Lake Fong/Post-Gazette Chef Jahangir Alam, left, executive chef Navin Kholi and sous chef Ganesh Rajagopal of Yuva India in Oakland. Click image to enlarge At All … [Read more...]
On the Table: Two new dining spots in Oakland feature Indian food – Pittsburgh Post Gazette
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India announces development of cheap vaccine against major cause of diarrhea … – Washington Post
May 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment
NEW DELHI — The Indian government announced Tuesday the development of a new low-cost vaccine proven effective against a diarrhea-causing virus that is one of the leading causes of childhood deaths across the developing world. The Indian manufacturer of the new rotavirus vaccine pledged to sell it … [Read more...]
Dispatches From India – Huffington Post
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This post is part of the Global Mom Relay. Every time you share this photo essay, $ 5 will go to women and girls around the world. Scroll to the bottom to find out more.My daughter Olive and I are traveling in India with the Measles and Rubella Initiative.Olive is my first child, and was … [Read more...]
Indian shop owner, passionate for education, runs school for poor kids under a … – Washington Post
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NEW DELHI — Their classroom is a flattened patch of dirt and rocks under the elevated rail tracks. Their blackboards are rectangles painted on a chipped concrete wall. Their teacher is a shop owner with no formal training, but a conviction that education is their only hope. For some of these … [Read more...]
Video: This is what Bollywood musicals sound like — with no music – Washington Post (blog)
April 27, 2013 By
There’s something unique and special about Bollywood, the celebrated and typically musical movies that have made India’s film market one of the world’s largest. Maybe it’s all the color and movement; maybe it’s the sense of whimsy that you don’t often see in American films; or maybe … [Read more...]
‘Shalom Bollywood’ reveals Indian cinema’s surprising stars of its golden age – Washington Post
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Imagine that it’s the spring of 1913, in the dawn of Indian cinema — what we know today as that song-and-dance, escapist movie industry that is Bollywood. Back then, it was considered unseemly for Hindu and Muslim actresses to appear on celluloid, so they hired burly men with trademark Indian … [Read more...]
India, Bali commit to enhance tourism – Jakarta Post
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India and Indonesia, especially Bali, are committed to enhancing the flow of tourists between the two countries. This was revealed during the visit of the Indian Goodwill Parliamentary Delegation to the Bali governor’s office in Denpasar on Monday morning.“We should walk together to enhance the … [Read more...]
It’s time for Canadian businesses to put their stakes down in India – National Post
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Indian Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram is on a whirlwind trip through the North American East coast, which will culminate later this week at the IMF/World Bank meetings in Washington. On Monday morning, he spoke at a breakfast event organized by the Canada-India Business Council in … [Read more...]
TOIFA Vancouver Bollywood Stars Excite Indo-Canadian Fans – Huffington Post Canada
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VANCOUVER - BC Place Stadium is awash with glitter, gold, and colourful saris as Vancouver rolls out its red carpet for some of the biggest names in Indian cinema. The who’s who of Bollywood are gathering for tonight’s inaugural Times of India Film Awards, the culmination of a three-day … [Read more...]
Salman Khan Deer Killing: Bollywood Actor And Others Charged WIth Killing … – Huffington Post
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Bollywood film actor Salman Khan smiles during the launch of his 'Being Human' flagship clothing store in Mumbai on January 17, 2013. AFP PHOTO/ INDRANIL … [Read more...]
