"The jagirs [lands] which the Bourbons had were confiscated. Then the Bourbons took up jobs. Prior to my father nobody did," says Bourbon, who bears no resentment over their change in circumstances and often jokes that he and his family are "Bourbons on the rocks."
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By yudishtira, Posted on Wed Feb 07, 2007 at 04:09:32 PM EST
Seems like Pakistan may finally be turning off the tap when it comes to supporting insurgents in Kashmir. The Indian economy is increasingly influencing Pakistan's policy in the region.
According to sources in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, the ISI is doing more than that: it's offering the militants assistance to marry or establish businesses. - BBC News
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By DesiTroll, Posted on Sat Feb 03, 2007 at 08:39:05 PM EST
New India knocking down its past is a recurrent saga across the country. Which is why reading about the Mahal Khana in Srinagar is such a refreshing change.
Mahal Khana ... has been preserved even after three generations stopped living here — making it the only surviving example of traditional Kashmiri architecture.
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By DesiTroll, Posted on Sat Feb 03, 2007 at 08:34:20 PM EST
The shocking state of affairs when it comes to missing children in India: nobody knows where they are.
The average number of children declared “missing” annually in the country was calculated at 44,476 — 122 each day — which included an annual average of 15,407 missing children from the six metropolitan cities. Of this, an average of 11,008 children remained missing. "Where these children are, is a serious question to consider," the study said.
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By gopalkrishna, Posted on Fri Dec 29, 2006 at 09:30:22 AM EST
Waste Not Asia (WNA) Conference is scheduled from January 15 to 18, 2007 at Kovalam in Kerala, India.
The WNA meeting is a gathering of people from Asia who share a vision of building a Zero Waste society through sustainable consumption, clean production, Zero Waste and ecology-friendly
approaches to managing discards. The WNA meeting will talk about issues and solutions, foster skills and linkages, and inspire and support grassroots activism on clean production imperatives.
The earlier WNA meetings were held in Bangkok, Thailand in 2000, then in Taipei, Taiwan in 2001 and in Penang, Malaysia in 2003 during the Global Meeting of Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA), with the latest one held in Seoul, South Korea in 2004. GAIA was formed in the year 2000 with a Secretariat in the Philippines with 360 members in 66 countries.
The WNA has evolved as GAIA's regional platform in Asia.
The programme of Interlinking Rivers (ILR) in the country would be completed in 10-15 years, claims President A P J Abdul Kalam on 24th September,2006 at Thanjavur. In the first phase, linking of rivers in southern states could be taken up, he suggested while delivering the valedictory address of the silver jubilee celebrations of Tamil University as per Press Trust of India.
Nothing can be more insincere and dishonest than such claims by the President in broad day light. Even if the entire might of the Indian establishment is brought act in unison this is impossible. The burden of proof is on President to autheticate such misplaced claims.
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