An elegant heritage building in Jaipur is playing host to 33 destitute who were left to begging on the streets and who are picking life skills thanks to an innovative Rajasthan state government initiative
How a Film by a Boston-Based Immigrant is Dismantling the Model-Minority Concept
Jam Boy represents a much-needed question for the South Asia diaspora, about why it takes a third aggressor for us to see the common struggles that we share, and why it is only in these situations that we remember that our ideas of home are the same.
Goals Beyond Borders: Can Bangladesh Leverage its Football Craze as a Soft-power Tool?
Beyond the ambassadors of Brazil, Argentina, and Norway, the ambassadors of France, the United States, the United Kingdom, Morocco, and Egypt have also been drawing on their countries' football heritage to deepen cultural engagement with the football-crazy people of Bangladesh.
Name Change and Memory Archives: Striking Divergence Between India and Pakistan
Ironically, while India continues to rename roads and institutions associated with its medieval and colonial past, Pakistan’s Punjab province has begun moving in the opposite direction.
Protective Parenting: Raising Safe Children or Fragile Adults?
Unfortunately, a growing number of parents appear apprehensive about their children becoming proficient in their mother tongue, believing that greater exposure to local languages may somehow hinder their command of English or other global languages. This perception is both unfortunate and unfounded. A strong foundation in one's mother tongue strengthens cognitive development, improves learning outcomes, and facilitates the acquisition of additional languages.
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Nepal's Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation has imposed a 10-year ban on two Indian mountaineers, restricting them from climbing any peak in Nepal after they produced fake documents to say that they had climbed the Mount Everest in May 2016
Modi gives new life to Arunachal's local art
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Promoting Nepal's cultural tourism - through Miss Nepals
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St Stephen's invites Bangladeshi students for its bachelor's programme
New Delhi's prestigious St Stephen's College has invited applications from Bangladeshi students to join the three-year bachelor's programme at the premium education institution
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Khemchand Prakash: The man who gave new direction to Hindi film music
A man of many firsts, Khemchand Prakash’s unparalleled contribution to the music of the Hindi film industry pioneered a legacy that should never be forgotten. Sahapedia trains the spotlight on the life and work of the musical genius ‘whose contribution to Hindi film music was far greater than just the songs he composed’
Michael Madhusudan Dutt's 197th birth anniversary being observed
The 197th birth anniversary of legendary Bangali poet and father of Bangla sonnet Michael Madhusudan Dutt is being celebrated on a small scale due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Once beggars, these kids aspire to be doctors and soldiers
Around 500 children who were once seen begging, ragpicking and fighting on the streets in Rajasthan's Churu district have now transformed into serious students and are attending regular classes, singing patriotic songs and dreaming high to serve the nation as military personnel, police officers and doctors
Netaji Bose's 125th birth anniversary celebrated in Bangladesh
Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Vikram Doraiswami on Sunday termed the celebration of Netaji's birth anniversary in the country as "very touching" as he hoped that the two friendly neighbours would come even closer in the future
Bangladesh PM Hasina orders evacuation of Chittagong heritage building for museum
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ordered the evacuation of a 150-year-old heritage building in Chittagong, which was once the law chamber of freedom fighter Jatindra Mohan Sengupta and his father advocate Jatra Mohon Sengupta, to be converted into a museum
Indian American rapper happy to represent community at Biden's inaugural galas
Grammy-nominated Indian-American rapper Raja Kumari feels proud to represent the India American community at the the AAPI Inaugural Ball: Breaking Barriers, and says she is looking forward to a less divided, more united America
