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Italian marines – Indian fishermen 2012 death case
May 27, 2016
India’s Supreme Court cleared the decks for the Italian marine Sergeant Major Salvatore Girone – who along with Chief Master Sergeant Massimiliano Latorre, is accused of killing two Indian fishermen off Kerala’s coast in South India in February 2012 – to l...
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Assembly election results in India
May 20, 2016
As BJP overpowers Congress in Assam, the erstwhile government of West Bengal and Tamil Nadu receive faithful reactions from the assembly election results. Do we see an ominous future for the All India National Congress? The recent assembly election results in Assam, Kerala, Pondi...
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India’s conservation effort
April 14, 2016
The number of wild tigers in the world has increased to 3,890 in April 2016 from 3,200 in 2010, making it an increase of almost 22 pc. India is at the forefront of this conservation effort of this endangered species. The tiger population in the world has increased to almost 3,890...
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Puttingal Temple tragedy
April 11, 2016
India on Sunday woke up to the heartbreaking news of the horrific fire tragedy in at Puttingal Temple, Paravur in Kerala, Gods’ own country in Southern India, that left over a hundred dead and several others injured. A majority of these 100 spectators were blown to bits due to ...
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Du vin à l’indienne
March 28, 2016
La vigne fait son retour en Inde. Et avec elle, un art de vivre à la française. Un chemin qu’il a fallu essarter au travers de nombreux siècles d’hésitations. « Le vin n’est pas un alcool » statuait en 2005 Sharad Pawar, alors ministre indien de l’agriculture. « Le...
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« L’impôt sur la poitrine» de Travancore
March 14, 2016
La Journée internationale des femmes est célébrée chaque année le 8 mars. Mais il n’y a pas de jour particulier pour rappeler leur lutte pour l’égalité et la dignité, à travers les siècles. Il y a plus de 200 ans, Nangeli, une pauvre femme de caste inférieu...
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The Art of Living’s World Cultural Festival
March 13, 2016
To celebrate 35 years of service to humanity, The Art of Living has organised the World Cultural Festival 2016 from March 11-13, 2016. Headquartered in Bangaluru and with operations in 155 countries, The Art of Living is a non-profit humanitarian organisation found in 1981 by t...
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The “breast tax” of Travancore Kingdom
March 9, 2016
International Women’s Day is celebrated each year on March 8. But there is no specific day to remember women’s fight for equality and dignity, through centuries and all over the world. Over 200 years ago, Nangeli, a poor lower caste woman from Cherthala (Kerala, South) gained...
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The “breast tax” of Travancore Kingdom
March 9, 2016
International Women’s Day is celebrated each year on March 8. But there is no specific day to remember women’s fight for equality and dignity, through centuries and all over the world. Over 200 years ago, Nangeli, a poor lower caste woman from Cherthala (Kerala, South) gained...
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Jeune jury “Generation Kplus”
February 22, 2016
Au Festival du film de Berlin, les membres du jeune jury de la section Generation Kplus ont décerné l’Ours de cristal du meilleur film au long métrage Malayalam “Ottaal” (Le piège), réalisé par le cinéaste indien Jayaraj Rajasekharan Nair. Son scénario e...
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February 22, 2016
At the Berlin Film Festival, the members of the Children’s Jury of the Generation Kplus section gave the Crystal Bear for Best film to Malayalam movie “Ottaal” (The Trap), directed by Indian filmmaker Jayaraj Rajasekharan Nair. The film’s screenplay is an adaptation o...
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Festival de Berlin
February 15, 2016
L’édition 2016 du Festival du film de Berlin, du 11 au 21 février, est l’occasion pour des films indiens comme “Sairat” (Sauvage) de Nagraj Manjule, de profiter de l’exposition internationale d’un festival unique par ses centaines de milliers de spectate...
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