Dear Reader:

From time to time we bring your some interesting titbits about India or Indians around the globe. This time the Midas touch plays again with four Indians with a combined net worth of 160 billion dollars among the world's top ten richest people, Forbes magazine said  in releasing its 2008 world's billionaires list. Asia's representation doubled from the previous year when Lakshmi Mittal of India and Li Ka-shing from Hong Kong were the only two from the region, the magazine said. India registered 53 billionaires.Mittal, the London-based owner of Arcelor Mittal, the world's largest steel manufacturer, was ranked fourth on the list with an estimated net worth of 45 billion dollars. Joining Mittal were  brothers Mukesh and Anil Ambani, worth 43 billion dollars and 42 billion dollars respectively, in fifth and sixth place.  Kushal Pal Sing, the richest real estate baron, moved up 54 places to eighth, with his net worth tripling to 30 billion dollars.

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Meet our Sponsor - Harish and Binita Dang, Sounds of India

On a weekend some thirty years ago, around several hundred desi folks stood outside an auditorium in MIT waiting for the doors to open to the screening of the latest Bollywood blockbuster. After cooling their heels for a good bit, they were told that the film reels, alas, could not make it, and that the show had been cancelled. Harish and Binita Dang returned home, disappointed, and chagrined at the waste of their time. An idea, though, occurred to Binita., She saw the value of a broadcast medium to serve the Indian community in the greater Boston area, that would keep them posted of events, happenings, and, perhaps most importantly, cancellations.

The "Sounds of India" radio program was born and the rest, as they say, is history. One of the more enduring traditions of radio broadcasting in Boston, the Dangs have owned and operated "Sounds of India" for thirty years now. For many New Englanders Sunday mornings are just not complete without hearing from their old friends, Harish, Binita, Neil and Amit on 'Sounds of India'.

What: Sounds of India
Where: Radio WRCA 1330 AM
When: Every Sunday, 1100 am -1:00 pm.

Having trained as an architect, Harish Dang is also a Financial Advisor. He is Senior Vice President at Morgan Stanley and Binita Dang runs Meals on Wheels in Lexington. For all your music and financial needs, call Harish Dang at 800.767.7462.

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