Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:01:52 +0200 http://www.connectingindians.com/ Connecting Indians: a Portal for Indians in Germany en-us http://www.connectingindians.com/images/logo.gif http://www.connectingindians.com/ connectingindians@gmail.com http://www.connectingindians.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=73 Dear Friends, We would like to extend our sincere thanks to you all for your participation in Holi. For all those who were not able to make up on that day: would like to join us in this event? It's easy. Just click on the following links: http://picasaweb.google.com/tarunbgupta/Holi2008 http://yeh-hai-germany.blogspot.com/2008/03/blog-post_16.html Again, Thank you so much for your consideration,time and for being part of this event. Warm Regards, Garching Utsav Team. Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:01:52 +0200 http://www.connectingindians.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=72 The Matchmaker: Purvi Shah  Despite the connotations of her self-proclaimed job title, Purvi Shah does not arrange romantic relationships — though she may make her clients just as happy as lovebirds. Shah, founder of the consulting firm Living Event, connects Indian and German businesses, helping them network, negotiate partnerships and break into the Indian market. Her unique position as an Indian having spent most of her life in Germany provides the insight behind her advice. YG sat down with Shah to get her perspective on the state of Indo-German business relations.  Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:54:47 +0100 http://www.connectingindians.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=71 YG India Special: Germany grooves to Bollywood’s beat Sure, you’ll still find plenty of adoring Heidi Klum fans out there. But lately, a new celeb craze has hit Germany — one obsessed with Bollywood beauties such as Aishwarya Rai and Kajol. Even beyond its enticing stars, the Indian film mega-industry has enchanted Germany, and all of Europe, with everything from its elegantly woven saris to the hip and infectious Bhangra beats featured in the films’ soundtracks. Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:25:23 +0100 http://www.connectingindians.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=70 Hi All, Hope u all doing good.. I am from india came to frankfurt for work purpose... I found a good shop for buying food materials...rice,fresh vegetables,masalas...etc...tamil movies(old and new movies)dvds and etc.. the shop name and Address is : Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:49:42 +0100 http://www.connectingindians.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=69 http://www.studentenwerk.mhn.de/wohnen/studiummuenchen-uk.html Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:10:20 +0100 http://www.connectingindians.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=68 Important: Please note that an OCI card alone cannot be accepted as an authority for entry into India unless the “U” visa sticker is pasted in the passport of the OCI card holder. Hence please ensure that an OCI “U” visa sticker is pasted in your Passport. Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:27:51 +0100 http://www.connectingindians.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=66 Today we present you an exhaustive list of educational institutes and universities list and the appropriate links. Please note that these links are not checked for their existence and might be broken in course of time. Please report us if a link is broken/moved/invalid/expired. Thanks for your co-operation. Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:07:06 +0200 http://www.connectingindians.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=65 Hi Friends, I am new guy here. I would like to tell you all one great website http://freevideolectures.com designed by one of our INDIAN, that provides free video lectures on all subjects right from Physics to Webdesigning, Computers, electronics, VLSI etc... Check it out Sat, 11 Aug 2007 12:26:22 +0200 http://www.connectingindians.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=62 Here is our EXCLUSIVE & exhaustive list of frequently asked questions. If you got a question just comment. Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:34:12 +0200 http://www.connectingindians.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=61 If you ever tried to search movies/videos/files on Google and end up in spam pages where you don't really find anything useful. Here is a trick which can take you to the files directly and with Google its possible. Its even faster than to use peer to peer networks. Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:17:16 +0200 http://www.connectingindians.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=60 Millions of Indian coins are being smuggled into neighboring Bangladesh and turned into razor blades. And that's creating an acute shortage of coins in many parts of India, officials say. Read more at BBC Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:14:44 +0200 http://www.connectingindians.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=59 Kieler Woche: The biggest summer festival in northern Europe. The 125th Year of the Kieler Woche - Just came to an end. Kieler Woche is celebrated every year, in the last week of June. More than three million people from 70 countries visit the biggest summer festival of northern Europe. Kiel puts its best foot forward with a unique mix of cultural, musical, political and social highlights. This time it was the 125th Year of the Kieler Woche. Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:17:42 +0200 http://www.connectingindians.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=58 An Indian student doing research in CAU Kiel, has been contesting election for the Auslaenderreferrat (International Student Representative) of ASTA(Student Union) and to the student parliament of Kiel University. Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:45:05 +0200 http://www.connectingindians.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=57 Coming to Kiel and Living in Kiel Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:29:54 +0200 http://www.connectingindians.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=56 The cost of living If you've wondered how expensive it is to live in Germany, you will be pleased to hear that most basic expenditures such as rent and food are not much higher than in other comparable countries where wages are sometimes lower. The ratio of average earnings and the cost of living is in fact quite in order. With an average of 30 percent rent and housing-related costs such as heating, electricity gas, etc. swallow the biggest share of the average German household’s net income. Needless to say, rent varies greatly between regions and cities and depends on the humbleness of your abode. It is thus not uncommon for someone living in larger, more attractive cities such as Frankfurt or Munich to spend significantly more than one third of his or her net income on rent. Thu, 31 May 2007 11:21:43 +0200 http://www.connectingindians.