Sugar and spice

By Usha Sankar (China Daily)
Updated: 2009-03-02 09:22

The Indian Community of Beijing organized the first-ever Indian Bazaar on Feb 14 that drew an enthusiastic response from expats and locals alike. Courtesy of British School of Beijing

A starry-eyed Indian teenager hops on a plane for the first time, flies over the Himalayas and lands in Beijing. The 13-year-old accompanies his parents from New Delhi on their second China visit to continue their pioneering work in the Hindi translations of Chinese classics and Chairman Mao's books. His life will never be the same.

Atul Dalakoti, 45, is the executive director of the Federation of the Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and advisor to one of India's most-recognized corporate names, the Anil Ambani Group.

Today, you can get on a plane from Kunming, in Southwest China, to Calcutta in India, and you will reach in the same time that it takes to get from Beijing to Shanghai - about two hours.

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