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Indian animation industry enters new dimension
Aslan the lion, Tomnus the faun, the very real Mr Beaver and many, many more - over 50 Indian artists spent a good part of 18 months completing the special effects for the Hollywood fantasy “Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe” at a studio in the country's financial and entertainment capital Mumbai.
India-Nepal — ties that tug at the heart
When Indian Ambassador to Nepal Shiv Shankar Mukherjee went to Dhanusha in the southern part of the country last month to inaugurate a primary school built with Indian government funds, children were so delighted that they brought little buckets to level the bumpy track -just so he could have an easy walk.
Indian art gets street-smart
Indian art has seldom had it so good. While high profile Indian artists are being snapped up by the rich and elite in India and abroad, the interest has also percolated down to street side painters who find a ready market for their works as never before.
Indian stock market sizzles as investors pour money
From being despised for its casino like trading practices and lack of good investment options not long ago to becoming one of the fastest growing bourses globally, India's stock market today counts among the more mature and professional equity exchanges globally.
Buddhism: India’s spiritual gift to the world!
Some time during the sixth century BC, a wandering ascetic sat to meditate under a tree in the vast plains of northern India, resolving not to rise until he had attained the ultimate knowledge of spiritual enlightenment. Thus began Buddhism, one of the world's great religions that originated in India and still exerts a magnetic pull for devotees the world over.
A splash of myths - and colours - mirror spring festival
With its sheer exuberance and the burst of colour that blurs barriers of caste and religion, the Indian festival of Holi that was celebrated on March 15 has few parallels in the world. And as myriad as the greens, yellows and reds that hang in the air on Holi are the legends woven around the festival of colours.
India's presidential palace garden is 'God's own heaven'
Ornamental fountains and gazebos combine with myriad varieties of trees, flowers and shrubs to create a paradise so delightful that many have been moved to term it "God's own heaven" - that's the world-renowned Mughal Garden in Rashtrapati Bhavan, the magnificent sandstone official residence of the Indian president in New Delhi.
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