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River rescue
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 19/09/2016
» Every time Ramesh Sharma crosses a bridge over the Yamuna River to get to his office in the centre of New Delhi, his heart aches and his stomach churns.
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Unlettered in India
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 02/11/2015
» Even as India makes rapid strides toward achieving 100% literacy and universal access to digital technology, there is a village just 170 kilometres from New Delhi where almost nobody can read and write in any language.
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Green shoots of revival seen in Indian economy
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 20/01/2020
» Manish Sharma finally has a smile on his face. The general manager for sales at Competent Automobiles, one of the top Maruti Suzuki dealers in India, Mr Sharma had something to crow about in December.
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RCEP causing rifts in India
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 28/10/2019
» As talks for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) enter their final stages, opposition to the 16-country Asian trade pact is growing among the Hindu nationalist groups that the government counts on for support.
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Partnership paralysed
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 19/06/2017
» The negotiations between Asean and its six partners in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) seem to be going nowhere. The outlook has become so dim that experts fear that unless national leaders call for an end to some forms of protectionism to salvage the agreement, the final document may not yield substantive benefits or may end up leaving out a large market such as India.
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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.
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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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Bitter sweet
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 30/04/2018
» Chaudhary Rakesh Tikait casts his memory back to 1967 as he reflects on the plight of farmers in India.
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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.
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Faith, fighting and fakery
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 03/07/2017
» It was a chance encounter with Som (last name withheld) that raised the hackles of authorities at a Sikh regiment training centre of the Indian army in Ramgarh, a city in the northeastern state of Jharkhand.
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