A beaming centenarian has given yet another reason to the Kerala government to brag about its famed literacy endeavors in a state that has over 96 per cent literacy, India's highest
India-Mongolia Buddhist Partnership: A Civilisational Bridge Linking India’s Buddhist Heritage with Mongolia’s Contemporary Revival
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In the Undying Quest for Peace and Harmony in South Asia: Reflections of a Veteran 'Peacemonger'
One idea which both young and senior activists are exploring is about the possibility of a series of visits by youth teams to the South Asian capitals to meet with the leadership. They want to explain how deeply young people are affected and committed to address the crisis of climate change, global warming, and especially the fragility of the mountain regions as witnessed in the recent devastation in Nepal.
When the Machinery of Terror Becomes Television Spectacle: Taliban's War Museum Reporting Needs Broader Contextualisation
The Taliban may curate the museum. The newsroom must curate the context. Without that context, international television risks giving an extremist movement something it has always sought, not necessarily agreement, but attention; not necessarily legitimacy, but spectacle.
Three Young Karachi Rappers: And a Working-Class Neighborhood Becomes its Own Historian
For an Indian audience, the most meaningful response to W.R.A.P. is not the comforting declaration that Indians and Pakistanis are identical. Such a claim can erase real histories and differences as readily as nationalism exaggerates them.
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India, Nepal motorcycle rally to bring youth of both countries closer culturally
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In Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, everyone, from journalists to ex-soldiers, are now street vendors
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India honors eminent Bangladeshis with their national awards
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India's first rooftop drive-in cinema opens in Mumbai
India's first rooftop, open-air, drive-in theatre opened over the weekend in Mumbai, the country's entertainment capital
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Indian teen's rousing Glasgow COP26 speech in Modi, Biden, Johnson's presence
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It is pathetic to attack people over religion, says Indian captain Virat Kohli in hitting out at Mohammed Shami's online abusers
Indian captain Virat Kohli hit back at targeted social media abuse against fast bowler Mohammed Shami following India's 10-wicket defeat to Pakistan in their T20 World Cup opener last Sunday, calling the abusers "spineless people" and saying that "attacking someone over their religion is the most, I would say, pathetic thing that a human being can do"
Kashmir girl wins gold in World Kickboxing Championship; celebrates with Indian flag
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US returns centuries-old stolen antiquities to India, Pakistan, Afghanistan
The US on Thursday returned 248 antiquities, including a 12th-century bronze Shiva Nataraja, valued at an estimated $15 million to India, the “largest” such transfer of antiquities to the country
