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             Visual Arts - Images of Bhutan

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A colourful country in black & white

Serena Chopra discovered her photographic skills in Bhutan.  Her recent exhibition of black and white pictures of Bhutan enticed art lovers. And her reason for the B&W images is simple…" It’s such a colourful country that you can only capture its beauty in B&W…"   Read on ...

             

             People - Vinay Bharat Ram 

More than being one of the most prominent business names of the country, Dr. Vinay Bharat Ram’s interest in music is not a frivolous fancy of a tycoon. He has shared the stage with doyens like Bhimsen Joshi and Kishori Amonkar…

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Vinay Bharat Ram

 

             Heritage - India's first Heritage village -Paragpur

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Cobbled street of Paragpur

The small gauge 'Kangra Valley Rail System',  with most of its control equipment dating to the first quarter of last century, still traverses the lush countryside, at places skirting the gurgling River Beas, before coming to a halt at Paragpur. At dusk, the signal for the train is still lit manually with an oil lamp the way it was done 75 years ago. The 300 year old residence of Justice Sir Jai Lal that has now been converted into a heritage property is still haunted by the Lordship’s ghost... read on

 

             Women - in corporate India

Gender barriers in the workplace are fast becoming a thing of the past. Corporate women are no longer the proverbial needles in the haystack. The number of senior women managers are swelling - -thoroughbred professionals who palm-pilot their careers with battle plan exactitude. The article ...

 
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             Loo & Behold - a toilet museum - down the ages

             Books on Karachi, Pathans, and the Begums of Bhopal

             Vandalisation of wildlife sanctuaries

              Preserving Heritage Sites

              and more

 

               

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April  2004 
Contents

 

 Wildlife
  
 Vandalisation of
 sanctuaries


 
 Visual Arts
 
 Images of Bhutan


 
 Heritage

 Paragpur - India's 1st
 Heritage Village

 Preserving heritage
 sites


 
 People
 
Vinay Bharat Ram
 

 Corporate Talk

 Women in corporate
 India


  

 Lifestyle

 Loo Museum



 Neighbours
 
 Letter from Pakistan

 

 Books 
 
Between Heaven
  And Hell

 Karachi

 The Pathans

 Begums of Bhopal

 

 the craft shop

 Lehngas - a limited collection

 the print gallery

 Books

 Between Heaven and Hell

  Silk Road on Wheels

 The Road to Freedom

 
Enduring Spirit

 Parsis-Zoroastrians of
India

 
The Moonlight Garden

 
Contemporary Art in
 Bangladesh
 

 


From the past issues

The First People of south Asia

The Jews of India

The Parsi Community of India

Modern Art in Pakistan

Elephant polo in Nepal

... and many more

 

Health

Tibetan medicine

Ayurvedic spas of Kerala

Technology

Optical networks

B2B - Efficiency & Profits

Reinventing India

Internet in South Asian Development