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PHOTOS: Painted Elephants And The Pink City Of Jaipur

Leora Novick | Posted 05.10.2012

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Leora Novick

My first stop was Hava Mehel or the Wind Palace, a giant, one-walled palace that served as a façade for the royal women.

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PHOTOS: A Stay At "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" In Jaipur

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 05.07.2012

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Marissa Bronfman

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel feels a bit like a beautiful photo book, bursting with richly colored photographs from India. A convincing argument to visit.

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Movie review: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.03.2012

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Marshall Fine

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is the kind of movie they seldom make anymore -- except in England. When they try to do it in America, you wind up with something like Garry Marshall's New Year's Eve -- or worse.

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How Two South Asian Literary Festivals Are Defining the Role of the Writer

Deji Olukotun | Posted 04.02.2012

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Deji Olukotun

Most literary festivals are placid affairs in which writers exchange ideas and autographs and occasionally get tanked. But these two festivals were overshadowed by the political contexts in which they occurred.

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A View From Inside The Jaipur Literature Festival

Monisha Rajesh | Posted 03.26.2012

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Monisha Rajesh

Bigotry. Intolerance. Censorship. Not words that you would normally associate with a literature festival. Yet, over the last six days at the Jaipur Literature Festival, they've dominated panel discussions, been whispered during readings, and littered furious debates around tea stalls.

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Salman Rushdie Cancels Literary Festival Appearance Following Threats

The Huffington Post | Nausheen Husain | Posted 01.20.2012

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India's seventh annual Jaipur Literature Festival was embroiled in controversy even before its official kickoff on Friday, January 20. Salman Rushdie,...

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Palaces, Camels, Salman, and Oprah: If It's January, It Must be the Jaipur Literature Festival

Victoria Lautman | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Literature, Jaipur, Oprah Winfrey, Lionel Shriver, Oprah, William Dalrymple, Annie Proulx, Tom Stoppard, Michael Ondaatje, Maharaja, Salman Rushdie, Jaipur Literary Festival, Umberto Eco, Chicago News
Victoria Lautman

To describe the Jaipur Literature Festival as the rambunctious love-spawn of the mercantile-minded Frankfurt Book Fair and free-spirited Woodstock barely scratches the surface of this spectacle.

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Madhuri Parson: Holiday Shopping

Hayley Griffith | Posted 01.30.2012

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Hayley Griffith

I have made my list and checked it twice. On it you will find Madhuri Parson's collection that is ever so nice!

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PHOTOS: World Tourism Day: 12 Great Cultural Destinations

The Huffington Post | Andrew Burmon | Posted 11.27.2011

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World Tourism Day, like a lot of the "holidays" declared by the United Nations sounds like a bureaucratic invention, but by putting aside a day to cel...

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'Tiger in Your Tank': On the Road in India

Peter Mandel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Peter Mandel

The highway out of Delhi looks like it has a rash. What is this stuff? It's smashed-up watermelons from a truck.

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Jaipur Literary Festival Reflects Growing Literary Scene In India

The New York Times | VIKAS BAJAJ | Posted 05.25.2011

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"Our worlds are growing, and our markets are growing, but they are just beginning to grow," said Ms. Sarkar, who grew up in India but studied and work...

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"World's Best Cities" Contest Chooses Udaipur, India As No. 1

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK (AP) - The annual list of the "World's Best Cities" as chosen by readers of Travel + Leisure magazine was topped by a city that many American...

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The Amazing Race - Still the Best of its Genre: But the Itinerary's Not as Amazing as it Once Was

Michael Russnow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Russnow

The Amazing Race provides fewer decision-making opportunities and clocks less mileage in each episode, thus diminishing the potential for bad luck affecting the teams. What's the reason?

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