Firing India-U.S. partnership on all engines

PM Modi’s State visit to the U.S. was marked by over a hundred agreements in emerging technologies, trade and investment. Manjeet Kripalani, Executive Director, Gateway House, spoke with Atul Keshap, President, U.S.-India Business Council, on the future of the India-US bilateral and thier multilateral relationships through the Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET) and the Quad.

A streetscape postcard of the Dockyard road that shows the circular structure of Bombay's ice-house, constructed in 1843 from a public subscription of Rs 10,000. Ice was imported into Bombay from New England (U.S.A.), and the voyage in the age of sail took roughly four months.
Image courtesy: Eminence Designs Pvt Ltd. Bombay The Cities Within (1995)

Courtesy: Eminence Designs Pvt Ltd.

27 October 2016

Breaking the ice: U.S. trade with Bombay

BY Sifra Lentin

The trade between Bombay and America’s north eastern ports 200 years ago was unique as it coexisted with the period’s territorial colonial monopolies. This article retraces those routes to riches in light of the Indo-U.S. Strategic Partnership.