Its not for nothing that they call economics the dismal science – with the credit crunch it seems anything economic seems dismal as anything. Not for India today who announce an annual growth rate of 7.9% above what they had forecast. ”As upside surprises go, this was a big one,” said the HSBC economist Robert Prior-Wandesforde.
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Archive for November 30th, 2009
India Grows even more than expected.
Posted in Politics in Kerala, Work, tagged Indian GDP Growth on November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Robert and Gertrude Bristow
Posted in Culture, Enviroment, Fort Cochin, Hotels, Kerala, tagged Cochin Saga, Cohin Port, Kochi, Lady Gertrude Bristow, Lotus Club, Robert Bristow, Willingdon Island on November 30, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Reading up on the Old Lighthouse Bristow Hotel I was curious about Robert Bristow and his house which is today refurbished into a boutique hotel. To put in simple terms, Sir Bristow was the architect of the Cochin Port and he said this on the BBC in 1935 ~
I live on a large Island made from the bottom of [...]
