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Namaste, Wai! An Indo-Thai Culture Curry

March 19, 2013August 1, 2013 - by Diya Aggarwal

On a recent trip to Chiang Mai, the bustling tourist hub of Thailand, Diya Aggarwal discovered so many striking cultural similarities between India and Thailand that she couldn’t help, but …

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Brave, big heart and fearless

March 11, 2013August 1, 2013 - by John Kerry

We honor a woman known simply as Nirbhaya – brave, big heart, fearless. This bright young woman was studying to be a doctor when she boarded a bus in Delhi …

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An Ode to Nirbhaya, the Fearless

March 8, 2013March 8, 2013 - by Manish Chand

Nirbhaya, the Fearless One, The radiant dreamer, yearning to touch the sky Assaulted, wounded and stricken, Your body the Cross, you die; So that we may live, love and lie. …

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Banking on women power

March 7, 2013March 7, 2013 - by Meenakshi Kumar

A bank for women, of women and by women! This year when presenting the Union Budget, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram surprised all when he talked about setting up an all …

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Celebrating Shakti: Myth and Reality

March 7, 2013August 1, 2013 - by India Writes Network

Genuine women empowerment still remains a distant dream despite all the big talk. Not a day goes by without reports of rapes, sexual assaults and beastly domestic violence against women. …

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Namaste and ladoos: An Oscar night to remember…

February 26, 2013February 26, 2013 - by Anjali Madan

Namaste, India. From Slumdog Millionaire to Life of Pi, India has morphed into cinematic imagination as a place where miracles intersect with the mundane and stretch the limit of human …

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Toasting Indo-German friendship: Building bridges, dreaming big

February 22, 2013March 5, 2013 - by India Writes Network

It’s a celebration without full stops. But as with all good things in life, the German Year in India culminated in a spectacular ceremony at the India Gate in the …

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Valentine’s Day? Say it with brands…

February 19, 2013February 19, 2013 - by Hoihnu Hauzel

The Valentine’s Day has once again come and gone, and left me a little bemused and sort of sad at all the banality floating around. The Beatles’ were a tad …

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Now, read Ramayana in Arabic

February 2, 2013February 2, 2013 - by India Writes Network

In a pioneering initiative to build cross-cultural bridge between the Islamic world and India, the Indian epic-poem Ramayana has been translated into Arabic by famed Lebanese poet Wadi-al-Bustani. The book, …

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Malaysia party bats for Kamal Hassan

January 31, 2013August 2, 2013 - by India Writes Network

KUALA LUMPUR:  Kamal Hassan, the besieged actor-producer whose latest film Vishwaaroopam has triggered a raging controversy, has found support from Malaysia’s largest ethnic Indian political party MIC. The party has …

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