if you actually travel to india. and you see the social structure of india the indian people in their life emotionally are actually much louder in expressing their emotion than the western people this is a bit of a shill and i am an actor i knew from india mumbai i live in mumbai i work in bollywood but from last years now i've started working in america so i'm in between i and. the potter town. enough. to make good on my. feet. but. if you can't hear it you are obviously dead. i always wanted to be an actor. i was always good in studies and in. the families and parents i was like ok you have to be a engineer or an author so i just did my engineering but then i joined to a film school. yeah this was always i wanted and i've become an actor. so when you talk about million dollar r it was my first international and hollywood american film so i was not in a position to choose that. they were selecting me. all my life i wanted to be. four. but i never dreamed it was possible. but when i did the film after go getting sele

seven decades ago colonial british india was partitioned into two independent states india and pakistan the effects are still felt today. when a collapse series hyphenated lives examines the same of politically divided but historically related countries hybrids juxtapose flora and fauna from neighboring countries it's a utopian vision. the two sounds work as more radical or museum of own belongings is an astute metaphor for. egalitarianism whirls. a gaping grimace of false teeth questions dividing lines between castes ethnicities and genders. facing india an uncompromising view of the subcontinent and the world we live in. and of course we've got much more of our sleeve to look for us on facebook under d.w. culture. and now more discoveries from india picked up on our radar. it's. the german indian production pavo is german director modern lit facts feature film debut. the twenty sixteen release is based on the true story of a young tibetans always tibetans for hero. the. model is. in stark powerful images the film tells the story of georgie's life. in two thousand and eight he's arrest

by the americans and sustaining that india cut down on that trade surplus they also want to get india to open up its economy to more american products so india is facing multiple pressure and on top of that the americans are trying to pressure india on on russia and on iran through sanctions so india certainly does not look at united states as a partner on trade now it's been presumed up until recently at least that the global economy is not strictly a quid pro quo you know i buy i sell you you know goods for its one dollar you buy the same for me like they are the general wisdom has been that it is more complicated than that that you compensate the trade deficit by having other sort of relationships but it seems that both mr trump and to some extent to you as well subscribe to these kind of again as i said quid pro quo type of trade do you think that's the way to go for the future as far as global trade is concerned there has to be some degree of. symmetry in the critter nation ship it's like relationships between individuals if if relationship between any two individuals as unbalanc

us retailgiant it is the biggest deal in corporate india. us retail giant walmart snaps up india.il giant walmart snaps up and and indian e—commerce company. and we will see how one couple is making money by creating instagram worthy picnics. and welcome to asia business report. i am maura fogarty. in what will be the biggest foreign investment in indian history, the world ‘s largest retailer, walmart has announced it is purchasing a majority stake in flipkart. ‘s wall mart head—to—head against amazon in one of the fastest growing online retail markets in the world. i spoke to the chief analyst about this deal. it brings in a huge player in the retail area. it will bring a lot of new international brands and technology and scale to india but also india is a huge potential market for walmart, especially for international expansion. this is a significant dealfor both india and expansion. this is a significant deal for both india and walmart. thinking about walmart and what gets by acquiring flipkart. it has majority control of this ten, ii—year—old e—commerce company. what is walmar

we swiftly take you to india.e us retail giant wal—mart is making its biggest ever investment. it's taking a majority stake in indian online retailer flipkart. the deal will put walmart head to head against rival amazon in one of the fastest growing online retail markets in the world. from mumbai, yogita limaye reports. $16 billion, that's the price walmart is willing to pay to gain a foothold in india's promising online retail sector. it is buying a 77% sta ke retail sector. it is buying a 77% stake of indian firm flipkart. they said both be maintaining their breath and operating structures, but what will it mean for india's e—commerce sector. flipkart has the largest market share of all online retailers in. it has attracted high—profile investors in the past. but it has been struggling with losses. they tie up with walmart will allow the firm access to more funds and will allow it to expand into areas like groceries, which is set to be the next big battleground for online in india. for walmart it isa for online

