CHERRAPUNJI: The wettest Place on Earth...

Administrator — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 06:30:39 +0100

INTRODUCTION TO CHERRAPUNJI

Oldest City of India

Administrator — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 06:17:27 +0100

Varanasi , also commonly known as Benares or Banaras or Banāras and Kashi, is a city situated on the banks of the River Ganges in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, regarded as holy by Hindus, Buddhists, and Jains. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and probably the oldest of India.

The city has been a cultural and religious centre in North India for several thousand years. The Benares Gharana form of Indian classical...

Homeschooled 14-yr-old tops Delhi IIT entrance

Administrator — Thu, 27 May 2010 09:11:16 +0100

Fourteen-year-old Sahal Kaushik, who holds the 33rd rank at all-India level in the IIT JEE exam, emerged the Delhi region topper in the entrance examination.

At the press conference to honor the toppers, Sahal, who was too shy to speak on stage, handed the mike over to his mother Ruchi Kaushik. But that was just for a while, off the stage, the boy giggled with his friend and answered media questions quite comfortably.

"He mixes where he wan...

Indians rank fourth in Australia\'s biggest migrant community

Administrator — Thu, 27 May 2010 08:58:14 +0100

MELBOURNE: The Indian community in Australiahas multiplied in the last six years, surpassing Italians and topping the chart of biggest migrant community on fourth rank.

According to 'The Age' report, the country now had more Indians than Italians which had doubled in just six years.

Quoting new data, the report said the immigration department estimated in 2007-08 the stock of migrants from Indiagrew more than any other...

Why should Manipur remain in India?

Administrator — Mon, 24 May 2010 10:12:08 +0100

Kamminlung Singson was sitting next to me on a four-hour hopping flight from Delhi to Imphal. He had one year of training in a short-term programme of Indian Army and was on his way back home to Churachandpur, about 60km from Imphal. He was supposed to travel by train up to Guwahati and then take a bus, but the highways to his hometown, NH 39 and NH 53, had been blocked by Naga rebels for almost 30 days at that time, so he had to somehow arrange for an air ticket. Not many Manipuris can af...

60 reasons to love India

Administrator — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:53:12 +0100

Our ability to adapt other cuisines to our tastes: Hot and Sour Chinese soup has desi tadka. Sandwiches aren’t thinly sliced and lightly buttered slices of bread with slivers of cucumber. We add green chutney and sliced aloo and beetroot. We invented Chicken and Veg Manchurian, developed Udipi pizzas, concocted onion omelettes, created vegkheema, de-Japanesed Japanese food by cooking up gajjar-ka-sushi, and now...

This can happen only in India

Administrator — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:26:09 +0100