Are You Ready for 21st Century India?

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-family: Arial">American business executives, travelers, and touristsHowever, corporate leaders who simply view </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial"><u1:country-region u2:st="on"><span style="font-size: larger">India</span></u1:country-region><span style="font-size: larger"> as the “new </span><u1:country-region u2:st="on"><span style="font-size: larger">China</span></u1:country-region><span style="font-size: larger">” are destined for trouble, cautions Los Angeles-based </span><u1:country-region u2:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on"><span style="font-size: larger">India</span></u1:place></u1:country-region><span style="font-size: larger"> expert author </span><u1:personname u2:st="on"><span style="font-size: larger">Gunjan Bagla</span></u1:personname><span style="font-size: larger"> can make their visit to India a much more enjoyable experience if they know what to expect in India) before leaving for the airport. <br />
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</span></span><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-family: Arial">In his new book </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial"><a href="http://www.hachettebookgroupusa.com/books_9780446402248.htm"><span style="font-size: larger"><font color="#800080">Doing Business in 21<sup>st</sup> Century India: How to Profit Today in Tomorrow’s Most Exciting Market</font></span></a> <span style="font-size: larger">(Business Plus), Bagla presents<em><span style="font-family: Arial"> </span></em><span style="color: black">everything business leaders need to know in order to understand and succeed in this emerging market.  <br />
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How well do you understand today's </span></span><span style="color: black"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span style="font-size: larger">India</span></st1:place></st1:country-region></span><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="color: black">?  Take this quiz to find out now...</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>

With India’s annual economic growth of nearly 9% quickly approaching that of China’s, western business leaders are increasingly lured to this land of extraordinary opportunity.

American business executives, travelers, and touristsHowever, corporate leaders who simply view India as the “new China” are destined for trouble, cautions Los Angeles-based India expert author Gunjan Bagla can make their visit to India a much more enjoyable experience if they know what to expect in India) before leaving for the airport.

In his new book Doing Business in 21^st Century India: How to Profit Today in Tomorrow’s Most Exciting Market (Business Plus), Bagla presents everything business leaders need to know in order to understand and succeed in this emerging market.

How well do you understand today's India? Take this quiz to find out now...

1. Indian Standard Time is 9 1/2 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time. What might be the reason that it isn't 9 hours or 10 hours ahead?

	a. So that all of India can be on a single time zone, rather than split between two zones
	b. So that the sun is exactly overhead on the Jagannath temple in Puri at noon
	c. So that India doesn’t need to use Daylight Savings Time: it averages out
	d. None of the above

2. Why did Holloywood star Richard Gere have a hard time on a recent trip to India?

	a. Because he visited the Dalai Lama, who lives in India
	b. Because he kissed an Indian actress on live TV on impulse
	c. Because Indians protested the DVD release of his "American Gigolo"?
	d. All of the above

3. What language do Indians speak?

	a. British English, they were a British Colony for 200 years
	b. Indian, the fourth most common language in the world after English, Chinese and Spanish
	c. Actually there are 23 official languages in India and only about half the people speak Hindi, the most common Indian language
	d. None of the above

4. In summer, some Indians may show up to work wearing "safari suits" which are considered acceptable business wear in many occupations. What is an Indian safari suit likely to look like to an American?

	a. A 1970s leisure suit
	b. Hunting attire of the kind worn by President Teddy Roosevelt
	c. A traditional dhoti-kurta but accented with a necktie and a hunting hat for hot weather
	d. None of the above

5. What color might you see people wearing at a Hindu funeral?

	a. Green to signify the afterlife
	b. White, the color of mourning
	c. Polka dots, so the Grim Reaper gets confused
	d. None of the above

6. Which of the following American recruitment practices is uncommon in India?

	a. Refraining from asking the candidate’s religion
	b. Refraining from inquiring about the candidate’s family situation
	c. Refraining from discussing the candidate’s date of birth
	d. All of the above practices are common in India

7. Which American company has the largest number of employees in India?

	a. Accenture Corporation
	b. IBM Corporation
	c. General Electric Company
	d. None of the above