well we're seeing a number of india condemning.pe cases though we're not seeing them using a common hash tag or a unifying message you can run through a number of tweets that we have found one says another girl lost her life to a he knows crime committed by disgusting indian men their punishment for raping and burning a child alive was one hundred sit ups and a seven hundred fifty dollars fine why are these voices not being heard and why are men not scared to commit such crimes and opposition leader from the state of georgia where this happened he says while we speak up against the horrific spate of rapes in jericho and we must also remember that most rapes in india go on report and this is something that also government statistics show and all these recent cases of also made way outside of the country here is the editor in chief of the liberal us magazine mother jones she says the rape culture in india is barbaric and attempts at reform are lackluster that there is no large outrage within or without india is a so depressing and to

we need connectivity with both china and india india has agreed to build roads and rail links and the fuel pipeline china is also trying to get india on board with the china railway and it can help in that it might seem ambitious but nepal can slowly exercise its position to build economic ties with both countries it is unlikely that this today visit will eliminate the resentment many nepalis feel over the blockade but for most people in this province this immelt his visit is an exciting day on the big international stage and for the nepali government balancing both the giant neighbors and doing infrastructure deals it's crucial for national development. others era it's on a food. prime minister modi says his visit to nepal is part of his neighborhood first policy this is an initiative where india's relations with its neighboring countries are the ones which receive top priority the two leaders are scheduled to inaugurate a one point zero four billion dollar hydro electric power plant that's being built by an indian company in nepal which is starved of energy is days but china's alrea

the hot air above india and pakistan expands and rises. a vast depression is formed and sucks up the air above the indian ocean the wind coming from the southwest brings the monsoon it blows for four months this air mass becomes heavy with humidity as it travels above the ocean and brings rain when it reaches the continent the monsoon first hits karada then gradually travels north. was you. could book the first thing he said and this doesn't add. and. the only problem with that that. it took several weeks to arrange a meeting with the head of the institute mr santosh is a scientist who is passionate about the monsoon whose passion is tempered by years of service in one of india's most hierarchical bureaucracies. i read it how does india indeed work outs months in the markets happy. because i guess. it's the possibility of drought. rice has been purchased by god preparations that. sort of interested in the connection to the weather. the crown of the social psychology of asia. and yes. if weather predictions in india sometimes feel like a st

and this film follows its journey across india. from the shores of the indian ocean to the foothills of the himalayas. you don't begins in may when the dry season comes to an. india's meteorological department in peru now monitors the monsoons progress across the country hour by hour. in the lagoons of khurana the water level has started to rise the danger mark for the inhabitants has not yet been reached. like all children in india is going back to school. in the western plains of maharashtra the monsoons life giving rain as income for three years man and beast are at the end of their debt are. yet elsewhere the monsoon is particularly intense him i'm buying the situation is becoming critical the city is on high alert . in calcutta the monsoon started and then stopped. we are now waiting for the rain to return the snow shuster he is a bookie his family comes from not just on indian say that ra just on his will bet on anything. he's from the driest place in india but today he's calculating the odds of rain. what do you see i'm look

of india it means that. in a sense in this country. khurana is a communist state in the south of the country. farmers here believe in dialectical materialism and the i m d's forecasts. but when it comes to preparations for the monsoon they cover all their bases. of the. third. such. see as. with the brahmans blessing farmers begin to get their fields ready. it's a fine balance plant your rice too soon and it dries out plants too late and it gets swapped. to have a one day i'm lucky. to live out my. past to me yet he doesn't need anyone to touch. the signs are everywhere the onset is just a few days away. you can feel the earth responding to the changing temperatures winds atmospheric pressure and humidity. dormant seeds microbes and insects are coming to life. and so are the reptiles so i thought if i got my mom like a celebrity somebody if you going to be going to get you know. so i can finally let you. know who to go. to the. farmers here call this a nine step cobra. if it bites you you've got nine steps and then you're dead. but i'm

but a bulk of india's trade comes from the east of india.natural resources. india. as does a lot of its national resources -- natural resources. and what is he due to talk about in this strategic piece? look, if you don't mind, my sense is that the message would be of india as a stabilising force. right now, i would draw attention to the fact that a month ago, we had a very good meeting. and the message out of that was really that india and china need to stabilise their relationship. the common factor of stability in what isa common factor of stability in what is a very uncertain world. we will be listening out for that message. thank you so much forjoining us. it may come as a surprise to hear that new zealand has the worst teenage suicide rate in the developed world. last year, 155 teenagers killed themselves. stand—up comedian mike king has used comedy all his life to hide his own problems with drugs, alcohol and mental health. now mike is leading a movement to change the way depression is dealt with. i put iput upa i put up a poster on f

