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    Uttar Pradesh tanneries feeling unwelcome, ready to move

    Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 25/02/2019

    » Firoz Alam is feeling victimised these days. The owner of a small tannery in Kanpur, he and dozens of others have been forced to close because of concerns that their operations are polluting the Ganges River in Uttar Pradesh.

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    Cowed by vigilantes

    Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 07/08/2017

    » Mohammad Ibrar is a worried man. The director of Adiba Leather in Kolkata may have the law on his side when it comes to obtaining cattle for his business. But the people who would supply and transport the animals are still terrified of "cow vigilantes" In India.

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    India's new tourism frontier

    Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 03/08/2015

    » Encouraged by a huge increase in foreign visitors to some of its northeastern states following the relaxation of permit restrictions, India's Tourism Ministry is seeking similar respite from the permit raj in all of Arunachal Pradesh as well as parts of Jammu & Kashmir and Sikkim states bordering China.

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    Bit Boom

    Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 05/06/2017

    » Akshat Gupta, 27, has become a multimillionaire -- he was only a millionaire earlier -- in the last two and a half months. A medical wholesaler and retailer based in South Delhi, he hopes to have another 700% growth in his fortune by 2030.

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    'Twitter minister' to the rescue

    Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 20/02/2017

    » Nearly a year after his wedding, Santosh Bandargattu Achari is optimistic that he will finally be able to settle down with his South African wife soon. The 30-year-old IT specialist from Hyderabad married Monica Lisa Bradshaw, an NGO worker, last March in Johannesburg after a courtship of five years. She applied for an Indian visa in June and waited for months without hearing from Indian authorities.

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    Grappling with success

    Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 06/03/2017

    » Two wildly popular Hindi films have given a huge lift to wrestling, particularly women’s wrestling, with families from across India sending prospective young stars to train in Haryana and Delhi, considered hotbeds of the sport.

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    Dried Out

    Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 30/05/2016

    » When his intermediate school examinations ended in March, Shivam Mishra was looking forward to relaxing and having fun until July when the new term would begin.

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    Waste not

    Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 14/12/2015

    » The world of Mohammad Khokun Hamid has rarely been much bigger than 10 square kilometres. The resident of a cramped room in a slum that has arisen on cemetery land near the famous Hazrat Nizamuddin shrine in South Delhi, Mr Hamid is one of thousands of rag pickers and waste collectors in the Indian capital.

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    Time to get real

    Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 12/10/2015

    » Noida Extension -- a 3,600-hectare suburb about 40 kilometres east of New Delhi, where 250,000 housing units are being built -- will tell you why India's property market continues to be in a slump and is unlikely to hit a purple patch anytime soon.

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    Tourist haunt

    Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 19/10/2015

    » An abandoned village in western India has become a major attraction with tens of thousands of tourists flocking there every year in search of a spooky experience.

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