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1. India's Rape Crisis Is Worsening, and There Still Isn't a National Registry for Sex Offenders; Local newspapers feature almost daily reports of gruesome sexual assaults on infants and toddlers

Author

Overdorf, Jason

Subjects
India -- Social aspects, Sex crimes -- Statistics -- Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Jason Overdorf In mid-January, when New Delhi police arrested Sunil Rastogi for sex crimes against underage girls, the 38-year-old father of five made a horrifying confession: He claimed to [...]

Published
2017

2. How Narendra Modi's Cash Recall Gambit in India Backfired; Modi's plan to root out corruption and tax evasion could end in a terrible recession

Author

Overdorf, Jason

Subjects
Tax evasion -- Prevention, Prime ministers -- Economic policy, Corruption -- Management, Money supply -- Management, Company business management, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Jason Overdorf On November 8, when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a surprise recall of more than 80 percent of the country's cash in circulation, his supporters hailed [...]

Published
2016

3. The Mysterious Suicide of an Outed Gay Indian Professor; Thanks to a Bollywood film, Professor Siras's suicide may wind up doing more for gay rights than India's usually liberal courts

Author

Overdorf, Jason

Subjects
Aligarh (Motion picture) -- Personalities, Outing (Homosexuality) -- Social aspects -- Methods, College teachers -- Death of -- Portrayals, Gay and lesbian rights -- Social aspects, Suicide -- Investigations -- Portrayals, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Jason Overdorf When a gay professor at one of India's most prestigious universities was found dead two months after vigilantes barged into his house with a video camera and [...]

Published
2016

4. India's Holy Cow Vigilantes; Muslims are being killed over beef, and India's credibility is at stake--along with a $10 billion beef, buffalo and leather industry

Author

Overdorf, Jason

Subjects
Leather industry -- Industry forecasts -- Laws, regulations and rules, Beef -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Religious aspects, Beef industry -- Industry forecasts -- Laws, regulations and rules, Cultural conflict -- Religious aspects, Hindu-Muslim relations -- Religious aspects, Hindu nationalism -- Religious aspects, Government regulation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Jason Overdorf Outside the 150-year-old Tangra Slaughter House in Kolkata, India, a line of cows stretches down the lane alongside the arched, colonial-style building. There are no fixed prices [...]

Published
2015

5. Corruption, Murder and the Future of Astrology in India; Astrology is big business in India. It can also get you murdered

Author

Overdorf, Jason

Subjects
Murder -- Cases -- Political aspects, Astrologers -- Cases -- Death of, Astrology -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, Political corruption -- Methods, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Jason Overdorf Kurapati Nagaraju is one of India's wealthiest astrologers. He's also very lucky. Several months ago, two gunmen on motorcycles skidded to a halt near his house, pumped [...]

Published
2015

6. From Worst to Near First

Author

Overdorf, Jason

Subjects
Bihar, India (State) -- Economic aspects -- Social aspects, Public works -- Management, Cabinet officers -- Economic policy -- Evaluation, Economic development -- Management -- India, Economic growth -- Evaluation, Regional disparities (Economics) -- Evaluation, Company business management, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Jason Overdorf How India's most desperate state transformed itself to become a model for the rest of the country. For centuries, it seems, the northern Indian state of Bihar [...]

Published
2010

7. From Backwater to Trailblazer in India

Author

Overdorf, Jason

Subjects
Bihar, India (State) -- Economic aspects, Economic development -- Forecasts and trends -- India, Public officers -- Powers and duties, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Jason Overdorf For years the rural, densly populated Indian state of Bihar has been synonymous with epic dysfunction. Once the seat of one of the world's most glorious empires, [...]

Published
2010

8. The BJP's Broken Ideology

Author

Overdorf, Jason and Mazumdar, Sudip

Subjects
Bharatiya Janata Party -- Influence, One party systems, Hindu nationalism, India -- Political aspects
Abstract

Byline: Jason Overdorf and Sudip Mazumdar This week India's Parliament will begin what promises to be its most pointless debate in history--though one not lacking for histrionics--as its members take […]

Published
2009

9. Bollywood Gets Real

Author

Overdorf, Jason

Subjects
Kaminey (Motion picture) -- Appreciation, Motion pictures -- Forecasts and trends -- Innovations, Motion picture industry -- Forecasts and trends -- Innovations -- Finance, Motion pictures, Indian -- Forecasts and trends -- Innovations -- Finance, Company financing, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Jason Overdorf; With Anita Kirpalani in New York Midway through Vishal Bhardwaj's 2009 movie Kaminey (Scoundrels), the hero is captured by thugs looking to recover $2 million in stolen [...]