please so i mean that this sets diversity throughout india that's what india is known for at the endof the day indian design is the border experimenting and pakistanis are still a traditional believe in dead approach in their thinking inventive a step ahead contracts to lose palazuelos trousers a lot of got to play with options what is the indian design to concentrate more than stop just stop. and what does her pakistani colleagues say. the thing that's very unique to pakistan is that the fashion that we bring along is things that we will ever be the pakistan has not yet so they are there to westernize eastern completely so that means that we do wear weston's but it's not the only thing we read here about it how in india the younger generation is always in denims and. that's not how pakistan is we're still betty indeed the pakistani and i that identity is so strong that anywhere in the world that people people want that same so that's what we're doing with no one put up things pakistan that has a list is more kind of an approach beautiful in very simple words. is a pakistani woman an

it has openly believed india should be declared a hindu nation.ts ideologues have openly india -- they of are the jews of germany. it is a formidable organization. it works in education. it has slum wings, publishing wings. it really writes the story of what is going on today, and it is not just modi, but almost all of his ministers, including the former prime minister -- all of these people were members of the rss. -- winsher or not the elections or loses elections, the rss's work just goes on. political arm of rss. there is no way it can have an independent agenda. so, the danger today is that because of the massive majority with which they came to power, every institution has been infiltrated by the rss. amy: we will do part two of this discussion at democracynow.org. author ofroy,, the "the utmost happiness," and another democracy now announcement -- congratulations to our dear producer and her husband peter. what a privilege it was for nermeen and die to get to hang out with our very dear, newest member of the democracy now family. and, nerme

david: india is largely un-bank ed. mr. modi has been trying to bring them into the 21st century and maybe they will leapfrog it. not going to outfit areas in africa with a phone line, you will get 4g. it feels like this is part of the story as well and makes a higher hurdle for amazon. david: the geopolitical aspect of it, in china you are not sure what the government will do. what happens in india? does walmart know that world? romaine: i think they are big enough to navigate it, and india is a little more open in terms of welcoming outside investments so they probably will not have to deal with political issues like with xi jinping. given the size of flipkart relative to amazon, they basically bought the alibaba of india. remain bostic and brooke sullivan, thank you for being here. , theyt made it official are buying 77% of flipkart in india for $16 billion. it will dilute their earnings but they will move big into e-commerce, beating out amazon for the time being. test ourur others to other top story, the u.s. withdrawa

but it is the largest e-commerce platform shopping network in india. it's been there for about 11 years. these guys have been looking to partner up and do things in a bigger way, more efficient way than they've been able to do amazon does exist in india they started their prime program in 2016. they said india was the fastest adoption of prime of any country so far walmart came in and is taking a $16 billion stake which equates to about 77% so they're the majority owner of flipkart now they say they may take on investors, but they will stay the majority owner >> is this walmart punching amazon in the face, jan? >> absolutely. they could not let amazon buy this amazon would own india flipkart is not just a platform, it's a payment system. >> like paypal >> like ali pay. >> a lot like alibaba. >> they could not let alibaba and amazon own india if they were going to be serious on the world stage. india is either the best market going forward or second best going forward for retailing. walmart has to be there. i was stunned when the market said we'll take

to fight for their right to said that is what india is trying to get.one hundred kilometers away on the indian side here too most people are muslim. the capital is called srinagar and the streets are teeming with soldiers and policeman protection against terror that is almost commonplace here. the local leader of the hindu ruling party b j p is on his way to a crisis meeting on the agenda how to deal with the most recent bombings especially in schools no one has claimed responsibility. is made by suburbs that he said he will because pakistan is behind it they support terrorist pakistan has instigated several wars over kashmir and is achieved. now they are stirring up the people here against india but that won't work. and what do the students say it's far from clear to them who is behind the attacks. but on him i don't know whether terrorists committed the attack or even the indian authorities. in any case whoever did it just me severely punished before they attack another school. classes have been canceled because the classrooms were destroyed that's no

