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Last Update: Mon Jan 7 14:50:39 2008

+ Exploring 150 years of Anglo-Sikh Heritage + The UK Punjab Heritage Association has launched a major new on-line exhibition exploring 150 years of the Anglo-Sikh relationship. ...

+ Late blooming a national trend? + More and more urban Indian women are turning to fertility treatments: Hrishikesh Pai, gynaecologist and infertility specialist at ...

+ Fighting for Identity + Ethnic Indians in Malaysia demand for a fair share of the nation's wealth: Malaysian Tamils, descendants of 19th-century ...

+ BBC turns to Bollywood for CGI series + "BBC is set to launch a £10m animated series featuring musicians Jamelia and Justin Hawkins that has been made in India. Freefonix is ...

+ links for 9th April 07 + Farm suicides are a rise in India as a result of "free market" reforms Reality TV hunt for students - A reality TV show is to give ...

+ Mumbai Traffic Police become media & tech savvy + From MeFi: The Traffic Police of Mumbai (formerly Bombay, India), one of the most densely populated and traffic-ridden cities in the ...

+ Tumeric good for keeping away Alzheimer ’s disease? + From Alzheimer's Notes: Did you know that Alzheimer's Disease is less common in India than any other part of the world? Some ...

+ links for 8th April 07 + Barbers are in demand in Punjab as Young Sikhs abandon long hair in favor of Bollywood type haircuts – "Alarmed by the trend, ...

+ BAFTA Awards for Bradford Riots director + From Asians in Media – "Writer and director Neil Biswas has been nominated for a Bafta award, it was revealed last week, for his ...

+ Localised Archie comics for India + Iconic US comic-strip hero Archie is all set to go desi and woo sweethearts Veronica and Betty in Indian languages like Hindi, Tamil ...

+ An Indian Influence + From Yorkshire Post: "A BOLD use of colour and striking designs are trademarks of the stunning glass Kate Jones produces with her ...

+ Cyberworship + Interesting piece on how the Internet is enabling Indian people to offer prayers through Saranam.com a site based on Chennai that ...

+ How India developed the space station + Interesting brief post on How India developed the space station (via !dea): In the early 1960’s …India was slowly awakening to the ...

+ India to market female condoms + The Tamil Nadu central government, in collaboration with the Hindustan Latex and the National Aids Control Organisation (NACO) began a ...

+ Indian police to wear fragrance to fight crime + Indian police smell pretty. Police in an Indian province are airing a new strategy for crime fighting and community relations: "Police ...

+ "The Inheritance of Loss" wins Book Critics Circle Award + "Kiran Desai's "The Inheritance of Loss," a narrative of global discovery and displacement that has already won the Man Booker ...

+ Kal Penn Interview + From Mefi: Filmiholic interviews Kal Penn. The interview begins with a discussion of his new film the Namesake, but covers a lot of ...

+ Mughal Emperor's Koran found in India + From BBC: Police in the Indian city of Bangalore have seized a copy of the Koran they believe may have belonged to Mughal emperor ...

+ Bollywood only theatre in Spain + Maldakistan becomes the first theater in Spain to show only Bollywood movies. Barcelona plays host to a cosmopolitan population, ...

+ How many bidi's are smoked? + According to this site > More than 700 Trillion BEEDIES or BIRI are smoked annually > Indians smoke more than one trillion bidis every ...

+ Discover your roots programme - Fiji + As part of the Discover your Roots programme, the Indian Tourist Office will start promoting spiritual pilgrimage and Bollywood in ...

+ Indian manuscripts online + From Cronaca: The [Indian] government has created an online database of 1.8 million ancient texts to promote them as treasures of the ...

+ Swastika Ban Debated + From Hindus Oppose for Swastika Ban in Europe: Hindus in Europe are stood together to oppose Germany’s calls for a law in European ...

+ Nike Cricket Ad + Nike's first ever cricket ad based on the concept of "Gutsy Cricket". Definitely worth watching!!!!! Background score is a Konkani ...

