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• Indian student’s doodle on Google on Children’s Day

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 706
  New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) The colourful doodle on Google’s home page on Children’s Day Saturday - complete with a peacock and Mahatma Gandhi - is the creation of a 10-year-old Indian student and represents the country’s diversity and culture. This is the first time that a ‘made in India’ doodle is being ...
  7 hours ago

• No Forcing of Culture and Language Please

  
  Frankly Speaking — Authority: 106
  The Thakreys (first Bal and now Raj) have been arguing that speaking of Marathi language in Bombay will result in uplifting the plight of Marathi Manoos. I just fail to understand that how the forcing of a local language on all and sundry living in the metropolitan city will result in development of the local ...
  2 days ago

• Outsourced: The Folly of Words

  
  Kicking Ass Ann Arbor — Authority: 430
  bangalore, india India now has among the world’s largest constellations of remote-sensing satellites. They are sophisticated enough to distinguish healthy coconuts from diseased ones in this region’s thick palms. They can also zero in on deadly mosquitoes lurking in a patch of jungle ( Washington Post ). At ...
  2 days ago

• GPOYW. An Indian Indian.

  
  http://ohrohin.com — Authority: 495
  GPOYW. An Indian Indian.
  2 days ago

• 20 years after fall of his boundary wall, Manoj still can’t think straight

  
  Faking News — Authority: 544
  Etawah, Uttar Pradesh. While the whole world and the Indian media remembered the 20 th anniversary of fall of the Berlin Wall yesterday, nobody spared a thought for poor Manoj Tiwary who lost his senses after his boundary wall fell on him exactly the same day twenty years back. Manoj, a 19-year-old flamboyant youth ...
  4 days ago

• Twitter: A Window into #WestIndian Culture

  
  Gen Y PR Prescriptions — Authority: 108
  As an online PR professional, you work with a variety of web based tools, dashboards, platforms, destinations, networks…throw in a few more nouns and you get the point. Business and tech analysts dig into them upon release, a value is assigned to them and their creators, promotion hits hyperdrive and off it goes to ...
  5 days ago

• Is Sanskrit really a “Indo-European” language?

  
  B Shantanu's Blog — Authority: 126
  Thanks to Dr Kalyananraman-ji for alerting me to this. In this  well-argued and researched essay titled, Colonial Constructs about Indian Languages , Satish Thadani explains why there may be a lot more in common between “Indo-Aryan” and Dravidian” languages than what history texts tell us. Excerpts below: ...
  1 week ago

• Indian Wedding Story – Part Seven

  
  Gori Girl — Authority: 118
  This is Part Seven - the last of a continuing series on my Indian wedding adventure. If you’re new to Gori Girl, try checking out Part One , where the story starts. When we left off (oh so long ago) on the story of Aditya’s and my Hindu wedding in Part Six , I mentioned we had just finished performing the ...
  1 week ago

• Dear Expats

  
  The Examined Life — Authority: 112
  So, you’ve got a job in India. Welcome. I like the fact  that a stint in India is a valuable addition to your CV. I also appreciate that your salary enables you to live among India’s rich. I also understand that you’d like to stay in yuppie enclaves as you find yourself most comfortable there. But having done ...
  1 week ago

• A Hindi PostSecret Postcard

  
  Gori Girl — Authority: 118
  Checking the new postcards at PostSecret is one of my favorite morning Sunday morning traditions. As wikipedia explains PostSecret is “an ongoing community mail art project, created by Frank Warren, in which people mail their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard.” As I see it, it’s just one ...
  1 week ago

• Madrassas propagating militancy in the country, says RSS Chief

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 706
  New Delhi, Oct.30 (ANI): In a scathing attack on the way some Madrassas are imparting education across the country, Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh Chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday said that the Madarsas, the Islamic education institutions, were encouraging militancy in the country.Bhagwat noted that unlike the Islamic ...
  2 weeks ago

• Spanish couple weds in city of Taj Mahal

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 706
  New Delhi, Oct. 30 (ANI): A Spanish couple, inspired by Indian culture, married in accordance with Hindu rituals in Agra, the city of the world famous Taj Mahal.Maria and Salvia fell in love with Indian culture during their frequent business trips to Agra for their footwear company.Wearing Indian attire both bride and ...
  2 weeks ago

• On Puritanism, Sex Addicts and Temples

  
  B Shantanu's Blog — Authority: 126
  Just finished reading Oh, But You Do Get It Wrong! by Aditi Banerjee …a commendable analysis of Wendy Donger’s prejudices and liberties with truth. I’m reproducing excerpts below. The full article is also available for download from my Docs and Slides widget on the Links page. *** Excerpts from “ Oh, ...
  2 weeks ago

• When in Rome, Do As the Romans Do… Sometimes

  
  Gori Girl — Authority: 118
  Photo Credit: wili_hybrid Most of my American friends live in horror of being that American tourist when traveling abroad. We’ve all heard the horror stories of the rude American traveler who behaved in a completely culturally insensitive way while traveling, working, or living abroad. The person who tromps ...
  2 weeks ago

• Nehru Stadium to miss Dec 31 deadline, will be ready by March

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 706
  New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) Reconstruction of the 27-year-old Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium will miss the Dec 31 deadline and the venue for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2010 Commonwealth Games would need three more months to get ready because a newly proposed tunnel has to be built.The 150-metre-long tunnel, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Eau de Tubéreuse (Tuberose) by Le Jardin Retrouvé Review

  
  Cologne Perfume Fragrance — Authority: 131
  Continuing to sample Le Jardin Retrouvé’s scents passed on to me from cpf via LJR. The flower scents: Citron Poivré (Spicy Lemon) , Eau de Tubéreuse (Tuberose) , Jasmin (Jasmine) , Verveine (Verbena) , The Lys (Lily), and Chèvrefeuille (Honeysuckle ). I will do the roses in a separate category. Eau ...
  2 weeks ago

• India to finance more cultural programmes

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 706
  New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) The Indian government will now provide more money for organising workshops, seminars, festivals and exhibitions that aim to preserve and promote the country’s cultural heritage.Now, under the new scheme, the government will provide more financial aid which apart from cultural organisations ...
  3 weeks ago

• Committee to study scientific facet of Indian culture

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 706
  New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Ever wondered about the science behind India’s culture that dates back to thousands of years? A national committee will be formed to study the scientific basis of the country’s rich art and cultural heritage, an official said Wednesday.“I have asked the National Science Centre (NSC) to ...
  3 weeks ago

• NRIs to build Taj Mahal replica in New Zealand

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 706
  Auckland, Oct 20 (IANS) A group of Indians has drawn up a $20 million plan to build a replica of the Taj Mahal in this New Zealand city.The miniature version of the monument to love is planned to be built at the Mahatma Gandhi Centre in New North Road, in the Auckland suburb of Eden [...]
  3 weeks ago

• An Office Diwali Celebration

  
  Gori Girl — Authority: 118
  Photo Credit: Abhinaba Ah, Diwali. Festival of lights. A celebration of good triumphing over evil. A time to bemuse your boss and win free dessert from your local Indian buffet. …right? As I’ve mentioned previously, I happen to work in a very diverse office – and with a recent switch in teams, I now report ...
  3 weeks ago

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