it has beenin brand is india, tata motors.al wedding and we will hear more about it when it releases its financial results here in mumbai. of late, the firm has seen a spurt in sales. it saw car sales grow by a0%. good news for a firm that has tried to stretch turnaround for a while. in its home ground it lags behind other names like you suzuki. it has launched other models to make a comeback. today we will find out whether that strategy is working. it is the jaguar land rover business that tata motors brought in 2008 that tata motors brought in 2008 that has driven profits for a while, but sales of the luxury brand have been under pressure due to lower demand from the us, uk and. tata motors says that higher demand from china has helped it out. the next big battle ground to auto—makers around the world is electric vehicles. you didn't see them used much in india but the government here has ambitious plans here to curb air pollution. tata motors and competitors have made strides towards the production of such vehicles but the

india's gems and jewellery industry is one of the largest in the world.tion of the overall exports from the country. but it is not the only factor that is going through tough times. a few other industries that also rely on international markets for business are suffering. five years ago indian exports touched just over $314 billion, but since then there have been —— they have been much lower. exports rose last year on the back of strong global demand, but they are still far off peak levels seen in the past. and there is one more problem. india has a large trade deficit, which is the gap between exports and imports. with global crude on the rise, it could rise further as india imports nearly 80% of its oil. every dollar increase in oil price is more than $1 billion increase in india's trade gap. once the trade gap starts widening, it sta rts the trade gap starts widening, it starts impacting the exchange rate as well. the rupee has already been one of the worst performers in asia this year and whenever this kind of thing happens in the past, it becomes a h

india has six percent each at the same time to me have some. countries two in two thousand and sixteen mania left the transgenic cultivates in clubs. in spain with. paris. poland venezuela greece and switzerland. a free. ah the country i live in russia forbids cultivating g.m.o. but doesn't forbid selling it and this baby food contains g.m.o. maybe that's what's causing my kids' allergy because that's what i buy. and i decided to look for foods grown as they say organically. maybe. not xander to come and follow if decided to reconsider his diet off his granddaughter was born. back then it was really hard to find organic food in stalls so he decided to make a comic food himself. although i took the mr market right now. it's a good. look at the last. zero if you will of the full it does it up only if you are. almost more than likely. you know. well enough to meet up with or get off. by. the other was there asked for specific items of. the most and that's. more just moves them to news of what then is the gist of what you want to look at stuff with

after 1990obviously, india called itself a nonaligned state.had a protective economy, an economy that was doing badly, by the way, for reasons that we all corruption, of very centralized forms of development. of thely after the end war in afghanistan -- after the collapse of the soviet union in afghanistan, india became completely aligned in how it thinks of itself as an ally of israel and the u.s., and when the world became unipolar -- now it is collapsing that, but then the markets were opening. liberalization entered at a speed which was hard to imagine. every form of protection to workers was dismantled. everything was privatized. now education held the -- all of it is in a state of collapse in a way of polarization we know globalization brings. it was almost as though you had , a futile andry colonized country which from 1947 until 1990 tried, even if symbolically, to -- i mean, the radical movements in the 1960's, for example, were talking about the redistribution of wealth, of justice, of revolution, but suddenly, this new economy has pu

most or for india it is an important of. the relationship between the fallen india is an important place because of china since the blockade china has been influencing the power especially with its one valve one vote policy and has been in putting a lot of money into the fall in many major infrastructure projects and that has threatened the power in terms of strategy geopolitics of strategy and foreign apollo obviously because of the because it's landlocked and it's hard relies heavily on india its relationships need to be better for the policy ok sabina many things do down to serious sabinus rest of them live in charcoal. we're going to weather update next here on al-jazeera then protests in the philippines after one of the president's biggest critics is removed from her job. had there been some pretty big shout of the last day or so in the middle of europe more or less you see white dots all over the place at that arc of clouds come to the british isles and through france this one here that tails off through is europe has

we know that women in india suffer all sorts of discrimination. 0nly12% of members of parliament in indiaale, only 5% of women said they have the right to choose who they want to marry. i can go on and on with those statistics. 80% need permission to go and access health care. why do you think that's the state of affairs for women in india? what are these barriers? except for the way, perhaps, women can come out now and talk in the west, i think the state of women has been this categorisation of women, by men of society. and defining it so strongly. i think it's what the fight for women, of women, against is all over. it is in india also and it is, i'm sure, injapan also, and in england also, america also. and that is why somebody who's only working with women, i was like, i have to do something, one which i feel for. and try to again, uplift through my work and all i can. just stand with them. listen, you work in an industry which, to put it bluntly, bollywood, is sexist. men get paid more than the women. we've heard about the #metoo campaign in hollywood. that kind of thing must go on.

