Caste clouds India's high hopes
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Indians want their country punch its weight but worry the caste system may hold it back, a BBC poll suggests.
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Ashutosh Gowariker's historical epic Jodhaa Akbar is facing trouble, with the Rajput   community of Rajasthan threatening to stall the release of the movie in the state.
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Indian automakers are plagued by a shortage of skilled workers, inferior product quality and deficient highway infrastructure, among other challenges.
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Ever since Rep. Bobby Jindal was elected governor of Louisiana Oct. 20, Indian Americans across the country have been debating whether to celebrate or turn up their noses.
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Land rights at stake as the rush to industrialise leaves tribal people and 'untouchables' far behind.
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Racism has come to haunt Shilpa Shetty yet again.
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The foiled terrorist attacks in Britain have prompted anxiety and soul searching in India, whose economy is bolstered by its citizensâ ability to work overseas.
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NEW DELHI, Aug. 27. âWhile hurdles appeared to have been cleared in the way of the release of three Indians held hostage in Iraq, the government chose to remain âcautiously optimisticâ, but would not
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For decades, India had followed a route to economic development strikingly different from that of countries like Japan, South Korea or China. But all that is starting to change.
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The South Asian tragedy has ripped open centuries-old fault lines of caste in rural India's rigid social hierarchy. In the district of Nagapattinam, where more than 6,000 people died, untouchables from about 10 villages have openly protested what they call discrimination against them in the provision of relief supplies and access to shelters.
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Indian teenager Sania Mirza is being   hampered by the high expectations of her compatriots a year   after being hailed as the nation's glowing tennis prospect.
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Kunal Sah had dreamed that a triumph at the Scripps National Spelling Bee would spotlight the plight of his parents, who were deported to India after years of immigration processing and appeals.
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India, home to the world's most prolific popular film industry, will pin its hopes for an Oscar this year on a short film about life in a village straddling the tense border with Pakistan.
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Thousands of low-caste Hindus seeking to escape the oppression of India&#39;s rigid caste system on Sunday embraced Buddhism in a mass conversion.
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Ever since U.S. Rep. Bobby Jindal was elected governor of Louisiana on Oct. 20, Indian Americans across the country have been debating whether to celebrate or turn up their noses.
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A puzzle is crucial to securing IndiaÂs future: how to harness and hold on to its rich but capricious rains.
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A lot of people are unhappy with the jury's decision to send Vidhu Vinod Chopra's   "Eklavya - The Royal Guard" as India's official entry to the Oscars this year.