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Indo American News • Friday, May 13, 2011
Air India o operates 18 c charters for its Passengers To minimize the inconvenience to passengers, Air India has taken a number of measures, including flying 18 chartered flights (16 domestic and 2 international) with aircraft taken from Kingfisher Airlines and Air Arabia. Over 12000 Air India passengers have been transferred to other domestic and international carriers at the four metros. Moreover, Air India is further looking for inducting capacity on wet lease basis. A tender advertisement inviting RFP is being issued in newspapers on 05th May 2011. Operations of all international flights, Gulf flights and regional flights are 100% normal. Other measures undertaken by Air India to facilitate affected passengers and to reduce the effect of disruption and inconvenience
due to the disruption of its domestic flight operations include opening Special ‘Assistance Counters’ with prominent signage. ‘May I Help You’ Teams have been operationalised at major base airports to assist the passengers. Transfer Desks at all international airports have been
strengthened for smooth transfer of passengers, particularly from /
to International destinations. Passenger facilitation Teams at the metro airports have been augmented by deputing more than 75 officers and staff from other departments on a 24x7 basis. Air India Call Center is also disseminating information about the schedules and arrangements to passengers. Officials at the airports are updating the Call Centre on a current basis. Hotel accommodation is being provided to passengers whose journeys are rebooked on alternate flights on the following days. Refreshments and meals arrangements have also been made for the passengers of disrupted flights.
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HOUSTON: Indian Americans have to deal with people who tell them they smell like rice and curry. Indian Americans have been asked if they know the Indian people who work at the gas station down the street. If Indian people would eat the cow they wouldn’t starve. Leena Ceraveeni’s debut novel, The Hometown, documents the racial experiences of an Indian girl born and raised in Indiana. Each chapter of The Hometown focuses on a different racial experience when 23-year-old Mala Thomas packs up her Acura Vigor and makes an impulsive move to Houston. In Houston, she doesn’t get questioned about being Indian. The South is very different from the Midwest and Mala
can’t take the word “y’all” seriously. On her career path, she lands a job in the energy industry and falls for work-obsessed Cyril, a Creole who works in her office building. The
Leena Ceraveeni’s debut novel, The Hometown, documents the racial experiences of an Indian girl born and raised in Indiana.
death of the sister she can’t remember, her love for ’80s rock, and her past racial experiences follow her everywhere she goes. About the Author Leena Ceraveeni gradua t e d from Indiana U n i versity. S h e lives i n Te x as.
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