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Fond of any machines that zooms? But that you can only dream of it? The low output vehicles that you drive reminds you everyday that you are traveling at quarter the speed of the world? Then this could be a ray of hope.

High speed vehicles are seldom seen in India, not only because it comes at triple the actual price, the law restricts the maximum limit on speed and Engine capacity. Same applies to bikes, Import of a bike more than 600 cc engine capacity will invite heavy taxes.

Everything said and done being a layman we cannot change the rules, but this news might just deserve your attention. Tata has announced their 3.5 litre V6 330 PS formula concept car, the Indica Silhouette. The baby can do 0 - 100 km in 4.5 seconds and can zoom at 270 kmph (max). They also claim that the space frame is made of aeronautical steel with 17" wheels, adjustable progressive rate pneumatic suspension, data logging system and high-accuracy GPS.

Here it is ..
What's the deal, its just a concept car? Yes agreed! But now atleast Indian companies are thinking about such machines, they might as well hit the market too [Nothing is dont without purpose]. Also if someone has done something like that, others will jump in too. I sincerely belive I will one day get to drive an India made super car, till then I will just enjoy the reading about such things.

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Time to Ring the Bell?

Just a few days back, I wished my women colleagues a "Happy Women's Day", and on a lighter note I told them, "you all are lucky, you have a day in your name, we men don't have anything", however, inside I reckoned what is the need for such a day?

As per the United Nation's Publications(2004), 50% of the worlds population is constituted by women, perform two-third of world's work, and yet in return get 10% of the gross income.

The world sure has seen some of the world's most powerful individuals in the form of women (..), however the truth remains that women are still struggling to make a place. I am not writing this article to point out the prevalent chauvinism nor the piece of text has intentions to show 'women can never beat men' attitude [As some might feel, as I am a man myself]. I am here just to say, there is something wrong. I am not going to point out what, because I still fail to understand what is causing this.

The study shows that, there women are holding Administrative Posts share a ratio of 2 per 100 men. 550 million of the so-called "working poor" constitutes 60% women(ILO). The same study also states women own less than one-hundreth of the total property.

These are clear indications of how much women have to travel to catch the men, in terms of the respect they get. Having looked at the world figures, lets see where India stands. For a country showing a growth of 6 to 8 percent per annum in the GDP, the statistics that you are going to see might seem to have improved over the years, but they are still alarmingly against the women's interest.

Out of the top most profit making companies of India, 70% don't have even a single woman in their boards. A study of Ohio University shows that the most happening industry of India, the IT sector, has only 24% women. The sector wise distribution of women employment can be seen in the pie-chart below.
Study on Global Employment trends shows that a majority of women across the world are working in lo profile or some unorganized sectors. In India it accounts to a staggering 81.6 %.

Women Literacy to men ratio is not any elating either, India In the male literacy rate stood at 75.3 per cent, female literacy rate was 53.7 per cent. I don't have the exact world figures, however it indicates the same.
Looking at these data we can atleast be sure of one thing, there is no Happy News. Alas, there are no studies to show how much women have contributed to the Economic development of India as well as the world as a whole. For any economy to gain a stability, the participation of both the sex is equally important. For a country like India which is aiming for the transition from "Developing" to the "Developed" country status, there is this crucial point to be understood by everyone.
I am still not sure, do women actually require a day, however the figures definitely say, something must be done, and soon!

Most of the figures were taken from Business and Ecomomy. Feb 15 - 28 issue