Mouthwatering mangoes for macho motorcycles…That sounds like a fair trade, reports Miami Herald.
“Indian mangoes will hit U.S. shelves for the first time in 18 years, while Harley Davidson motorcycles will soon be cruising India’s roads, senior Indian and U.S. officials said Friday.
” ‘The good news is that our mangoes are going to America and Harley Davidson is coming here,’ Indian Commerce Minister Kamal Nath said at a meeting on Indo-U.S. trade ties in New Delhi.
“The United States banned mangoes from India 18 years ago over concerns that Indian farmers used too many pesticides. Now Indian farmers will instead irradiate the fruit to kill any pests, making the mangoes fit for consumption in the eyes of U.S. agriculture officials.
“Lifting the ban was first agreed on during President Bush’s visit to India last year.
” ‘In a few short weeks, Indian mangoes will enter the U.S. market,” says U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab.
“The United States wants greater access to India’s fast-growing economy, while India wants the United States to end farm subsidies so Indian farmers can compete.”
The Press Trust of India news agency Tuesday quoted a representative for the U.S. Indian Business Council that there are indications the United States would allow the import of Indian mangoes this season and that up to 250,000 tons of the juicy fruit may find their way to U.S. markets.
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Swaraaj Chauhan describes his two-decade-long stint as a full-time journalist as eventful, purposeful, and full of joy and excitement. In 1993 he could foresee a different work culture appearing on the horizon, and decided to devote full time to teaching journalism (also, partly, with a desire to give back to the community from where he had enriched himself so much.)
Alongside, he worked for about a year in 1993 for the US State Department’s SPAN magazine, a nearly five-decade-old art and culture monthly magazine promoting US-India relations. It gave him an excellent opportunity to learn about things American, plus the pleasure of playing tennis in the lavish American embassy compound in the heart of New Delhi.
In !995 he joined WWF-India as a full-time media and environment education consultant and worked there for five years travelling a great deal, including to Husum in Germany as a part of the international team to formulate WWF’s Eco-tourism policy.
He taught journalism to honors students in a college affiliated to the University of Delhi, as also at the prestigious Indian Institute of Mass Communication where he lectured on “Development Journalism” to mid-career journalists/Information officers from the SAARC, African, East European and Latin American countries, for eight years.
In 2004 the BBC World Service Trust (BBC WST) selected him as a Trainer/Mentor for India under a European Union project. In 2008/09 He completed another European Union-funded project for the BBC WST related to Disaster Management and media coverage in two eastern States in India — West Bengal and Orissa.
Last year, he spent a couple of months in Australia and enjoyed trekking, and also taught for a while at the University of South Australia.
Recently, he was appointed as a Member of the Board of Studies at Chitkara University in Chandigarh, a beautiful city in North India designed by the famous Swiss/French architect Le Corbusier. He also teaches undergraduate and postgraduate students there.
He loves trekking, especially in the hills, and never misses an opportunity to play a game of tennis. The Western and Indian classical music are always within his reach for instant relaxation.
And last, but not least, is his firm belief in the power of the positive thought to heal oneself and others.