Asia
168 killed in Indian temple stampede
Jodhpur, India — Thousands of pilgrims panicked by false rumors of a bomb stampeded at a Hindu temple in western India on Tuesday, killing at ……Read More
Month: September 2008
Community
Developments in Literacy (DIL Canada)
Developments in Literacy (DIL), a not for profit organization,was launched in 1997 in Southern California with a focus on eradication of illiteracy in the remote ……Read More
Community
Hindu Mandir & Cultural Centre
‘Faith’, ‘Sect’, Religion’ – are terms always associated with the spiritual journey leading to the Supreme Godhead. Although seemingly different in their practices, all the ……Read More
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Economy
India needs to promote agri reforms: Nooyi
PepsiCo chief and US-India Business Council (USIBC) chairman Indra Nooyi has advocated the need for agrarian reforms in the country in order to foster inclusive ……Read More
Books
An Atlas of Impossible Longing
Is writing a form of archaeology? The metaphor is a seductive one, bringing to mind the excavation of buried moments, the enshrining of past activity ……Read More
Books
Are we deceiving ourselves again?
India and China are both adept at playing with numbers. While China invented the abacus, India conceived the binary and the decimal systems. But India, ……Read More