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Vintage Indian steam train to chug again on Himalayan route

A vintage steam engine will again chug its way up a north Indian Himalayan railway track dating b...

India AFP/Baldev S. Chauhan

Monsoon Wedding Dinner & a Movie Recipes and Photos

Curry Infused Shrimp with Mango Chutney 24 large shrimp, peeled & deveined, tails intact 1 tsp cu...

India Celeste Heiter

Photo of a rare 7th century Buddha Sakyamuni statue which has been acquired jointly by the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

Buddha Sakyamuni

London, March 26, 2004 - A rare 7th-century Buddha statue went on display in Britain on Friday, t...

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Choosing a Quality Language Program

Opportunities for overseas and exchange programs abound, but to find quality instruction, you'll ...

India / Vietnam / Myanmar Dawn Stanton

Recipe: Dal Dhokli - Dumplings in Lentil Curry

Serves 6 1 cup lentils 4 tablespoons raw peanuts, chopped 8 cups water 3 tablespoons butter 6 clo...

India Habeeb Salloum

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India: Land of Adventures

From primarily a cultural tourist destination for several decades, India has emerged as one of th...

India Doreen Cheong

Bengal Catfish Curry

Recipe: Bengal Catfish Curry

This colorful curry is seasoned with a blend of earthy Bengali spices and vibrant aromatics that ...

India Celeste Heiter

Sick pigeons rest inside a cage at Delhi's Charity Birds Hospital.

Indian hospital where birds learn to fly again

New Delhi, April 15, 2003 - Birds can eat too many worms, paper kites can cripple them and even c...

India AFP/Amal Jayasinghe

One of Mumbai's many fine old sandstone buildings

Mauled by Mumbai

Mumbai (formerly Bombay) isn't so much a city as an epitaph for cities. Here is a maniapolis, a l...

India Graham Simmons

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India's ailing Shimla toy train hopes for boost from centennial

SHIMLA, India, Nov 21, 2002 - Faced with heavy losses, India's famous toy train in the northern H...

India AFP/Baldev S. Chauhan

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India's Bhangra music

Thousands of amateur singers in India's Punjab state see Bhangra music as a route out of rural li...

India AFP/Rupam Jain Nair

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Monkey god's incarnation earns his keep at massive Indian pilgrimage

For Ram Das Gusain, who has a wife and two children to support, festivals are peak times for busi...

India AFP/Jay Shankar

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Eco-tourists take to village life in India's 'Little Tibet'

Himalayan Homestays, is a program that allows trekkers to sleep and eat with families in the Hemi...

India AFP/Tripti Lahiri

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Indian's glittering weddings

The Indian wedding is all about fantasy, beauty. It is meant to define a family's social status...

India AFP/Parul Gupta

Before the Rains

Film Review: Before the Rains

Colonial drama set in Kerala, India. An ambitious spice merchant is establishing a plantation in ...

India Celeste Heiter

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Indian women drive equality in India

Yadav, the first female passenger train driver on Mumbai's Central Railways, has become a standar...

India AFP/Phil Hazlewood

To North India With Love

Emma Louise Christie Debates the Merits of a Tibetan Ritual in Dharamshala

I watched as monks bore down aggressively on fellow monks on the ground, raising their arms behin...

India To North India With Love

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Saffron spice, used in cooking the world over to add taste and colour, comes from the Kashmiri cr...

India / China AFP/Izhar Wani

Dragons and Tigers

Title: Dragons and Tigers. A Geography of South, East and Southeast Asia. Author: Barbara A. Weig...

India / Vietnam / Myanmar ThingsAsian Booklist

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Fact File: Asian Internet Top Domains

Afghanistan - af Armenia - am Azerbaijan - az Bahrain - bh Bangladesh - bd Brunei - bn Cambodia -...

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