Published
2009

10. Deal or No Deal

Author

Begley, Sharon, Stone, Daniel, Liu, Melinda, and Overdorf, Jason

Subjects
Summit meetings -- Planning -- Evaluation -- Conferences, meetings and seminars -- Forecasts and trends -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects, Greenhouse gases -- Control -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Conferences, meetings and seminars -- Forecasts and trends -- Political aspects, Emissions credit trading -- Conferences, meetings and seminars -- Political aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Forecasts and trends, Air quality management -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Conferences, meetings and seminars -- Political aspects -- Usage -- Evaluation -- Planning -- Forecasts and trends, Climatic changes -- Conferences, meetings and seminars -- Political aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Forecasts and trends, Emissions (Pollution) -- Control -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Conferences, meetings and seminars -- Forecasts and trends -- Political aspects, Alternative energy sources -- Usage -- Forecasts and trends -- Conferences, meetings and seminars -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects, Government regulation, Company business planning, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Sharon Begley; With Daniel Stone in Washington, Melinda Liu in Beijing, and Jason Overdorf in Delhi The 192 countries flocking to Copenhagen next month wonCOt reach consensus on climate [...]

Published
2009

11. Fighting India's graft

Author

Overdorf, Jason

Subjects
Public works -- Government finance -- Laws, regulations and rules, Political corruption -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Government finance, Public officers -- Ethical aspects, Government regulation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Jason Overdorf Experts estimate that corruption in India indirectly kills more than 8,000 people a day by diverting money from food programs into the pockets of crooked officials. Now [...]

Published
2009

12. Singh's Rural Conundrum

Author

Overdorf, Jason

Subjects
Prime ministers -- Social policy, Social policy -- Evaluation
Abstract

Byline: Jason Overdorf Even as India's government is pouring $5abillion into a scheme to ease rural unemployment, its plan may be contributing to an inflationary spiral that's making the cost [...]

Published
2009

13. Good Intentions are Hurting India's Rural Poor

Author

Overdorf, Jason

Subjects
Prime ministers -- Economic policy -- Employment, Employment stabilization -- Management, Unemployment -- India -- Control, Rural poor -- Employment, India -- Economic policy, Company business management
Published
2009

14. A New Deal for India's Masses

Author

Overdorf, Jason and Mazumdar, Sudip

Subjects
India -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, Prime ministers -- Economic policy -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Jason Overdorf and Sudip Mazumdar Most prime ministers in India spend their first 100 days struggling just to keep their jobs. But Manmohan Singh's surprisingly deci-sive victory last month [...]

Published
2009

15. Singh

Author

Overdorf, Jason and Mazumdar, Sudip

Subjects
Prime ministers -- Political aspects -- Political activity, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Jason Overdorf and Sudip Mazumdar He may be shy, but his 100-day plan for India is strikingly bold. For much of the past 15 years, Indian politics were so [...]

Published
2009

16. The House in Ill Repute

Author

Overdorf, Jason

Subjects
India -- Political aspects, Legislators -- Ethical aspects, Political corruption -- Political aspects, Criminals -- Political aspects -- Ethical aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Jason Overdorf; With Sudip Mazumdar in Kolkata New rules have exposed just how many thieves and murderers sit in India's Parliament. Indian members of Parliament went home last week [...]

Published
2009

17. The Boom From The Bottom

Author

Overdorf, Jason

Subjects
India -- Economic aspects, Middle classes -- Influence -- Forecasts and trends -- Economic aspects, Economic conditions -- Forecasts and trends -- Economic aspects, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Jason Overdorf Isolated from world trends, India's aspiring middle will help it grow through the credit storm. Though it may not look it on the ground at times, India [...]

Published
2009

18. The Boom From The Bottom

Author

Overdorf, Jason

Subjects
India -- Economic policy, Global economy, Economic development -- India -- Evaluation, Economic policy -- Evaluation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Jason Overdorf Isolated from world trends, India's aspiring poor will help it grow through the credit storm. Though it may not look it on the ground at times, India [...]