+ Firefly - A Fairy Tale by Ritu Beri + Celebrated fashion designer Ritu Beri recently completed writing her first book titled Firefly: A Fairytale. The book deals with ...

+ What a glamorous wedding! + From Metafilter: 70 private cars, 50 000 kilos of flowers, 3000 candles, 65 000 yards of fabric. Those are just a few of the figures ...

+ Bollywood News + : From Observer – “India's glossy and glamorous movie industry wants to capture the mass audiences of Europe and the US - and is ...

+ Festivals in India + Interesting site about forthcoming festivals in India. Worth a ...

+ The Asana Index + From Metafilter: The Asana Index. There are literally 1000s of asana variations in Hatha Yoga. We are attempting to collect the most ...

+ Black Noise Project - Countering Street Harassment + Blank Noise Project calls for a blog-a-thon to build testimonials and opinions on the issue of street harassment of women in India. ...

+ Cartoon Theme parks planned for Delhi + India’s first ever American style themed parks are to be constructed in Delhi. At a cost of 5.5bn rupees (£70m), the two parks in ...

+ Smoking ban to hit UK shisha clubs + Smoking ban will hit shisha clubs - The UK government has released plans for a partial smoking ban effecting clubs and pubs that serve ...

+ Ancient temple discovered after Tsunami + From Cronaca (via BBC): Archaeologists say they have discovered the site of an ancient temple in the southern Indian state of Tamil ...

+ East Meets West, and Art Emerges + From ArtsJournal - "Natvar Bhavsar is a world-renowned painter from India whose huge, colourful canvases hang in more than 1,000 ...

+ Kapoor Named to Tate Board + Sculptor Anish Kapoor has been chosen to replace Chris Ofili as one of three working artists on the Tate board of directors. Kapoor, ...

+ E-Marriage in India + Thanks to Matrimony sites like Bharatmatrimony and Shaadi.com, Indian parents are using the Internet to find a bride, match horoscopes ...

+ Bollywood News + : Film Festival of India in Israel (FFII) kicks off this week in Haifa, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. The festival organized by the Indian ...

+ Indian Cricket Team - Top Sports Brand? + From Guardian: Sponsorship of the India shirt brings in $27.12million a year - outstripping even the Brazil football deal with Nike ...

+ A Pakistani Festival Of Change + Sufi’s Choice - In Pakistan, dancing was banned for many years, and some clerics would like to do the same to music. A new festival ...

+ The Economist on India + Here are some interesting articles ran by The Economist on India in 2005: : Deepa Mehta's “Water” - An Indian film stars at ...

+ Bollywood related news + : From BoingBoing – Bollywood film posters as t-shirts . Also check out this piece on Custom-painted Bollywood posters : Bollywood ...

+ Competing with foreign music channels + Pakistan Music Channels competing with foreign music channels - Globalization has enabled Pakistani’s to lose interest in local ...

+ Foreign Universities targets Indian students + What forces hundreds of Indian students to go abroad and seek higher education? Abi of nanopolitan on what could be achieved for a ...

+ The New Heroes + The New Heroes is a PBS series hosted by Robert Redford on social entrepreneurs, who are making the world a better place. On their ...

+ Arranged marriages for Indian Americans + [NYM] Anita Jain - A Modern Indian Woman's Struggle with Arranged Marriage - A look at arranged marriages for Indian ...

+ Indian Modern - Michael Freeman + India Modern reveals in the latest Indian style and highlights how Indian design has become a fascinating mixture of local styles and ...

+ Offering village life for Tourists + India has a new tourist attraction on offer – The Villages . The India's tourism minister is repacking the villages as exotic ...

+ ITC e-Choupal wins global award + ITC has won the prestigious Development Gateway Award 2005 for its trailblazing ITC e-Choupal initiative that has achieved the scale ...

+ NRI floats $250 million fund for India + From Rediff : American entrepreneur Raj Vakharia has announced the launch of a private equity fund, which will invest $250 million ...

+ Vancouver Goes Bollywood + Vancouver Goes Bollywood - British Columbia has been luring Hollywood films to shoot in the province for years. Now the Canadians are ...