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South India

A Spicy Destination In India

Carolyn O'Donnell | Posted 04.28.2013 | Travel
Read More: Kerala, South India, Wayanad, Coffee, Leopard, Banasura, Grassroots Wayanad, Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, Kalpetta, Hornbills, Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Deccan Plateau, Western Ghats, Aditya Raman, Cardamom, Slidepollajax, Travel News
Carolyn O'Donnell

While Kerala is renowned for its backwaters and the houseboats that cruise them, the terrain of its mountainous Western Ghats on the southern tip of the Deccan Plateau is spectacular too. Tangled jungle, intimate valleys and exposed ridges are interspersed with plantations and palm trees, and of course give shelter to a wide variety of animals.

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12 Amazing South Indian Breakfasts

Andy Deemer | Posted 03.30.2013 | Taste
Read More: Semolina, India, Breakfast, Bangalore, Food, Cafe Culture, South India, Slidepollajax, Recipes, Taste News
Andy Deemer

Old men sipping at small glasses of sweet milky coffee, foamed up to perfection by pouring it from one cup to another. They stand at tables, eating Khara Bath, Kesari Bath, Chow Chow Bath, and so many other breakfasts.

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Mani Ratnam's Raavanan: The Must-See International Film of 2010

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Mani Ratnam, A.r. Rahman, Madras Film Institute, Abhishek Bachchan, Tamil Nadu, South India, Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council, Hindi, Chennai, MIAAC Film Festival, Jim Luce, Vishnu, Raavan, Mumbai, Aroon Shivdasani, Sanskrit, Film Guru, Ramayana, Vikram, All-Time 100 Best Films, Indo-American Arts Council, Slumdog Millionaire, New York City, Aishwarya Rai, Richard Allen, Tamil, International Film, Kerala Forest, Suhasini Maniratnam, NYU Department of Cinema Studies, India, Bollywood, Jodhaa Akbar, Iaac, Raavanan, Nayagan, Arts News
Jim Luce

Raavanan, the new Indian film produced in both Hindi and Tamil, premiered at the Tenth Annual Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council (MIAAC) Film Festiva...

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India Holy Man Sex Scandal Protest

BBC News | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Prostitution, India, Religion, Sex Scandal, Holy Man, Swami, Protest, Nithyananda Swami, South India, Karnataka, Bangalore, Religion News

"He is a high-flying Swamiji doing fraud on innocent people, he should not be spared," said Kumaraswami, a local villager. ...

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Hyderabad, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, India: Crisis

Vamsee Juluri | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Politics, India, Telugu, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, Separatism, Tv, Telangana, Postcolonialism, Andhra, Rayalseema, Xenophobia, Save the Rocks, Hyderabad Pubic School, Statehood, Regionalism, Language, Hitech City, Identity, South India, Balkanization, Ndtv, New Indian State, World News
Vamsee Juluri

Hyderabad is the sort of city that makes poets out of ordinary men. It has a history of being home to different sorts of people, accepting them with an easy charm that only Hyderabad knows.

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Surfin' Swamis: Catching Waves, And Spirituality, In India

GlobalPost.com | Jason Overdorf | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: India Today, Globalpost, India Surfing, Surfin Swamis, India, Mckinsey, Monks Surfing, Krishna, Swami, New Delhi, Society of Kriskna Consciousness, South India, World News

NEW DELHI -- Swami Bhakti Gaurava Narasingha paddles hard and drops into a 6-foot wave off the coast of Mangalore in South India. As the 61-year-o...

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Clips from India: Madurai (ii)

Karin Badt | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: South India, Travel, Spirituality, Sri Meenakshi Temple, Madurai, Healthy Living News
Karin Badt

"You have all this luggage?" said the man who came to take me from my hotel to the bus for Madurai. A foam mattress, a suitcase, two huge duffel-ba...

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