Published
2009

19. Buying Peace of Mind

Author

Overdorf, Jason

Subjects
Police administration -- Analysis -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Forecasts and trends, Security services industry -- Growth -- Forecasts and trends -- Laws, regulations and rules, Company growth, Government regulation, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Jason Overdorf India turns to the private sector for security New Delhi can't provide. India's private-security industry has exploded in recent years, thanks to the country's longstanding terrorism problem [...]

Published
2008

20. No Fanning the Flames

Author

Overdorf, Jason and Mazumdar, Sudip

Subjects
Mumbai Terrorist Attacks, 2008 -- Investigations -- Management, Military maneuvers -- Management -- Methods -- Investigations, Antiterrorism measures -- Methods -- Investigations, Company legal issue, Company business management, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Jason Overdorf and Sudip Mazumdar India avoids lashing out at Pakistan and its own Muslims after the Mumbai attacks. Most people probably expected the Nov. 26 terrorist attacks on [...]

Published
2008

21. Markets Keep Rolling

Author

Overdorf, Jason and Wehrfritz, George

Subjects
General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Jason Overdorf and George Wehrfritz Terrorism hasn't yet derailed India's growth story. You couldn't strike a blow closer to the heart of Indian finance. Mumbai's downtown waterfront--the setting of [...]

Published
2008

22. The Rise Of The Hindu Right

Author

Overdorf, Jason

Subjects
India -- Political aspects -- Religious aspects, Political parties -- India -- Religious aspects, Hindus -- Political activity -- Political aspects -- Religious aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Bharatiya Janata Party (India) -- Evaluation
Abstract

Byline: Jason Overdorf Upcoming elections in India could help usher an even more nationalist BJP back into power. It's election season in India, and that's bad news for the hapless [...]

Published
2008

23. When Chips Are Down

Author

Wehrfritz, George, Kushner, Adam B., Kolesnikov-Jessop, Sonia, and Overdorf, Jason

Subjects
Company business management, Company business forecast/projection, Company earnings/profit, Cash management -- Analysis -- Economic aspects, Corporations -- Company sales and earnings -- Company forecasts -- Analysis -- Economic aspects, Cash budgets -- Management -- Analysis -- Economic aspects
Abstract

Byline: George Wehrfritz and Adam B. Kushner; With Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop in Singapore and Jason Overdorf in New Delhi Corporate big spenders may have to fold as the credit crisis exposes [...]

Published
2008

24. Space You Can Use

Author

Overdorf, Jason

Subjects
Company growth, Artificial satellites -- Launching, India -- Space policy
Abstract

Byline: Jason Overdorf India may now be the world leader in deploying satellites that assist practical work on the ground. Nobody would mistake India for a leader in outer space. [...]

Published
2008

25. The New Space Race

Author

Hennock, Adam B. Kushner Mary and Overdorf, Jason

Subjects
China -- Space policy -- International relations
Abstract

Byline: Mary Hennock, Adam B. Kushner and Jason Overdorf; With Akiko Kashiwagi in Tokyo China is catching up to the U.S. and Russia. And its neighbors in the region are [...]

Published
2008

26. The Real Space Race Is In Asia

Author

Hennock, Mary, Overdorf, Jason, Kushner, Adam B., and Kashiwagi, Akiko

Subjects
China -- Space policy, India -- Space policy, Outer space -- Discovery and exploration, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Mary Hennock, Adam B. Kushner and Jason Overdorf; With Akiko Kashiwagi in TokyoWith in Tokyo As China tries to catch up to the United States and Russia, its regional [...]

Published
2008

27. Hot Spot: Varq at the Taj Mahal Hotel, New Delhi

Author

Overdorf, Jason

Subjects
Restaurants -- Restaurant reviews, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Jason Overdorf In a drive to remain top table in New Delhi's fast-growing fine-dining scene, in August the Taj Mahal Hotel opened its second new restaurant in as many [...]

Published
2008

28. When More Is Worse

Author

Overdorf, Jason

Subjects
Prime ministers -- Education policy -- Forecasts and trends -- Planning, Education -- Standards, Federal aid to higher education -- Planning -- Forecasts and trends, Universities and colleges -- India -- Standards, Company business planning, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Jason Overdorf India's vast plan to build a bevy of new schools will fix only half the problem: quantity, not quality. On the sprawling campus of Delhi University, the [...]

