NY Observer > India http://www.observer.com/taxonomy/term/27122/feed Articles from Observer.com en Wage Slaves in Their Natural Habitat http://www.observer.com/node/36819 Office life—that Beckettian game of Whac-a-Mole—is the subject of Then We Came to the En  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/36819#comments Arts & Culture India Joshua Ferris Sun, 04 Mar 2007 19:00:00 -0500 Emily Bobrow 36819 at http://www.observer.com City Tops for Foreign Commercial Real-Estate Investment, Survey Says http://www.observer.com/node/35640 New York tops Washington, D.C., survey says! Well, at least among very rich foreign investors and their preference to invest in commercial real estate here.

The survey was conducted by the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate, based in--of all places--Madison, Wis.

L.A., San Francisco and Seattle round out the top-five.

The full release after the jump.  read more »

- John Koblin ]]> http://www.observer.com/node/35640#comments Real Estate Association of Foreign Investors India San Francisco Washington, DC Wed, 24 Jan 2007 09:01:59 -0500 Observer Staff 35640 at http://www.observer.com 25 Little Socialites http://www.observer.com/2006/25-little-socialites Derek Blasberg insists that he has nothing to do with SocialiteRank.com.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/2006/25-little-socialites#comments Arts & Culture Style Fabiola Beracasa India Olivia Palermo Peter Davis Socialites Sun, 03 Dec 2006 19:00:00 -0500 Spencer Morgan 36360 at http://www.observer.com Giuliani's Foreign Policy Defense http://www.observer.com/node/30799 With Rudy Giuliani inching closer to an official run for the presidency, it is worth taking a look at an area (besides the well-covered social issues) where the McCain camp clearly feels that he is vulnerable: foreign policy.

Last week, Newsday took a critical look at Rudy's foreign experience, and John McCain, on "This Week" basically said that while Giuliani was an American hero, he was the one with the credentials. Fred Malek, a key fund-raiser for Mr. Mccain made the same argument to me this week when he paid Giuliani the following back-handed compliment: "Rudy Giuliani has been a very successful mayor of our largest city. John McCain has not only served heroically in the military, but he has been a pivotal force of national security for a dozen years."

But Giuliani's supporters pushed back. Not only has Giuliani toured the world as a businessman, brokering international deals, but he has been vocal on his positions regarding Iraq and the Middle East as a whole.

Patrick Oxford, Giuliani's colleague at the Texas-based law firm Bracewell & Giuliani, told me that in the last few weeks alone, Giuliani has, as a representative of the law firm, met with energy leaders in Argentina, British Columbia and India. Barry Wynn, a fervent Giuliani supporter from South Carolina who acted as finance chair for President Bush's re-election campaign, added that Giuliani has repeatedly conducted business in both Eastern and Western Europe over the last year, and has met with business leaders in Asia at least three times. After the big donor meeting on Nov 15th at the "21" Club, Giuliani took off for India.

OK, fine, Giuliani has a gathered his fair share of frequent flier miles to foreign lands. But what about actual foreign policy?

Fred Siegel, author of Prince of the City, dismissed any suggestion that Giuliani was weak on foreign policy. Siegel pointed out that Giuliani had been stronger than most politicians in arguing that the United States needed to be tougher on Saudi Arabia in getting them to combat terrorism.

Giuliani has yet to dispel the doubts among national political players who are less familiar with him, but that might be more a question of timing than anything else. He has only just begun his roll-out, as with his recent announcement of an energy policy (diversification, with a greater dependence on nuclear energy) at a Manhattan Institute event.

So the "worldly, well traveled businessman" defense against foreign policy experience criticism is probably more of a place-holder until we get a more fully articulated vision as Giuliani's march towards official candidacy continues.

Iraq, anyone? --Jason Horowitz]]> http://www.observer.com/node/30799#comments Politics Fred Siegel India John McCain Rudolph Giuliani Wed, 22 Nov 2006 07:27:17 -0500 Observer Staff 30799 at http://www.observer.com Collective Punishment in the Old Testament http://www.observer.com/node/33434 From The Holocaust in American Life, by Peter Novick (1999):

"In the Jewish tradition, some memories are very long lasting... Some memories, once functional, become dysfunctional. The concluding chapters of the Book of Esther tell of the queen's soliciting permission to slaughter not just the Jews' armed enemies but the enemies' wives and children—with a final death toll of seventy-five thousand. These 'memories' provided gratifying revenge fantasies to the Jews of medieval Europe; in the present era of ecumenism these chapters have simply disappeared from Purim commemoration; most American Jews today are probably unaware that they exist."

I was unaware. I used to wind my noisemaker around everytime the hated name Haman was said, Haman who plotted to kill all the Jews throughout the Persian kingdom, from Ethiopia to India...

From the Book of Esther:

[T]he king granted the Jews who were in every city to gather themselves together, and to defend their life, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, their little ones and women... The other Jews who were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, defended their lives, had rest from their enemies, and killed seventy-five thousand of those who hated them; but they didn't lay their hand on the plunder.
]]> http://www.observer.com/node/33434#comments Ethiopia Europe India Peter Novick Tue, 18 Jul 2006 11:56:15 -0400 Observer Staff 33434 at http://www.observer.com Clintons' Ball: Bill Blocking, Hill Huddles http://www.observer.com/node/52083 On March 31, Bill Clinton stood on a small stage in the Allen Room on the top floor of Jazz at Linco  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/52083#comments Politics Bill Clinton India Taj Mahal Sun, 09 Apr 2006 20:00:00 -0400 Jason Horowitz 52083 at http://www.observer.com Clintons’ Ball: Bill Blocking, Hill Huddles http://www.observer.com/node/38676 On March 31, Bill Clinton stood on a small stage in the Allen Room on the top floor of Jazz at Linco  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/38676#comments Politics India Laura Bush Sun, 09 Apr 2006 20:00:00 -0400 Jason Horowitz 38676 at http://www.observer.com Bush Welcomes India Into the Anglosphere http://www.observer.com/node/51968 In the midst of the Iraqi civil war that missed happening and the Dubai port takeover that shouldn  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/51968#comments Politics Bangalore India Pakistan Sun, 12 Mar 2006 19:00:00 -0500 Richard Brookhiser 51968 at http://www.observer.com Bush Welcomes India Into the Anglosphere http://www.observer.com/node/38526 In the midst of the Iraqi civil war that missed happening and the Dubai port takeover that shouldn&r  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/38526#comments Politics Bangalore India Pakistan Sun, 12 Mar 2006 19:00:00 -0500 Richard Brookhiser 38526 at http://www.observer.com Le Corbusier Meets Nehru http://www.observer.com/node/34280
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Nehru and Le Corbusier.
Last weekend, Sonnabend Gallery opened its doors to an exhibition of work by the architects Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret.

Organized by Galerie Patrick Seguin, the show traces their modernization project in India, which began shortly after independence.

Nehru wanted Le Corbusier to be "expressive, experimental and not to let himself be confined to tradition."

Did it work? Judge for yourself: The exhibition runs through March 18th.

- Michael Calderone]]> http://www.observer.com/node/34280#comments Real Estate India Le Corbusier Thu, 23 Feb 2006 07:22:51 -0500 Observer Staff 34280 at http://www.observer.com