The Job
Bonanza
The going has never been this good for India’s job-seekers.
With the economy booming and corporates lining up investments
for expansion and new businesses, 2007 could be a landmark year
for job creation.
Highly paid, globetrotting professionals give up time-consuming
jobs of fixing hardware problems to pursue their hidden
fervour for being in the kitchen full time. In the
bargain, they have also become successful first generation
restaurateurs. A special report by India Today's Stephen
David.
It’s time to celebrate. To retain talent, corporate
India is expected to shell out an average of 14%-plus
salary hike for the fourth year in a row, the highest
in the Asia-Pacific region, in 2007.
Investigations into the case involving BJP MP Babubhai
Katara point to a nationwide,well-organised racket where
those with diplomatic access are lured into human trafficking
by the large sums of money on offer
India’s failed bid for the 2014 Asian Games exposes
the ugly turf war between the Sports Ministry and the
Indian Olympic Association. The real questions get buried
as accusations fly thick and fast.
A ‘maker of the universe’ finds shelter
in the global art capital’s exciting and eclectic
atmosphere to give a new form and context to a magical
mix of tradition, geometry and colour