Published
2008

29. Where Blood Runs Thick

Author

Overdorf, Jason

Subjects
General Electric Co. -- Alliances and partnerships, Procter & Gamble Co. -- Alliances and partnerships, Soap and cleaning agents industry -- Alliances and partnerships, Electrical equipment and supplies industry -- Alliances and partnerships, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Jason Overdorf For some time now, Indian firms have been growing in competitiveness; companies like Tata, Reliance, and the Aditya Birla Group now rival giant Western multinationals like General [...]

Published
2008

30. Putrid Rivers Of Sludge

Author

Overdorf, Jason

Subjects
India -- Environmental aspects, Aquatic resources -- India -- Management, Population density -- Influence -- Environmental aspects, Company business management, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Jason Overdorf Delhi's bureaucrats bicker over cholera and the role of city drains and state sewers. India scores 120 on the green index and especially poorly in sanitation. If [...]

Published
2008

31. Rebel Brides And Ex-Wives

Author

Overdorf, Jason

Subjects
India -- Social aspects -- Religious aspects, Divorce -- Statistics -- Forecasts and trends -- Religious aspects -- Social aspects, Arranged marriage -- Forecasts and trends -- Religious aspects -- Statistics -- Social aspects, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Jason Overdorf As India gets more wealthy, arranged marriage is giving way to more love weddings, and divorces. Not long ago, 19-year-old Sreeja Konidela returned home to Hyderabad from [...]

Published
2008

32. Storm Warning

Author

Wehrfritz, George and Overdorf, Jason

Subjects
Asia -- Natural resources -- International trade, Grain -- Supply and demand -- Prices and rates -- International trade, Weather -- Influence, Company pricing policy, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: George Wehrfritz and Jason Overdorf; With Christopher Flavelle, Ana Elena Azpurua and John Sparks in New York The world could be one crop failure away from an actual food [...]

Published
2008

33. Dueling Markets: Can Food Fight Oil?

Author

Foroohar, Rana, Overdorf, Jason, and Matthews, Owen

Subjects
Nuclear energy -- International aspects -- Military aspects, Petroleum -- International aspects -- Military aspects, Population density -- Influence -- Military aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Kurdistan Workers' Party -- Military aspects
Abstract

Byline: Rana Foroohar ; Jason Overdorf ; Owen Matthews ; Karin Rives ; Katie Baker It's no secret that high oil prices have moved big money, some $3 trillion, from [...]

Published
2008

34. Small. It's The New Big

Author

Naughton, Keith, Overdorf, Jason, Crowley, Patrick, Underhill, William, Hennock, Mary, Theil, Stefan, and Kashiwagi, Akiko

Subjects
Tata Motors Ltd. -- Product development -- Forecasts and trends, Automobile industry -- Forecasts and trends -- Product development -- Economic aspects, Mini automobiles -- Consumption data -- Economic aspects -- Prices and rates -- Product development, Petroleum -- Economic aspects -- Consumption data -- Product development -- Prices and rates, Market trend/market analysis, Automobile Industry, Company pricing policy, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Tata Nano (Automobile) -- Product development -- Prices and rates
Abstract

Byline: Keith Naughton; With Jason Overdorf, Patrick Crowley, William Underhill, Mary Hennock, Stefan Theil and Akiko Kashiwagi Poor countries are getting rich, gas costs are rising and our planet is [...]

Published
2008

35. How Green Is A Mini?

Author

Overdorf, Jason and Guterl, Fred

Subjects
Tata Nano (Automobile) -- Environmental aspects
Published
2008

36. The World's Cheapest Wheels

Author

Overdorf, Jason

Subjects
Tata Nano (Automobile) -- Prices and rates -- Product introduction, Automobile industry -- Product introduction, Automobile Industry, Company pricing policy, Tata Motors Ltd. -- Product introduction
Published
2008

37. Cashless In The Hinterlands

Author

Overdorf, Jason

Subjects
Mobile banks -- Safety and security measures -- Economic aspects -- Social aspects, Home banking services -- Social aspects -- Economic aspects -- Access control -- Safety and security measures
Published
2007

38. Hooray For Bollywood

Author

Overdorf, Jason

Subjects
Filmmakers -- Practice -- International aspects, Motion picture industry -- International aspects, Motion pictures, Indian -- Evaluation
Published
2007

