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Rise and fall of the Indian rope trick

The Independent | Independent | Posted 11.18.2009 | Home

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By any standard, Ishamuddin Khan is a man of remarkable talents. Back in 1995, this traditional Indian magician or madari, completed the first succes...

DELHI FUNDS SRI LANKA - AID OR RANSOM?

GroundReport.com | GroundReport.com | Posted 10.24.2009 | Home


  DELHI FUNDS SRI LANKA – AID OR RANSOM? That Sri Lanka (SL) arm twists Delhi into keeping its funding tap open is ironic. SL is milking a...

India Decriminalizes Gay Sex

Indipepal | Posted 08.02.2009 | World


By Mansi Poddar In what many are calling "India's Stonewall", the New Delhi High Court on Thursday decriminalized homosexual intercourse between c...

India's gays prepare to join the rainbow nation

The Independent | Independent | Posted 07.29.2009 | Home

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The Indian government is considering rewriting a law drafted more than 100 years ago that criminalises homosexuality. The news emerged as the capital...

Out of Arabia: Obama Speaks, India's Muslims Listen

Andrew Marantz | Posted 07.08.2009 | World


Andrew Marantz

Indeed, every Muslim I talked to, no matter how admiring of Obama, uttered some variation on the same meme: actions speak louder than words.

The World's Greatest Democracy Keeps Breaking Its Own Record

Shashi Tharoor | Posted 05.28.2009 | World


Shashi Tharoor

Elections are an enduring spectacle of free India, and have provided foreign journalists with the opportunity to remind the world that India remains the world's largest democracy.