Stories about Literature in India
India dominates Man Asian book prize shortlistAgence-France Presse AFP - Global [28,579] An unprecedented seven authors compete for the 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize...
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India |
China |
Pakistan |
Japan |
Korea, S
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Film Review: Kama Sutra: A Tale of LoveCeleste Heiter - cheiter [29,099] In a lofty mountain palace in 16th century India, two girls, Tara and Maya, grow up together as childhood friends. But Tara is a princess, and Maya is a household servant, and as they mature, their friendship is replaced with romantic rivalry.
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India
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Film Review: Umrao JaanCeleste Heiter - cheiter [29,099] Based upon the 1899 Urdu novel Umrao Jan Ada by Pakistani author Mirza Hadi Ruswa, the 2006 remake of Umrao Jaan by director J.P. Dutta stars Aishwariya Rai in the title role, with Abhishek Bachchan as the handsome prince who steals her heart.
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India |
Uttar Pradesh |
Rajasthan |
Jaipur
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The Taj Mahal at DawnMaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,443] I wake up at 5:00 am in Agra, India. I am excited about visiting the Taj Mahal at sunrise.
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India |
Agra
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An Unexpected Visit to the Original People of KeralaYehuda Kovesh - cochinjew [237] The Forest Dwelling Tribal People of Kerala are a distinct group of people, living in their world, as they have done for thousands of years. In the current rush to modernize unevenly in an India,...
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Malaysia |
Burma |
Singapore |
Vietnam |
India |
Cambodia
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Film Review: The Man Who Would Be KingCeleste Heiter - cheiter [29,099] "He wants to know if you are gods?" "Not gods - Englishmen. The next best thing." Free will and kismet go hand in hand in John Huston's epic adventure The Man Who Would Be King, a tale based on the...
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India |
New Delhi
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Tagore's Total Vision - IIKenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,644] Tagore was poet, playwright, novelist, short-story writer, songster, translator, musician, painter, actor, director, schoolteacher, headmaster...husband, father, landlord, occasional activist.
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India |
West Bengal
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Pico PoloKenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,644] In the late 1980s, author Pico Iyer embarked on an Asian journey with the purpose of discovering to what extent Western - and especially American - culture had impinged on the cultures of the newly...
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Nepal |
Bali |
Indonesia |
Tibet |
Tokyo |
Manila |
Hong Kong |
Mumbai |
India |
Lhasa |
China |
Kathmandu |
Thailand |
Japan |
Philippines |
Bangkok
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The Enigmas of IndiaKenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,644] According to the newspapers, India is a place of bizarre religious rituals and constant communal violence, appalling poverty, and incurable despair. And it is. But it is also a place of spiritual...
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India |
New Delhi
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Kipling's Indian StoriesKenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,644] A boy born in Bombay is raised by two loving parents and an ayah , an Indian live-in baby-sitter. At night the ayah tells the boy stories drawn from Indian legend. He is precocious, and India's...
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India |
Mumbai
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