company. NRIs can directly set up companies in India, other than in the nature of venture capital in India and do business in India. NRIs/PIOs can also make direct investment under the FDI policy through an overseas entity into companies in the Real Estate Sector as per the terms of Press Note 2 of 2005 issued by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.

This route allows investment in townships, housing, built-up infrastructure and construction-development projects (which would include, but not be restrict-ed to, housing, commercial prem-ises, hotels, resorts, hospitals, edu-cational institutions, recreational facilities, city and regional level infrastructure).

There are also certain restric-tions on the repatriation of capital invested (subject to a lock in peri-od of 3 years), minimum capital-ization/ investment requirements,

minimum project area/size requirements, etc. that have to be complied with.

Another option would be to invest through a venture capital fund, in real estate sector as per the Securities Exchange Board of India guidelines and regulations. It would be pertinent to note that real estate investment trust is not yet permitted to operate in India by SEBI. However, trusts if regis-tered with SEBI as domestic Venture Capital Fund or as Foreign Venture Capital Investor are allowed to invest in India subject to restrictions imposed under SEBI Regulations and FDI caps. NRIs could operate through a domestic VCF or an offshore fund set up as an FVCI. Either of the funds would invest into domestic companies, i.e., Venture Capital Undertakings engaged in real estate activities. In case NRIs intends to setup FVCI, the suitable jurisdiction for setting up of such FVCI would be coun-tries which offer concessions on capital gains tax such as Mauritius,

Cyprus, UAE, Netherlands, etc. As

per SEBI regulations, VCF can be established in India either as a trust or a company.

Domestic Venture Capital Fund needs to be registered with SEBI under the regulations before making any investments. A VCF may raise money from any inves-tor whether Indian, foreign or non-resident Indians by way of issue of units. So there are no restrictions on the DVCF for rais-ing funds. Presently, both the NRIs and PIOs, as individuals, can purchase/acquire and invest in any immovable property in India, other than agricultural, plantation property and farm house subject to provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management (Acquisition and Transfer of Immovable Property in India) Regulations, 2000. Further, both NRIs and the PIOs can also freely rent out their immovable property in India without seeking any per-mission from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and such rental income being a current account transac-tion is freely repatriable outside India. Any NRI or PIO desirous of investing in the Real Estate Sector in India may choose from any of the above options and be a party to the great Indian real estate revolution.

—Sushil Tayal

There are also certain restrictions on the repatriation of capital invested (subject to a lock in period of 3 years)

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Then send 2 or 3 candidates inThe room and close the door.

Leave them alone and come backAfter 6 hours and then analyzeThe situation.

If they are counting the Bricks.Put them in the accounts Department.

If they are recounting them.. Put them in auditing . If they have messed up theWhole place with the bricks.Put them in engineering.

If they are arranging theBricks in some strange order.Put them in planning.

If they are throwing theBricks at each other. Put them in operations . If they are sleeping.Put them in security. If they have broken the bricksInto pieces..Put them in informationTechnology.

If they are sitting idle.Put them in human resources.

If they say they have triedDifferent combinations, yetNot a brick hasBeen moved. Put them in sales.

If they have already left forThe day.Put them in marketing.

If they are staring out of theWindow.Put them on strategicPlanning.

And then last but not least.If they are talking to eachOther and not a single brickhas been moved.

Congratulate them and put them In top management.

Techniques to recruit the right person ...

Put about 100 bricks in someParticular order in a closed

Room with an Open window..

HUMOUR BYTE

Techniques to recruit the right person ...

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When Rani Mukherjee began her career, she had a huge crush on Aamir Khan. But then, she was a starter and she didn’t have the courage to look into Aamir’s eyes. And now after 14 years, they have come together for their third film Talaash, and this time around Rani keeps gazing into his eyes until he asks her not to.

‘Thuppakki’, a Tamil blockbuster, is riding high on success at the box office. The film’s revenues have even surpassed few of Rajnikanth’s movies. The Bollywood Version which is still in its baby stages, will star Akshay Kumar. However, the leading lady is yet to be decided. It is heard that Sonakshi Sinha, Deepika Padukone and Katrina Kaif are in strong contention. The leading lady’s role in the film will be action oriented and that she will essay the role of a boxer. If sources are to be believed, Deepika Padukone is so far looking ahead in this race.

who with akshay?

Ameesha Patel looks steaming hot in her latest endorsement – Glamstar glasses. Well, you hear it right. The actress is pro-

moting the brand and not her-self. It’s not a photo shoot

but the sunglasses brand that the pretty damsel is trying to sell.

ameesha Distracting people

'i DiDn’t have the courage to look into aamir’s eyes'

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