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Jhollywood, India

Los Angeles has Hollywood, Mumbai has Bollywood -- and then there's Jhollywood, a tiny but enthus...

India AFP/Ammu Kannampilly
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Bangalore Shopping

The Garden City of Bangalore is also a shopper's paradise, with more shops per sq. km. than anywh...

India Nabanita Dutt
Qutb Minar...

New Delhi: Magnificient!

Exotica... From the distinctive aroma of Indian curry, the colorful array of sarees and the exoti...

India Ee Lin Wan
Shrine to Bon Bibi

Kingdom of Tides

The muffled thrum of the boat is the only sound in the mist coated forests of one of the world's ...

India Dianne Sharma-Winter

Recipe: Hyderabad Style Biryani

Serves 8 to 10 2 pounds lamb, cut into1/2 inch cubes and fried over medium heat for 10 minutes 1 ...

India Habeeb Salloum
Shrimp Pakora

Recipe: Jhingri Pakora

This recipe for Jhingri Pakora is excerpted from Ajanta: Regional Feasts of India. The recipe is ...

India Celeste Heiter
Mississippi Masala

Film Review: Mississippi Masala

Cultures clash in the Deep South when Mina, a Ugandan-born Indian woman falls for African-America...

India Celeste Heiter
To North India With Love

A. Murray Seeks Out Unusual Views of the Taj Mahal

There had to be other perspectives from which to view the Taj Mahal. Unusual angles that captured...

India To North India With Love

Tales of A Female Nomad

Title: Tales of A Female Nomad . Living at Large in the World. Author: Rita Golden Gelman. Publis...

India / Indonesia / Malaysia ThingsAsian Booklist
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Renovation work may prove Indian emperor built Nepal monastery

KATHMANDU, Feb 10, 2003 - Ancient artefacts unearthed during renovation work on Nepal's second-ol...

India / Sri Lanka / Nepal AFP/Shusham Shrestha
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Goa: from drugs to rehab

The Indian resort state of Goa, once known for drugs turns to rehab...

India AFP/Phil Hazlewood
Ravi introduced us to the exciting city of Jaipur.

Compromise, Compromise, Compromise

I asked our tour guide in Jaipur if most arranged marriages were successful. He smiled and said, ...

India MaryLou Driedger
To North India With Love

Deepanjana Sarkar Befriends a Lonely Castle in the Shivpuri Forests

I knew how I would feel if an invited dinner guest failed to show up and a carefully prepared mea...

India To North India With Love
Shades of relaxation

Mystical Majorda

Sunset in Goa...

India Timsi Shirodkar
QiBao Old Town, Shanghai, China

Retired and on the road: older tourists embrace Asia

The typical tourist in Asia used to be a young backpacker in need of a shower, but these days the...

India / China AFP/Ben Sheppard
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A disappearing slice of England in an Indian forest

McCluskieganj or "chhotta England" (little England) in India's eastern state of Jharkhand, was es...

India AFP/Ammu Kannampilly
A Royal Welcome. A row of fountains, 200 feet long, lead you to the reception area of the Samode Bagh.

Unwinding... à la Samode

Choosing a holiday destination is never easy but the grandeur of Samode,that awaited us, came as ...

India / Thailand Hansa Piparsania
Taken somewhere in the middle of Pondicherry around midnight. 2 sec exposure, f/5.6

Night and Long Exposures in Pondicherry

These shots were taken in Pondicherry in September, 2009, between dusk and midnight.

India Joshua Samuel Brown
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India's night schools

The schools, mainly owned and operated by religious organisations or community groups, operate si...

India AFP/Phil Hazlewood
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The Indian Iliad to the Nth Degree

A brief essay on RK Narayan's prose version of the Mahabharata.

India Kenneth Champeon

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