the voices of striking bank union workers in india.illing to sit in an airline seat? singapore airlines has said it is set to reintroduce a direct flight is set to reintroduce a direct flight from singapore to the us. it is the world's longest flight, so why are they doing this? can we afford it, katie? i am not sure, it is not likely to be cheap, but it is far. it is the longest commercial flight far. it is the longest commercial flight and it will go from here in singapore to new york. it is 16,700 kilometres which makes it the world's longest commercial flight. the journey will take almost 19 hours and it will cross a dozen times zones. it is a gamble for the airline because they have offered this route before. from 2004 to 2013, but they cancelled it because it wasn't making enough money. nowadays, more airlines are offering these long haul flights. nowadays, more airlines are offering these long haulflights. they nowadays, more airlines are offering these long haul flights. they have taken off and had their maiden voyage in the last

northern india is in the grips of a heat wave temperatures are expected to climb to forty five degrees in new delhi by sunday the soaring mercury is worsening a water shortage spike in temperature is blamed for at least sixty deaths in neighboring pakistan charlotte both reports. when you hear that a water tanker is coming and you're in a heat wave without water tears are the no spin the battle week now with that will turn a house that was suppressed to do in the foothills of the himalayas the town of shimla has run out of water resistant so it's like living in an oven where they can't cook least learn shower. we all suffering from the water crisis the whole community is only one type of comes but it's not enough we cannot even get to one bucket of water it is not just this area but in other areas as well it has been two to three weeks without water water tank is a being used across northern india but even there says rush and some people are allowed just five liters of water a day in comparison when cape town wasn't around earlier this year the limit was ten times that the risk of wate

the company that owns this once british brand is india. tata motors. it has beenin brand is india. been in the spotlight due to the royal wedding but we will hear much more about it today when it releases its financial results. of late the firm has been a spurt in sales. in england that saw car sales grow by about 14%. that is good news firm that has been trying to stop a turnaround for a while now. it has been struggling here at its home market to increase market share and lags behind names such as suzuki. it has been launching new models to try and makea has been launching new models to try and make a comeback and today perhaps we will have some indication of whether that strategy is working. it actually is the jaguar land rover business which tata motors bought in 2008 that have been driving profits for the carmaker. the towers of the luxury brand have been under pressure because of low demand from the us, the uk and europe. but tata says that higher demand from china has been helping. next big battleground for automakers around the world is a electric vehicles. you don't really

this is news live from berlin a powerful dust storm kills more than ninety people in india extreme winds it smash walls and tear up trains across the country's north our correspondent is live with the latest from delhi also coming up on the world's press freedom day d.w. asks journalists what makes honest an accurate reporting so crucial we take the pulse of the media around the globe and example at the mexican border as a caravan of asylum seekers tried to enter the united states we'll learn why transgender people in particular fear for their lives in central america. welcome to the program we begin in india where a powerful dust storm has left more than ninety people dead extreme winds and rains brought down trees and destroyed temporary structures throughout the northwest causing many of the deaths officials confirm that more than one hundred other people have been injured and warn that the death toll could rise. as the storm rolled in the dust and winds were only a portent of the violence to come. it wasn't until nightfall that the storm or viewed its full fury. battering residents w

and in india we look at the caste system. how do millions of dalits cope with being right at the bottom of it? in india, a person's life is often shaped by the caste they belolong to. there are e 1.3 billion n peopn the country, and they' divided intoiffeferentierarcrchical groups. accordining to hindu m mythol, humans are believed to have emged d fromhe bododof the eator, bhma. priestcame frohis head th're at t top of e caste syem. rriors ce from his shlders, a tradersrom his stomach. seants werborn frohis feet. anright athe very ttom of th hierarc are thealits. thespeople a expecteto do unclean rk. there e 200 miion dali in india,nd they gularly exrience dcriminatn. and now many dalits have had enough. they regularly campaign for greater respect and equal rights. in terms of daily life, however, there's still a long way to go. reporter: pintu and ashok are in luck today. they've found a few hours of work. first they numb themselves with cheap liquor, otherwise they wouldn't be able to bear it. ashok submerges himself waist-

