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A Quiet Kerala Town Where Elephants Symbolize Social Status

Some elephants have superstar status in the state — when they reach a particular temple, thousands of elephant lovers assemble to see them.

Meet Gen Y: Exhibitionist, Idealistic and Hooked on Social Media

The mantra by which the youth live is “I tweet, therefore I am”.

Bollywood Goes Overboard With Cannes Fashion

As the world celebrates 100 years of Indian cinema, Indian stars, it seems, went a little overboard in projecting the ethnic, oriental look at the Cannes red carpet

Affluent Indians Develop Taste for Organic Food

The highest spending pattern on organic foods was reported from Mumbai (65 percent), Delhi-NCR (61), Bangalore (58), Ahmedabad (55), Hyderabad (52), Chandigarh (51) and Indore (50).

For the Elderly in US, Poetry Blunts the Pain of Isolation

Some senior immigrants refer to their life in the US as living in a "golden cage" attributable to their ignorance of the language, lack of mobility and social contacts.

Women in Casinos: The Best Job on Earth

In a country, where women employees working night shifts in a call centre are still looked at questionably in most metros, women who opt for casino-dealing as a career must be made of something else altogether.

Riding on Heritage, Sarkari Brands Outrun MNCs

Sarkari' brands have survived on the basis of sheer product quality and a complete understanding of what regional customers want.

At 104, Noida Man is World’s Oldest to Get a Heart Stent

Not only did he successfully undergo an angioplasty but, at 104 years of age, also became the oldest person in the world to do so.

Painting India Red: Why the Global Racism Map is Wrong

The so-called racism map is more egregious because it offers an alluring and misleading distillation of context-less data, painting entire nations as racist or liberal in one fell swoop.

Asian Egg Donor Shortage in UK Forcing Couples Abroad

An increasing number of childless Asian couples are travelling to India for fertility treatment because of a shortage of south Asian egg donors in the UK.

Biological Clue to Why Women Live Longer Than Men

Women live longer than men partly because their immune systems age more slowly, a study suggests.

Court Brews Fresh Trouble for Google, Facebook in India

the technology does not offer any techniques to verify the age of a person logging into the Internet and social media sites online

How Middle Class India Rose to Rule India Inc

Over the years, these kids from middle-class homes become the founders of India’s new economy.

A Strip of Cloth That Makes Dry Cleaners Shudder

Some women go further — waiting until they travel to India to take care of their soiled saris. Assuming that saris are made there, they reason, Indian dry cleaners should know what they are doing.

Bumpy Road for Trophy Cars

Passion, along with a new willingness to spend among the growing affluent class in India, has lured high-end automakers to India.

India, a Source of Immense Frustration for American Parents

Expressing concern over increasing "abduction" of American children to India, an influential lawmaker has said that the country has been a source of immense frustration and grief for parents in the US.

India Bihar Rapes Caused by Lack of Toilets

Most of the cases of rape of women and girls in India's Bihar state occur when they go out to defecate in the open, police and social activists say.

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Indian Brides go Light

Blingy is certainly not the buzz word any more for brides-to-be.

Why Indian Techies are Cutting Down on Spending

The global economy is sluggish and the $110-billion Indian IT industry is in the throes of an upheaval.

Why Are Indian Women Being Attacked on Social Media

What does a top woman journalist do when she is threatened regularly with gang rape and stripping on Twitter?

He is Fulfilling His Dream of Building Houses For Poor

He is the brain behind several world-class and award-winning buildings that include airports and hotels in the US.

Delhi Most Creative State in India

In terms of use of modern technology, talented people and tolerance, Delhi is the most creative state in the country.

Is Tthis What Single Ladies Were Waiting For

I have spotted not one but two silver linings in those dark grey spinster skies.

Why Some People Decide to Stay Away From Facebook

A third of Facebook users take breaks from the site by deactivating their account, and one in 10 completely quit.

This July, Goa Will be a Gay Haven

The tourism and trade industry sees Goa as one of the most popular and gay friendly tourism destinations in the country.

Airports and Hotels in Emerging Markets Outpace the West

From Asia to Africa to the Middle East and the Americas, the business of business travel is booming in emerging countries. And it shows.

Asia's Top 9 Local Liquors

To really get under the skin of a new country, you need a skinful or two of the local liquor.

Discover Agra Beyond the Taj - in Electric Rickshaws

The city of the Taj is now aiming to show visitors that there is much more to it than the monument to love.

From Mother India to Munni

When it comes to portrayal of women on screen, do commercial films merely reflect prevailing attitudes or do they shape and contribute to those attitudes as well?

Foreign Brides Living and Loving in India

What does it take to fall in love with an Indian, marry him, and move to his country to live with him

A tea house of the kind to be developed in Kolkata's Chinatown.

The Tea-house Project: Kolkata's Chinatown Set for Revival

The first Chinese to start settling in the city were runaway sailors and the indentured servants mentioned in a letter from Atchew to Governor General Warren Hastings.

Guyana to Mark 175th Anniversary of Arrival of Indians

The Indian workers were brought to replace the slave labour on the sugarcane plantations after slavery was abolished in British colonies. O

With Confession Pages, Gossip Girl is Now on Facebook

If you’ve ever stayed in a college hostel, chances are you’ve been part of or have participated in gossip that shuttles between malicious and innocent. The difference is that now it is online, for all to read.

Saudi Arabia Deports Man for Being Too Handsome and Irresistible to Women

If you thought that there’s no flip side to being impossibly handsome, think again! Apparently that chiseled face, the dreamy eyes fringed with lashes and the manly chest can lead to deportation. If you’re in Saudi Arabia, that is.

When Love Marriage Needs a Little Help

After decades of fixing arranged marriages for their children, Indian parents are taking on a new challenge: trying to orchestrate their kids’ love marriages.

38% Indian Tourists Pocket Hotel Items

A global survey by an online accommodation booking service has revealed that 35% of the global travellers have no qualms about taking home hotel amenities.

The Pain When Children Fly the Nest

The parental emotion is as simple as a learning to count and as strange as discovering that the series of numbers, the counting, never ends

Is Dove Saying Real Beauty is Skin Deep

The Dove Real Beauty Sketch campaign has the tagline, “You are more beautiful than you think.” However, the ideas being sold by the ad aren’t particularly beautiful.

Jhola and a Joke

It is a myth that feminists don't laugh. And the truth is that laughter is the best way to diminish fear and fight tyranny.

Vodafone to Bank 700 Million Indians Through M-Pesa Mobile Banking Service

In 2011, India alone added 142 million new mobile phone subscriptions -- twice as many as in the whole of Africa, and more than in Europe, the Middle East and the former Soviet republics combined,

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