39. Bowling For Bucks

Author

Overdorf, Jason

Subjects
Cricket -- Social aspects -- Forecasts and trends -- Planning, Television broadcasting of sports -- Service introduction -- Forecasts and trends -- Social aspects, Company business planning, Market trend/market analysis, Company service introduction
Published
2007

40. Bowling For Big Bucks

Author

Overdorf, Jason

Subjects
Cable television broadcasting industry -- Services -- Forecasts and trends, Cricket -- Forecasts and trends -- Finance -- Media coverage, Company financing, Market trend/market analysis, ESPN STAR Sports -- Services -- Finance -- Forecasts and trends -- Media coverage
Published
2007

41. In The Comfort Zone

Author

Wehrfritz, George and Overdorf, Jason

Subjects
Consumer spending -- Analysis -- Economic aspects, Markets (Economics) -- Analysis -- Economic aspects, Economic forecasting -- Economic aspects -- Analysis, India -- Economic aspects, Review of past year
Published
2007

44. Doing It Themselves

Author

Overdorf, Jason

Subjects
Developing countries -- Educational aspects -- Social aspects -- Economic aspects, Private schools -- Evaluation -- Economic aspects -- Social aspects -- Educational aspects, Teachers -- Evaluation -- Educational aspects -- Social aspects -- Economic aspects, India -- Educational aspects
Published
2007

45. Tigers by the Tail; Having staged a comeback, one of China's most prized animals is under threat yet again

Author

Adams, Jonathan and Overdorf, Jason

Subjects
World Wildlife Fund -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes -- Political aspects -- Environmental aspects, Siberian tiger -- Protection and preservation -- Environmental aspects -- Political aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation of business -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects -- Protection and preservation -- Environmental aspects, Wildlife conservation -- Political aspects -- Protection and preservation -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Environmental aspects, China -- Environmental aspects, Government regulation
Published
2007

46. Four Hours In Chennai

Author

Overdorf, Jason

Subjects
Specialty stores, Botanical gardens, Restaurants, Temples, Hindu, Chennai, India -- Description and travel
Published
2007

47. Mosquito Trajectory

Author

Overdorf, Jason and Seno, Alexandra

Subjects
Mosquitoes -- Environmental aspects -- Growth -- Forecasts and trends, Global warming -- Environmental aspects -- Forecasts and trends, Atmospheric temperature -- Forecasts and trends -- Environmental aspects, Company growth, Market trend/market analysis
Published
2007

48. Foe Turned Friend; Indian generic-drug makers once bedeviled Big Pharma; now they may be its best hope for success

Author

Overdorf, Jason

Subjects
Generic drugs -- Product development -- Cases, Patent infringement -- Cases, Pharmaceutical industry -- Intellectual property -- Product development -- Alliances and partnerships -- Cases, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Jason Overdorf (With Silvia Spring in London) India used to be big pharma's worst nightmare. Loose patent laws and a glut of talented scientists made that country the world [...]

Published
2007

49. The Debunker

Author

Overdorf, Jason

Subjects
Disclosure of information -- Military aspects -- Usage, Geographic information systems -- Usage, Geographic information system, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Google Earth (Geographic information system) -- Usage -- Military aspects
Abstract

Byline: JASON OVERDORF The Indian government is worried--again--that its sensitive locations will be at risk if Google Earth doesn't blur the images it depicts on its site. But that concern [...]

Published
2007

50. The Good Life: The Age of Recovery

Author

Vencat, Emily Flynn, Nadeau, Barbie, Overdorf, Jason, Bintliff, Esther, Hall, Rebecca, and Levy, Steven

Subjects
Bangkok, Thailand (City) -- Economic aspects -- Social aspects -- Description and travel, Detroit, Michigan -- Social aspects -- Economic aspects -- Description and travel, Health clubs -- Services -- International aspects -- Design and construction -- Product information -- Social aspects -- Economic aspects, Bracelets -- Design and construction -- Product information -- Services -- Economic aspects -- Social aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Emily Flynn Vencat; Barbie Nadeau; Jason Overdorf; Esther Bintliff; Rebecca Hall; Steven Levy Thailand: First the Coup, Now the Vacation Thailand has had a rough few years. SARS hit [...]

Published
2007

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