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=55 Majority of young Indians' team today is getting into prestigious software companies. Here are the companies and the starting pay is mentioned. Just have a look for understanding. All these are starting salaries for freshers in those companies . India FRESHERS - IT/Software Salary Survey Fri, 25 May 2007 21:25:03 +0200 http://www.connectingindians.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=54 Art of Living Basic Course designed by Sri Sri Ravishankar (www.artofliving.org) Dear All, We are organizing the Art of Living Basic Course in Cologne from the 25th May to 28th May 2007. Tue, 22 May 2007 07:30:48 +0200 http://www.connectingindians.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=53 We are happy to announce that, "Connecting Indians" and "Young Germany" became Cooperative Partners, which brings more services and information for users. What "Connecting Indians" says: ConnectingIndians.com is One Stop Portal for Indians in Germany."Connecting Indians" is a non profit organization, which aims to provide a single Internet platform to all Indians living in Germany. It offers many community features like forums, news, events calender, apartment search, and many other services where people share infromation and knowledge resources. Fri, 18 May 2007 16:01:32 +0200 http://www.connectingindians.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=52 There is a lot of talk about Indians living abroad returning back to India because of the high economic growth India is clocking and improving infrastructure. As an Indian student here in Germany, I asked myself, why an Indian would genuinely want to return back to India, today? Find out ! Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:19:23 +0200 http://www.connectingindians.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=51 Do you know the reforms in place since start of this year? Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:36:14 +0200 http://www.connectingindians.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=50 An overhaul exhaustive guide to money transfers from Germany(EU) to India. Read on and post on forums for any questions. Lets find an optimistic way to minimize the brokerages involved. Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:28:47 +0200 http://www.connectingindians.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=49 This article I found on the musical site for the world "www.madhursangeet.com". Listen the tilting melodies of the 50's,60's,70's and 80's. 'The twenty-first century is India's to lose' T P Sreenivasan | March 05, 2007 | 10:21 IST After the wave of nostalgic books on the British Raj in recent years and on Indian philosophy in an earlier era, it is now fashionable to write futuristic books on India. Curiosity about the secret of the phenomenal success of India as an economic power, with all its contradictions and weaknesses, has opened the floodgates of studies and analyses, but the rise of modern India remains 'strange', as the author of the book, In Spite of the Gods, Edward Luce of The Financial Times asserts. Coming as it does after Thomas Friedman's The World is Flat, it cannot escape comparison with Friedman's brief history of the twenty-first century. 'Friedman's thesis is that the world is flat. My point is that India is not flat', Luce told me in an interview for the Asianet television channel. Wed, 07 Mar 2007 16:35:10 +0100 http://www.connectingindians.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=48 Many Indians have it. But do they know it's a possible death warrant? By: Lavina Melwani Here's a life-or-death test for you. Pick up a tape measure. Wrap it around your waist at navel level. If you're an Indian woman and measure more than 32 inches or an Indian man over 35 inches, brace yourself.Within the next 10 or 20 years you are almost certain to get diabetes or heart disease - or both.You have the killer belly, a condition that specially afflicts Indians. While heart disease declined 60 percent in the last 30 years in the United States, it has escalated by 300 percent in India. U.S. studies have found that Indians in the United States have three to four times the heart disease rate of the mainstream U.S. population. Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:05:57 +0100 http://www.connectingindians.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=47 Raj Kapoor Wanted to Own Me Padmini Kolhapure on life on and off the silver screen. By: Kavita Chhibber She is the niece of the famous Mangeshkar sisters, Lata and Asha. Her grandfather was a theater giant, her father a classical singer and her mother worked in the airline industry. It's no surprise then that Padmini Kolhapure has never had a problem flying high. In this exclusive interview with Little India's Kavita Chhibber, the super star of Indian films, who also made waves with play back singing and is now dabbling successfully in theater talks about her life on and off the silver screen. Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:02:10 +0100 http://www.connectingindians.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=46 The Desi Diaspora Indian Migration and Nationalism in the 19th and 20th Centuries Description This essay describes the world events and many adversities that shaped overseas Indians' sense of unity and identity over the past two centuries. Content Diaspora is migration during the era of nationalism, not just a scattering of peoples but also a politico-emotional gathering in far-off lands under the sign of the nation. Diaspora is an idea that only makes sense in the era of nationalism. Prior to nationalism’s birth in the 19th century, people moved routinely. They traveled from their local places of birth and social sustenance to territories so far that they lost touch with their early homes. Most of these migrants did not think of themselves as part of a coherent diaspora, mainly because they did not see their places of origin as part of a national project. When people of the Indian subcontinent (desis, or those from the desh, homeland), for instance, commonly traveled to Southeast Asia or to Africa as part of the world of the Indian Ocean (that has been called the Afrasian Sea), there is no evidence that they saw themselves as part of a desi diaspora. [note 1] On the contrary, they took with them social practices, habits and materials from their homelands, moved to far-off locales and set to work in the construction of a new ethos, one that was defined in conversation with the materials and ideas that they found in those parts. Fri, 24 Nov 2006 09:52:02 +0100