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Women on wheels delivering change in India
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 04/09/2017
» When Parvati Kumari, 21, went out to deliver KFC chicken for the first time to a house in Lucknow in March, she was scared and nervous.
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Cold war in India
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 24/04/2017
» As the sun begins to scorch the earth and demand for cold foods and drinks is on the rise in India, a cold war has broken out between companies manufacturing ice creams and frozen desserts.
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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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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.
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Runaway child brides
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 17/10/2016
» The only things Bali Regar, 16, remembers about her marriage are that she received new clothes, around 1,000 rupees (520 baht) for touching the feet of elders, and got to eat five types of delicacies.
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Cash for coupling
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 11/07/2016
» Marriages are made in heaven and there is someone special for everyone. So they say.
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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.
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Saints and sinners
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 17/08/2015
» India seems to be witnessing a deluge of cases involving less-than-saintly activity by Hindu "godmen" with at least half a dozen spiritual gurus under investigation for crimes ranging from rape to land grabs, hawala dealing and cheating.
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