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Ramayana weaves a trail across South and Southeast Asia
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 10/02/2020
» When Bala Venketeswara Rao Sankuratri, a researcher from Sri Lanka, proposed that about a dozen countries join together to issue a "Ramayana visa" for travellers, he found instant support in a hall packed with devotees of the Sanskrit epic and its regional variants.
Female-friendly travel
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 27/01/2020
» Ask blogger Chittra M about the kinds of difficulties she faces while travelling alone around India and she will tell you about an experience she had in Nagpur in 2018.
Plans take shape for Hindu mega-temple in Ayodhya
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 23/12/2019
» Emboldened by a Supreme Court decision that came down on the side of Hindus, the Indian government is pressing ahead with plans for a major temple complex and tourist attraction at a long-disputed site in Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh state.
'Privatisation' debate swirls around Indian Railways
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 04/11/2019
» Indian Railways, the seventh largest employer in the world, is starting to get the private sector more involved in its operations. But don't call it privatisation, says the country's railways minister.
Thailand calling
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 07/10/2019
» Anurag Gupta and his friends -- Kanan Tagger of Jammu, Mohit Thakur of Shimla, Shriyansh Gupta of Mumbai and Abhishek Sharma of New Delhi -- had only one destination in mind when they discussed a destination for a bachelor party.
Storybook success
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 15/07/2019
» Prashant Bhilare's family has seen lot of prosperity in the last over two years, and they have books to thank for it.
Modi 2.0
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 27/05/2019
» The economic headlines in April and May, the first two months of the Indian financial year, made depressing reading for the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Visitors throng Delhi to trace Gandhi's footsteps
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 08/04/2019
» Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the guiding light of India's freedom struggle against the British Empire, lived in Delhi for only 720 days. But during that brief stay he left his mark on numerous locations that today draw throngs of tourists seeking to follow in his footsteps through the capital.
Ghost tourism
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 25/06/2018
» One evening last December, Swayam Tiwari was looking for the sepulchre of John Nicholson in a Christian cemetery in old Delhi.
Indian 'ghost schools' expose failures of state system
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 21/05/2018
» Perched on a hill and painted snow white, the government primary school in Shuklapur, a small hamlet on the outskirts of Dehradun, the capital of Uttarakhand state, looks majestic.