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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.
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.
Epic attraction
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 18/09/2017
» Anakagung Susila Panji believes it is inappropriate to connect the Ramayana with religion. The head of Wiraga Sandhi, an Indonesian dance troupe currently performing different episodes of the Hindu epic across India, he works with Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist and Christian performers. Most of the 300 artists belonging to the group back home on Indonesia are Muslims.
Never too old to learn
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 13/03/2017
» Jnabai, 85, loves doing what her youngest grandchild was doing around a decade ago -- learning the alphabet of her Marathi language by repeating the letters as the teacher reads them out.
Tough love
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 23/01/2017
» For Mohan Chaturvedi, the first six months of his marriage were like hell. Sexual relations with his wife were a torment because he suffered from premature ejaculation. The three "sex pharmacies" he consulted for a cure fleeced him of the equivalent of 52,400 baht without giving him any respite whatsoever.
Rama connection
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 09/01/2017
» The Ramayana and Ramakien have long served as reminders of the deep cultural bonds between India and Thailand. Now scholars and other experts on the two epics are looking at ways to use them in the context of cultural and historical, tourism and economic connections between the two countries.
Mango mismatch
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 08/08/2016
» India and Pakistan have had no shortage of disputes, most notably over territory in Jammu & Kashmir, where tensions run high between the nuclear-armed neighbours.
Rama on the rise
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 01/08/2016
» It seems to be the season for exploration of all things Rama, the Hindu god and hero of the Ramayana (Ramakien in Thai), who vanquished the demon king Ravana to free his wife Sita from captivity.
Banking blues
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 14/03/2016
» The Narendra Modi government has launched a multi-pronged approach to resuscitate the Indian banking sector which has been reeling from a huge increase in non-performing assets (NPAs) in recent years.
Land battle
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 18/01/2016
» Relatives of Liaquat Ali Khan, Pakistan's first prime minister, are locked in a legal showdown with officials in a northern Indian city after claiming about half of its land as their private property.