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Migration mess
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 06/04/2020
» When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a 21-day lockdown on March 24, it was aimed at ensuring social distancing and giving authorities time to ramp up facilities including testing kits, hospital beds and ventilators in the fight against the new coronavirus.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Delhi women want more than free rides to feel safe
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 19/08/2019
» Free rides for women on Delhi Metro trains and public buses are a good move, says Purnima, a regular commuter. But the proposal by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal doesn't go far enough, she says.
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Star-crossed: Indian 'Oscar girls' suddenly unemployed
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 08/07/2019
» Sneha Tanwar and her friend Suman have seen the best and worst of the world in the last four months.
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Eco-warriors
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 01/07/2019
» The "school strike" outside the Swedish parliament in August last year and the emergence of the Extinction Rebellion movement have inspired thousands of eco-warriors across India, who are turning up the heat in their campaign against pollution and environmental degradation.
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Trade trouble: GSP loss sours India-US relations
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 24/06/2019
» When Ajay Thakur heard that India would be losing preferential trade treatment from the United States under its Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), he took the bad news in stride.
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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).
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Campaign trail blues
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 13/05/2019
» Rajesh Agarwal recalls the 1980s with fond nostalgia. Whenever Indians went to the polls back then, business was brisk for the co-owner of Chhagan Lal & Sons, an international promotional merchandise company based in Jaipur.
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