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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 Primer of Modern India

In the days preceding Indian Independence Day, hordes of street children sell small paper tricolo...

India Kenneth Champeon

To North India With Love

Naomi Naam Encounters Delhi's King of All Kebabs

It's difficult to explain the taste of a kakori kebab to someone who has never tried one. It is m...

India To North India With Love

Near Mysore, the inner sanctum of the Somnathapura Temple, India.

Of Mysore, Maharajas And Magnificence

The author visits Mysore, city of sandalwood and ancient palaces, and ex-capital of a kingdom tha...

India Graham Simmons

Slumdog Millionaire

Film Review: Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire is a tale of religious and political conflict, of catastrophic rebellion, of ...

India Celeste Heiter

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Aamir Khan's '3 Idiots' becomes Bollywood's biggest grosser

No Bollywood film has crossed the four-million-dollar threshold before. "3 Idiots" has so far mad...

India AFP/Phil Hazlewood

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New Delhi's New Art District

Lado Sarai, a warren of bylanes and haphazardly constructed buildings in New Delhi's hinterland, ...

India AFP/Penny MacRae

India Institute

Asian Libraries - India

Nirma Institute of Technology Ahmedabad India Nirma Institute of Technology is a self-financed te...

India Christina Gosnell

The Taj Mahal

One Man's Love: The Taj Mahal

There are really only a few things one must do before leaving this Earth. They include falling in...

India Kenneth Champeon

Earthquake has devastated much of what we call Azad Kashmir. Relief work is everywhere. People ar...

India / China / Pakistan Ameer Hamza

Mee Goreng

Recipe: Mee Goreng

Mee Goreng is not a typically Indian dish, but rather a cross-over dish that evolved in Malaysia ...

India / Malaysia / Singapore Celeste Heiter

A gondola making its way from the Gulmarg resort to Kongdoori on the only existing cable-cars in Kashmir.

Highest cable-car to prompt winter sports boom in troubled Kashmir

KONGDOORI, India, Jan 8, 2003 - Rebellion-torn Indian Kashmir will be among the best ski destinat...

India / China AFP/Izhar Wani

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Recipe: Do Pyaxa - Hyderabadi Curry

Serves about 6 4 cups plain yogurt 4 medium onions (2 finely chopped and 2 thinly sliced 1 1/2 te...

India Habeeb Salloum

Lining the holy river are buildings like these, the bottoms of their long stairs reaching well below the surface. People come here to wash, frolic, or sit in quiet contemplation.

Varanasi: "God Is Here"

Travelling in India cannot be called a vacation. It is closer to a species of trauma, or a potent...

India Kenneth A. Champeon

To North India With Love

Nabanita Dutt's Introduction to To North India With Love

To North India With Love introduces you to a group of writers who have spent a significant amount...

India To North India With Love

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The Enigmas of India

According to the newspapers, India is a place of bizarre religious rituals and constant communal ...

India Kenneth Champeon

A woman goes for a walk in downtown Delhi

A Sensory Assault

Delhi assaults the senses. Take an early morning stroll through down town Delhi and be prepared t...

India MaryLou Driedger

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A Graphic Novel from India

NEW DELHI, May 10, 2004 - India's first graphic novel is played out in the urban jungle among the...

India AFP/Uttara Choudhury

Hyderabad lies some 150 km northeast of Karachi, on the eastern bank of the Indus River. You can ...

India / Pakistan Ameer Hamza

Deorali, Sikkim, India: Sheri village, near Deorali, enjoys magnificent views.

Confronting Fear in Sikkim

I’ve long had a perhaps unreasonable fear of Tibetan Buddhism. Maybe it’s all those pictures ...

India Graham Simmons

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