India's Debate Over Sacred Geography
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A natural bridge between India and Sri Lanka, which Hindu revivalists believe is a divine legacy, has become a hot political issue
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Every map in Sri Lanka is about one of two fantasies. The official one in the south shows an undivided nation, the picture-postcard tropical paradise of white-sand beaches and Buddhist shrines.
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Tonnes of trash dumped in Indian Kashmir during an annual religious pilgrimage pose a serious threat to the region's water supplies and flora, environmental groups warn.
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By David Kravets Associated Press  SAN FRANCISCO -- Attorneys for Southwestern Indian tribes urged a federal appeals court last week to block the proposed expansion of an Arizona ski resort they say already desecrates land they hold sacred and sullies their religious beliefs.
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LONDON, Oct 23 (IPS) - Addressing people's rights to the places they  inhabit is one of the new challenges of growing urbanisation,  both in developed and developing countries.
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For a growing number of churches, the boundary between sacred space and marketplace is coming down.
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By car, it's just a few hours from Bangalore, the buzzing hub of India's technology boom, to some of Asia's densest forests. They are mountainous places at the other end of Indian life: few people, fewer roads and foliage thick enough to swallow a newcomer in minutes.
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The Indian government is in talks with Google to address longstanding concerns over too-sharp resolution of Google Maps imagery depicting sensitive areas of the country.
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NEW DELHI: Uncertainty prevails over tourists visiting the Taj Mahal on full moon nights during the festival being organised to celebrate 350 years of the monument with the Supreme Court on Tuesday refusing to grant its permission without the prior
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Oct. 26: Pervez Musharrafâs âout-of-the-boxâ proposals on Kashmir have evoked a lukewarm public response from India but the Pakistan President has managed to trigger a debate on how far both countries
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Islamabad, Dec. 28: India has proposed five spots along the Line of Control and the international border where members of divided families could meet, in a move to bring the people of the two Kashmirs together.
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Cartographers on Wednesday began studying whether the tsunami redrew India's southern archipelago &#151; breaking, tilting or even sinking the islands.
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A United Nations anti-racism panel has questioned Israel's policy on preserving holy sites, asking the country to explain whether it protects places considered sacred to religions other than Judaism.
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WOKHA, India -- The Nagas of northeastern India, warriors for centuries, launched the country's oldest insurgency nearly five decades ago -- a few years before their last tribe gave up headhunting. They have been poor for much longer, but they are in no hurry to tap the oil riches lying roughly a mile beneath their feet. Protecting the land their ...
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A Nepalese Sherpa fears his mountain valley will be flooded by melting glacier runoff high in the Himalayas. A Fiji islander frets about rising sea levels, while villagers cope with the destruction of mangrove swamps in India.
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A scientific-religious debate is shaping up over near-death experiences. A look at the dangers for both sides.
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In India, the European Union has an image problem. Seen as an impregnable economic fortress and yet a shaky political sandcastle, the 25-nation bloc faces an uphill battle to be taken seriously in the world's biggest democracy.