Culture

Ambassador Rao: Sikhs “have contributed so much to the greatness of India” !

Tag: Community, Community Events, Community News, Culture, Gandhi Memorial Center, Humanism, Indian Ambassador to US, Indian Americans, Indian Culture, Nirupama Rao, Religion, Sikhism, Sikhs, Top Stories, USA, Washington DC

May 22, 2013

By Geeta Goindi

Bethesda, MD – Inaugurating an exhibition on the ‘Sikh Heritage of India’ at the Gandhi Memorial Center, on May 18, Saturday afternoon, Indian Ambassador Mrs. Nirupama Rao lauded the contributions of Sikhs to their motherland and the Sikh philosophy of humanism, pluralism and universal brotherhood.

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Community Throngs to Star Heritage India Festival

Tag: Artist, Bollywood, Community, Community News, Culture, Entertainment, Heritage India, Indian Culture, Music, Singing, USA, Virginia

October 22, 2011

By Geeta Goindi

Children at the Star Heritage India Festival

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Online abuse of women increasing in India

Tag: Combat Voilence against Women, Community, Crime Against Women, Culture, Cyber Crime, Cyber Security, Hate Crime, India, Indian Women, Internet, Internet Bullying, Online Abuse, Security, Sexual Abuse, Sexual dicrimination, Sexual Harassment, Technology, Women
Internet Bullying
<p>Anja Kovacs, director of IDP in India, says, &quot;Threats are being used to silence women. Online abuse of women is increasing in India because more people are coming online.&quot;</p>

May 5, 2013

NEW DELHI: Kavita Krishnan, secretary of the All India Progressive Women's Association, was abused and threatened with rape at a web chat, organised by a portal in Delhi in late April to discuss anti-rape protests.

A person wrote on the chat: "Tell women to not wear revealing clothes, then we will not rape them" and then, "Kavita tell me where I should come and rape you using condom."

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Avoid short skirts at Delhi meet: ADB

Tag: Asian Development Bank, Community, Culture, Delhi, Dress code, Economy, India, India Dress Code, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Violence, World News

May 3, 2013

Asian Development Bank in its advisory has asked women to avoid short skirts as it 'could hurt Indian sensibilities and may lead to sexual harassment'

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Bill Gates' casual style raises eyebrows in South Korea

Tag: Bill Gates, Business, Culture, Microsoft, Nuclear Reactor Plant, Park Geun-Hye, South Korea, South Korean President, USA, Western Culture, World News

April 23, 2013

SEOUL: Microsoft founder Bill Gates' casual style was the subject of criticism in some South Korean media on Tuesday after he shook hands with President Park Geun-Hye, with one hand in his pocket.

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Indian woman ditches corporate world for dirt-poor village

Tag: Chhavi Rajawat, Corruption, Culture, Economic Reforms, Education, Electricity, Farmers, India, Indian Farmers, Indian Politics, Politics, Rajasthan, Under Developed Villages, Unsanitary Conditions, Village Sarpanch, Villages, Women Sarpanch

April 17, 2013

Chhavi Rajawat, ditched her corporate career to become village sarpanch and has been working ever since to bring better water, solar power, paved roads, toilets and a bank to her ancestral village. Her story reveals the potential of good grassroots leadership in making a difference in a country plagued by corruption and inefficiency.

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Forging Bonds at Baisakhi Celebrations in the Indian Embassy

Tag: Baisakhi, Community, Community Events, Community News, Congressman Eliot Engel, Culture, DC Metro Punjabi Arts Academy, DCMPAA, Gandhi Memorial Center, Indian Americans, Indian Embassy, New Year Celebrations, Nirupama Rao, USA, Washington DC

April 16, 2013

By Geeta Goindi

WASHINGTON – Baisakhi celebrations were held at the Indian Embassy on April 10. Conveying greetings on the auspicious occasion of Baisakhi, an influential lawmaker has stressed that India and the US have a lot in common and pledged to continue supporting closer ties between the world’s greatest democracies.

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Teenager exposes India's 'one month wives' sex tourism

Tag: Community, Community News, Culture, Hydrebad, Illegal Marriages, India, Middle East Men, Muslim, Muslim Men, One Month Wives, Sudan

Apeil 16, 2013

Shiraz Amina Khan of Hyderabad's Women and Child Welfare Society, said there were up to 15 'contract marriages' in the city every month and that the number is rising.

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300-year-old Sanskrit work by German released in Belgium

Tag: Belgium, Culture, Education, German, Grammarian, Hanxleden, India, Indian Culture, Jesuit Missionary, Lexicographer, Philologist, Sanskrit, Sanskrit Language, Sanskrit Work, World News

April 14, 2013

THRISSUR: A Sanskrit grammar written by German born grammarian, lexicographer and philologist Jesuit missionary Fr Johann Ernst Hanxleden, popularly known as Arnos Padre, was released in Belgium.

The over 300-year-old work, considered one of the earliest missionary grammars in Sanskrit, was released on April 10, Fr Roy Thottathil SJ, Director of Arnos Padre Academy here, said.

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Need to strengthen juvenile justice system: CJI

Tag: Altamas Kabir, Campaign Against Child Labor, Chief Justice of India, Child Abuse, Children, Culture, India, Juvenile Jsutice System, Juvenile Justice, Juvenile Justice Act

April 7, 2013

NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir on Sunday stressed the need for strengthening the juvenile justice system in the country, and to provide adequate protection for juveniles who are in conflict with law.

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