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Web References |
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Timeline
A timeline of Indian history from prehistory to the future from a Hindu perspective. This page is on Kauai's Hindu Monastery Web Site (himalayanacademy.com).
CIA Factbook Page
Up-to-date social, political and economic statistics and info.
Wikipedia Page
Very good encyclopedia article with maps, photos and links to more detailed articles about many subjects dealing with India.
News India-Times
News about India written for U.S. readers.
Hindustan Times
Latest news from India.
Tourism In India
Official site of India's Ministry of Tourism.
Tourism India Online
This online edition of a monthly magazine features articles about travel destinations in India.
Planet Bollywood
News and gossip about India's film industry with film and music reviews. |
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Films |
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Gandhi (1982)
British film directed by Richard Attenborough
photographed largely in India
winner of eight Academy Awards including best picture
Aparajito (1957)
a.k.a. The Unvanquished
Directed by Satyajit Ray
Music by Ravi Shankar
The second in Satyajit's acclaimed "Apu Trilogy" which also includes Pather Panchali and The World of Apu
Heat and Dust / Autobiography of a Princess (1982)
Directed by James Ivory
Tells the stories of two women's experiences in India, one in the 1920s, the other in the 1980s, and shows how they are different, and how they are the same.
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India: The Country |
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 Modern India was formed culturally—and to a certain extent geographically—by a series of invasions. With inhabitants extending back to at least the stone ages, India is the site (along with Pakistan and Afghanistan) of the Indus Valley Civilization which flourished somewhere between 3000 B.C. and 1700 B.C. If this sounds vague, it's because this mysterious civilization was only rediscovered early in the 1900s and no one has been able to decipher its language. What is known is that its cities utilized a degree of technical planning that were unrivaled in their day.
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Stamps of India |
 This airmail stamp of 1929 is typical of the British colonial era before India's 1947 independence. The design features a prominent portrait of England's King George V, but at least this stamp shows a local lake, unlike many early issues that are exclusively devoted to English royalty. This stamp is the fourth value of a set of six.
 This 20p stamp, shows Jawaharial Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi, who were both important figures in securing India's independence from British Rule. The stamp was issued in 1973 to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of India's independence.
 This stamp observes the 400th anniversary of the start of construction of Sri Harmindir Sahib, or Golden Temple. (Construction was completed in 1604.) The temple is a holy site and pilgrimage destination for the Sikh religion and is unique for its blend of Muslim and Hindu elements. More information can be found on this page of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee's website (www.sgpc.net). The temple is located in Punjab province in northern India, not far from the Pakistan border, and fighting over the temple against Afghan invaders in the 18th centery led to substantial bloodshed. Violence erupted again in 1984 (three years before this stamp was issued) when the Indian army attacked the temple to evict a political dissident who had taken refuge there.
 A notable characteristic of the stamps of India is that a great many of them commemorate prominent people in Indian history. Of the 30 commemorative stamps or sets that appeared in 2004, 20 of them commemorated specific individuals. Typical among the honorees is Munshi Newal Kishore, shown on this stamp along with a printing plant. Released in 1970, the stamp pays respect to a publisher who was not only an historic figure, but one who worked tirelessly to preserve historical records. Kishore was born in 1836 when most of the classic works of Islamic and Hindu culture were only available in manuscript form. Kishore established a publishing business that printed over 5,000 works, as well as a newspaper written in Urdu. There is a webpage, written for a 1993 exhibition of some of the products of Kishore's publishing company, that summarizes his accomplishments.
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Recent Stamp Issues |
This 5r stamp commemorating the freedom fighter, writer and parliamentarian Krisham Kant was issued on February 27, 2005. At the time of his death of a heart attack in 2002, Kant was Vice-President.
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Books |
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Commentaries on the Vedas, the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita: The Three Branches of India's Life-Tree
by Sri Chinmoy.
The influential author acquired first-hand knowledge of the sacred texts of India through twenty years of meditation in a spiritual community in South India. Chinmoy has accumulated thousands of followers who share his beliefs in world peace and inner harmony. He is a long-standing spiritual advisor to the United Nations.
Gitanjali : A Collection of Indian Poems by the Nobel Laureate
by Rabindranath Tagore introduction by William Butler Yeats
This is the 1997 reprint edition of the 1911 collection of poems that earned Tagore the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913 (the first non-European writer to become a recipient). Translated from Bengali by the author.
A Passage To India
by E. M. Forster
This classic novel, written in 1924, reveals the turbulent social climate of India under British colonial rule.
A New History of India
by Stanley Wolpert
Comprehensive history of India, in print for over 20 years, revised in 1998.
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