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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

Fortress Of Gold In The Abode Of Death

I scrutinised my travelling companion. His coat was moth-eaten and dusty, his teeth looked like s...

India Susan Storm

The House That Biswas Built

Review of VS Naipaul's masterpiece, A House for Mr. Biswas.

India Kenneth Champeon

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Vasantahabba, Spring Festival

Bangalore, India, Feb 9, 2004 - From dawn to dusk, 30,000 people took in Indian classical music a...

India AFP/Jay Shankar

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India's Parsis use new technology to keep ancient Zoroastrian religion alive...

India AFP/Phil Hazlewood

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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

Imagining India

I imagined India for so long before I finally got there, but I never quite imagined what I actual...

India Dan Brook

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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

Urulakkizangu Bondas with Thakkali Chutney (Spicy Potato Fritters with Fresh Tomato Chutney)

Recipe: Urulakkizangu Bondas with Thakkali Chutney (Spicy Potato Fritters with Fresh Tomato Chutney)

These tasty treats are made from one of the many enticing recipes in Grains, Greens, and Grated C...

India Celeste Heiter

So Long and Thanks for All the Trains

* * * * * Review of Lawrence James' Raj: The Making of British India , Abacus, 1997. * * * * * As...

India Kenneth Champeon

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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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The Great American Dharma Bum

Forests are delightful, where more worldly men find no joy. - from the Dhammapada * * * * * Hen...

India / China Kenneth Champeon

Belonging in India

Before my six-month sojourn in India, I paid a visit to an Indian friend of mine in America, who ...

India Kenneth Champeon

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'Gandhi chic' luring Indian fashionistas

India's West Bengal is a region famous for its traditional weaves, once championed by it's indepe...

India AFP/Sailendra Sil

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India Is Like That Only

Review of Bombay-born author Rohinton Mistry's incredible novel A Fine Balance.

India Kenneth Champeon

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A Passage to India(napolis)

* * * * * Review of E. M. Forster's A Passage to India , Penguin, 1998. * * * * * As you get olde...

India Kenneth Champeon

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Bollywood bad boy turns Hindu god in new blockbuster

BOMBAY, Feb 25, 2003 - Salman Khan, Bollywood's bad boy who has been in the news for bashing up g...

India AFP/Anamika Singh

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Ardh Kumbh Mela festival

During Ardh Kumbh Mela festival, the silent new moon and the start of a new lunar month is observ...

India AFP/Tripti Lahiri

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Sex and the Shruti

The late comedian Bill Hicks once told of reading a book in some backwater greasy spoon when a wa...

India Kenneth Champeon

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Westerners head to Asia to feed their souls...

India AFP/Beatrice Le Bohec

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