Indian vs Rest : Research and PhDs

*R&D researchers per million: Less than 200, compared to about 400 in Brazil, 500 in Iran, over 600 in China, over 800 in Argentina, 7,300 in Finland, 5,000 in Japan and 4,500 in USA

*Number of PhDs per million: About 4, compared to 5 in China, 89 in USA, 75 in Japan and 52 in South Korea

*Articles in journals: About 300, compared to over 500 by China, 2 lakh by USA, over 50,000 by Japan and 40,000 by Germany

*Percentage of GDP spent on R&D:

About 0.8, compared to about 1 by Iran, 1.3 by China, nearly 3.5 by Finland, 3.1 by Japan and more than 2.5 by USA and Germany

*Per capita spend on R&D (in $):

About 550, compared to 978 by Japan, 705 by USA, 460 by UK and 15 by China

Contributions of Hindi to English

Officially called Hinglish, some of the hindi words are slowly creeping into the English language dictionaries. We have earlier known words like cot, jungle, bungalow, pundit that made into collins and oxford dictionaries; while other like chuddie, yaar, auntie, uncle, yaar, etc. are finding their place in the second such wave of adoption --- this one being more due to Popular Asian culture rather than colonial collision.

Be on the lookout, there are many more such words popular amongst the urbane youth in india or should I see there are hazaar such words waiting for their turn :)