Prema JyothiSource: Minority Rights Group International
I notice Prema Jyothi at the advocacy training MRG is giving to Dalit organisations in Chennai, India, not just because she's wearing a tracksuit rather than the traditional salwar kameez.

The new Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) will be opened on May 11, 2008.
The Election Commission may not have permitted any festivities and gala celebrations, but then, we Bangaloreans, are more interested in the long overdue additional capacity of the new airport.

Bangalore's commerce is finally going to get some relief, on the air cargo front. In the last few years, India, and Bangalore in particular, have arrived on the world stage. Air cargo has become an integral part of our daily lives.

Thanks to the economic boom in India, the liberalisation of the aviation industry, and the efforts of the low cost carriers, who incidentally lead the global surge in aviation growth, Bangalore air traffic has exploded; to a growth level just not anticipated, let alone planned fo …