Shaadi, India. The World's Largest Matrimonial Service.


India: sights are endless.

This is a truly incredible land of dramatically diverse cultures all under one flag, all of them unearthly, and some - like Rajasthan - positively barmy.

The sights are endless, from the Taj Mahal, through the forts and palaces of Rajasthan, the erotic temples of Khajuraho, the carved caves of Ellora to the wandering cows on busy highways and garish Bollywood posters.

And then there are the people sights: saris, huge clunky silver jewelry, handlebar moustaches, brown fishermen in pink thongs, pilgrims bathing at Varanasi, sadhus and their bizarre customs, snake charmers, glorious weddings, funny head waggles meaning yes, etc.

Beaches are huge, towns are noisy but fascinating and the endless festivals are world-class mind-bogglers.

It's pretty safe, inexpensive, has good weather if you get your timing right and is populated by relaxed, friendly people. Though rather too many of them.

India: some facts.

Since independence in 1947, India has maintained cordial relationships with most nations. It took a leading role in the 1950s by advocating the independence of European colonies in Africa and Asia. India is one of the founding members of the Non-Aligned Movement. After the Sino-Indian War and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, India's relationship with the Soviet Union warmed at the expense of ties with the United States and continued to remain so until the end of the Cold War. India has fought several wars with Pakistan, primarily over Kashmir. India has also fought an additional war with Pakistan for the the liberation of Bangladesh in 1971.

Despite criticism and military sanctions, India has consistently refused to sign the CTBT and the NPT, preferring instead to maintain sovereignty over its nuclear program. Further underground testing in 1998 led to international military sanctions against India, which were gradually withdrawn after September 2001. India maintains a "no-first-use" nuclear policy.

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India. Economy.

In 2006, estimated exports stood at US$112 billion and imports were around US$187.9 billion. Textiles, jewellery, engineering goods and software are major export commodities. Crude oil, machineries, fertilizers, and chemicals are major imports. India's most important trading partners are the United States, the European Union, China, and the United Arab Emirates.[6] More recently, India has capitalised on its large pool of educated, English-speaking people to become an important outsourcing destination for multinational corporations. India has also become a major exporter of software as well as financial, research, and technological services. Its natural resources include arable land, bauxite, chromite, coal (of which it has the fourth largest reserves in the world), diamonds, iron ore, limestone, manganese, mica, natural gas, petroleum, and titanium ore.

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Shaadi :: the world's largest matrimonial service, was launched in 1997 and has gone on to become one of the largest Internet companies in India. In the process, the company created an entirely new industry - online matchmaking. Today it has millions of members and records over 200 million page views per month. People Interactive owns and operates Shaadi and Fropper. The company is a member of FICCI and a primary member of IAMAI. In 2005, People Interactive was successfully ranked the Sixth Fastest Growing Technology Company at the Inaugural Deloitte Technology Fast 50 India program. Today the company boasts 400 employees and has operations in India, USA, UK and the UAE.
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