Story about a five year old boy of American Indian descent who will not be allowed to attend kindergarten unless he cuts off his braids. Blog about the struggle. I do personally know these people. picked by thebluefrog 1 year ago

"The Indian healthcare system is an anarchic hodgepodge, with little insurance, little regulation and a range of services offered by hundreds of government-run, trust-run and corporate hospitals. The care it produced for me was fast, effective, courteous and cheaper than American medicine, even when adjusted for the lower cost of living." picked by gammerus 2 months ago

Three new species of bacteria, which are not found on Earth and which are highly resistant to ultra-violet radiation, have been discovered in the upper stratosphere by Indian scientists. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

The fossil evidence in hand, found in west-central India, predates the oldest previously known rabbits by several million years and extends the record of the whole category of the animal on the Indian subcontinent by 35 million years. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Made at a cost of over $15 million, a huge budget by Indian standards, the Tamil language "Sivaji -- The Boss," has generated enormous interest with tickets sold out for weeks in the south. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

French hot-air jalopy gets Indian backing picked by topofall 2 years ago

A subset of Western Australia’s Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphin population use marine sponges on their beaks as a foraging tool. picked by stinkobinko 12 months ago

In response to a radical Hindu group that has branded outgoing females immoral, thousands of Indian women (and men) plan to go barhopping on Valentine's Day and are sending pink panties to Sri Ram Sena.

Sounds like fun to me! picked by meggysue 10 months ago

Students see it as a book on self-improvement and management strategy guide for aspiring business leaders. They ignore the antisemitism and focus on what to them is similar to the classic Who Moved My Cheese? picked by 2manyusernames 7 months ago

It appears humans from Africa travelled all around the Indian and Pacific Oceans, driven by environmental pressures. picked by rambler 2 years ago

An Indian firm has launched a paan-flavoured condom designed to evoke the pungent taste of the betel nut and tobacco concoction chewed and then spat out by millions of South Asians. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Man describing himself as Indian Foreign Ministers,Pranab Mukherjee, called Pakistani President during Mumbai attacks and threatened war picked by cstrickland 12 months ago

A mouse rides on the back of a frog in floodwaters in the northern Indian city Lucknow June 30, 2006. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

An Indian journalist who allegedly persuaded a depressed businessman to kill himself on camera, before police stopped him, has been charged with abetting suicide. picked by mitzuzake 2 years ago

More than 100 Tibetan exiles in India have been barred by from marching to Tibet to protest against China holding the Olympics, Indian police say. picked by topofall 2 years ago

Every night in this quiet western Indian city, 15 pregnant women prepare for sleep in the spacious house they share, ascending the stairs in a procession of ballooned bellies, to bedrooms that become a landscape of soft hills.

*The Handmaid's Tale? picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

“The Algonkian tribes held six thanksgiving festivals during the year. When the Indians sat down to the 'first Thanksgiving' with the Pilgrims, it was really the fifth thanksgiving of the year for them!” This reminds me to be thankful all year long, and it ends with a beautiful Indian prayer.

Yeah, it's a day late, but no big deal; there's still one more to go. picked by meggysue 1 year ago

And you think appeals drag out too long in the U. S. picked by tigertony 10 months ago

But instead of a somber chief executive offering reassuring words and expressions of sympathy and compassion, viewers saw a wildly disconnected and inappropriately light president making introductory remarks. At the event, a Tribal Nations Conference hosted by the Department of Interior's Bureau of Indian affairs, the president thanked various staffers and offered a "shout-out" to "... read full post picked by shuallyo 4 weeks ago

Don't panic - no-one is attaching electrodes to anything. Indian Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has said that he is very much in favour if the rapid electrification of outlying Indian villages as the introduction of TV will reduce the number of children conceived. picked by pocksucket 5 months ago