An India Orientation

We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made. -Albert Einstein India is,the cradle of the human race,the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history,the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition.Our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only. -Mark Twain

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[object Object],It is the only society in the world which has never known slavery. India was the richest country on Earth until the time of the British in the early 17th Century Robert Clive’s (“Conqueror of India”) personal wealth amassed from the blunder of Bengal during 1750’s was estimated at around £401,102 It has been estimated that the total amount of treasure that the British looted from India had already reached £1,000,000,000 (£1Billion) by 1901. Taking into consideration interest rates and inflation this would be worth close to $1,000,000,000,000 ($1Trillion) in real-terms today.

Invented the Zero Aryabhatta Mahatma Gandhi Father of the nation Embodiment of Non- Violence 1979 – Nobel Prize in Peace Mother Teresa 1983 - Nobel Laureate in Physics Subramanyan Chandrasekhar

Tirumala – Tirupati World’s richest temple (near Bangalore) Saint Thomas Cathedral (Goa) Statue of Virgin Mary brought from Portugal in 1543 The Golden Temple (Amritsar) Gateway of India (Mumbai) The Taj Mahal (Agra)

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The saffron stands for courage, sacrifice and the spirit of renunciation. The white, is meant for purity and truth. The green is for faith and fertility. The navy blue wheel denotes the continuity of the nation's progress which is deemed to be as boundless as the blue sky and as fathomless as the deep blue sea.

G enerates - Brahma O bserves - Vishnu D estroys - Shiva Brahma-Vishnu-Shiva The Trinity

The Great Indian Epics Ramayana Mahabharata Longest Epic in world literature with 100,000 two-line stanzas The first Indian epic

Indus Valley Civilization- one of the world’s first great urban civilizations Harappa Civilization- 2700BC

World’s first university in Takshila –700 B.C Sanskrit Language –most suitable for computer software Ayurveda- earliest school of medicine known to humans

Yoga - Made in India Origin –5000 BC Documented by 200 BC – 300 AD Origin of Martial arts – 200 BC Kalarippayat Origin of Yoga

1700s – British invasion 15 th August , 1947 Indian Independence 26 th January , 1950 Republic- India

National Emblem “ Truth alone triumphs” National Animal - Tiger National Bird - Peacock National Flower - Lotus

About Bangalore ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

About Bangalore – Food ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Shopping - General ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Shopping - Recommendations ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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Language – Hindi and Kannada (local to Bangalore) Useful phrases one can practice: Saku (Sock-Oo) Bus Ok, That’s Enough Mera Nam <name> Kithna (Kit-nah) Teek Hai (Tea-Kay) Shukriya (Shoe-kre-ah) Namast é (Nam-eh-stay) Hindi Nana Hesaru (Hess-R-U) My name is… Eshtu (Yes-Two) How Much? Aythu (Eye-two) OK / Understood Dhanyavadagalu (Dah-Knee-Ah-Wah-Dah-Gah-Loo) Thank You Namaskara Greetings / Hello Kannada English

Flying Into India ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Flying Into India ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Currency ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Miscellaneous ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],India’s population to be the largest in the world

[object Object],[object Object],India's GDP will reach $ 1 trillion by 2011, $ 2 trillion by 2020, $ 3 trillion by 2025, $ 6 trillion by 2032, $ 10 trillion by 2038, and $ 27 trillion by 2050, becoming the 3 rd largest economy after USA and China. In terms of GDP, India will overtake Italy by the year 2016, France by 2019, UK by 2022, Germany by 2023, and Japan by 2032.

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India: Foreign Multi-National Companies ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

India: Technology Superpower ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Indians abroad ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Chief Executives of Standard Chartered Bank (Rana Talwar) Chief Executive officer of Vodafone (Arun Sarin) President of AT & T-Bell Labs (Arun Netravali) Vice-Chairman and founder of Juniper Networks (Pradeep Sindhu) Founder of Bose Audio (Amar Bose) Founder, chip designer Cirrus Logic (Suhas Patil ) Chairman and CEO of Computer Associates (Sanjay Kumar) Head of (HPC WorldWide) of Unilever Plc . (Keki Dadiseth) Chief Executive Officer of HSBC (Aman Mehta) Director and member of Executive Board of Goldman Sachs (Girish Reddy) Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund (Raghuram Rajan) Former CTO of Novell Networks (Kanwal Rekhi) A snapshot of Indians at the helm of leading Global businesses:

Indians in the U.S. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Statistics show: 38% of doctors in the USA, 12% of scientists in the USA, 36% of NASA scientists, 34% of Microsoft employees, 28% of IBM employees, 17% of INTEL scientists, 13% of XEROX employees, … are Indians

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Ex-Prime Minister, Sri Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Fourteenth and Current Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh

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