and in india we look at the caste system. how do millions of dalits cope with being right at the bottom of it? in india, a person's life is often shaped by the caste they belong to. there are 1.3 billion people in the country, and they're divided into different hierarchical groups. according to hindu mythology, humans are believed to have emerged from the body of the creator, brahma. priests came from his head. they're at the top of the caste system. warriors came from his shoulders, and traders from his stomach. servants were born from his feet. and right at the very bottom of this hierarchy are the dalits. these people are expected to do unclean work. there are 200 million dalits in india, and they regularly experience discrimination. and now many dalits have had enough. they regularly campaign for greater respect and equal rights. in terms of daily life, however, there's still a long way to go. reporter: pintu and ashok are in luck today. they've found a few hours of work. first they numb themselves with cheap liquor, othe

this is in rural areas of india? the very poor this is in rural areas of india?s of india? the very poor areas. yes, the poorer areas, underprivileged, the people coming to my academies, some of the girls don't even go to school, they do labouring, they would do eight hours of labour in command in the we have two hours of academy, and in the training we give nutrition. how did you get from growing up in that setting to where you are now where you are managing to catapult these young girls, who as you say, they are shepherds, many have not gone to school, to becoming athletes on an international level? i had the opportunity to go to the us and there i played basketball in middle school and high school and that is where it gave me an opportunity to know about how sports have changed my life. i was a boy running around the villages of india with no shoes. when i came back to india after seven or eight years i worked in the sports industry in the us and when i come back i see the difference now that kids and families have mobile phones but they still don't have shoes

you are an native of india. what part of india? satya: i was born in the central part of india.id: and so growing up, your parents doted on you, i assume? satya: yeah, they did. david: and they told you you were going to be prime minister or something important in the country. what did they want you to be? david: they wanted me to stop playing cricket and take my studies a little more seriously. david: you were an avid cricket player, is that right? satya: yes. that is correct. i was in love with it. david: when did you realize you wouldn't be a professional cricket player? satya: pretty soon. [laughter] satya: quickly i realized at best i would play what is considered perhaps first-class in india, but i was not going to go much further than that. but that is when my dad, in fact -- i remember one of the big decisions that changed my life was -- my entire outlook was so provincial when i look back at it. which is, hey, i want to stay in hyderabad, maybe study economics and political science and work for a bank. that was about the extent of my ambition. he looks at me and says, w

public services india's chief economic adviser said that the new tax payers will boost india's tax to g.d.p. ratio by one point five percent at roughly seventeen percent india's tax to g.d.p. ratio currently is the lowest among the so-called brics nations that's brazil russia india china and south africa. if you're trying to count calories and live in the united states you'll have some help from now on the rule requiring that calorie counts be listed on menus took effect this week the rule announced by the food and drug administration administrator scott gobble it was eight years in the making and was mandated by the affordable care act obamacare the implementation of the rule also is a rare example of an initiative that began under president obama but was implemented under the trump administration many fast food companies including domino's pizza had claimed that labeling would be just too tough and difficult or expensive but ultimately they lost the political argument some consultants say the rule could even help fast food chains with brand consistency across states as the nutrition

across these dusty, sunbaked plains, this is one of india's cut—off communities.e minister's social media post where he described an historic day for india, saying every village across the country now had access to electricity, but look at this. it looks like a village, feels like a village, yet these people are not connected to the grid and that's because it depends on your definition of a village, and according to the official statistics, this doesn't qualify. so when the sun goes down, life here is thrown into a long, dark shadow. these families cook, eat, live by firelight. it's just so hot, we don't have fans, so if my children get sick i have to fan them myself. we are also humans, we also want to live. and they fear these children are being denied the chance of a brighterfuture. the kids cannot study or progress in life. they are growing up like animals that live in the darkness of the forest. the journey to sell their milk is long and tough. without power, making money is even harder. if we had electricity, we could store some milk in the fridge, and that

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