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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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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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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

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

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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 on the Web

CIA World Factbook . The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at...

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Westerners head to Asia to feed their souls...

India AFP/Beatrice Le Bohec

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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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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

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

India AFP/Phil Hazlewood

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Suspense, the flavour of the season in Indian film industry

BOMBAY, Feb 11, 2003 - Hit by mounting losses from popular candy floss romances and social drama ...

India AFP/Anamika Singh

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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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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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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Fighting the noise in India's 'Maximum City'

Mumbai is one noisy city...

India AFP/Phil Hazlewood

Fresh Tomato-Mint Salad

'Shakespeare Wallah' & 'The Namesake' Recipes & Photos

A collection of light, yet spicy Indian fare, featuring Spicy Chicken Tidbits, Fresh Tomato-Mint ...

India Celeste Heiter

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India's Children: Some Vignettes

If I had stayed in India it would have been for my students, even though in certain respects they...

India Kenneth Champeon

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Tourist boom brings threat to Leh's Tibetan architecture

Leh is the capital of India's Buddhist Ladakh region. It's Old Town has just been put on the Worl...

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

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