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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
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...

India AFP

Recipe: Chicken Pakodas

Serves 6 to 8 1 pound chicken, cut into small pieces 2 eggs, beaten 1 cup flour 4 teaspoons corn ...

India Habeeb Salloum

Recipe: Kalmi - Moong Bean Patties

Serves 4 to 6 1 cup moong beans, soaked overnight and drained 4 tablespoons flour 1 large onion, ...

India Habeeb Salloum
Chilling Out On The Taj. Agra, India.

Pardes

Near the 50th anniversary of India's 1947 independence appeared tricolor billboards advertising t...

India Kenneth Champeon
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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
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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
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
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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

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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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
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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
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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Choosing a Quality Language Program

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

India / Vietnam / Myanmar Dawn Stanton
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Saffron

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

India / China AFP/Izhar Wani
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Yoga in India

Westerners head to Asia to feed their souls...

India AFP/Beatrice Le Bohec
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Buddhist sect celebrates 800th anniversary in Ladakh

The Drukpa, or "dragon" sect of Tibetan Buddhism, marks its 800th year . . .

India AFP/Tripti Lahiri
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A New Museum for Ladakh, India

A new museum in the Hemis monastery hopes to preserve the local culture in Ladakh, a region nestl...

India AFP/Tripti Lahiri
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Renuka lake, India

SHIMLA, India, Feb 20, 2004 - Attempts to clean up a scenic Himalayan lake in northern India that...

India AFP/Baldev Chauhan

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