Bengaluru We’re on the countdown now for enrollment under the Affordable Care Act known as Obamacare, or at least we are for the first round in what now appears to be a 15-round main event. At the bell for this round the noise in confusing many folks, but there’s little choice but to “just do …
Month: March 2014
Building a Union of Street Vendors in Bengaluru
Bengaluru I had a long list of things I needed to get done on this trip to India, catch up with Dharmendra Kumar in Delhi on our progress at blocking multi-brand retail in Delhi and stopping foreign direct investment, state by state, and evaluate our growing, alliance with hawkers, and my coming visit with Vinod …
Middle-Class Movement Meets Political Machines in Indian Election Run-up
Bengaluru In the one and one-half years since I last visited Bengaluru, or Bangalore as it is still known in the West, the changes were visible from the time I hit the expressway. The new airport, 40 kilometers from the city center is no longer as new, but for the first time the ride was …