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| Photography |
Fotografika
A new photograpic site with portfolios of work covering; Indian
landscapes, portraits and religious icons.(updated Dec 2004) |
Insightphotos.co.uk
Photography covering the UK and India including landscape portrait
and documentary work. |
Brenner
Bernhard
Pictures of indian festivals, landscapes, people and sadhus |
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Atul
Sharma
A portfolio of this Indian photographers stylish and compelling
work. |
india-photos.com
Images of India, Nepal, and Myanmar by Michael Abler (requires
Flash) |
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| Politics/anti-globalisation |
India
Resource Centre
Indian activist site, with a large section devoted to abuses
& environmental damage by Multi National Coca Cola |
Himalayan
Affairs
Ongoing analysis, interviews & articles on the social political
issues of Kashmir,Indo Pak relations and border tensions |
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| Indian cuisine
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Numkitchen
authentic Indian recipes
Excellent collection of authentic Indian recipes, cooking tips
& food facts, plus an Indian festival calendar with free
reminder service. |
IndiaExpress
recipes
A simple collection of veg & non-veg recipes for tasty Indian
dishes, with categories for ingredients & specialty regional
cuisine |
Recipedelights.com
Extensive site offering a mix of recipes and tips for Indian
cooking, reviews of Indian cookbooks, a glossary and a global
list of recommended restaurants |
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| India information
& resources |
CIA
Factbook India
A good source of basic facts and figures on India - although
"CIA" and "fact" seem a little out of place
in the same sentence, given the agency's generally tenuous grasp
of Iraq and the world outside the US |
John
the map
Excellent selection of detailed downloadable maps covering various
areas and major resorts in Goa, marking popular restaurants,
hotels and attractions |
Visas
4 India
Clear, useful site containing almost every application form
for Indian Embassies worldwide. You can even fill out the 'EasyFill
Forms' on screen, instead of by hand. Completely free resource. |
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census
india (home)
Statistics from the 1991 and 2001 census; (drop down menus don't
work with all browsers). |
census
india
(1991 A-Z index)
1991 census results; A-Z subject index of the census data online.
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Sarkaritel
Info
sort of portal to different government sites, government info
etc |
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Maps
of India
A wide range of maps of India, Indian states and Union Territories.
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My-India
Portal
A portal with search facility covering India specific web sites |
Parliament
of India
Indian government site, offering info about government, constitution
etc |
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| Hinduism |
BBC
Hindu festivals
Listing of major Hindu festivals with good and extensive descriptions
plus explanation. |
Temple net
A surprisingly comprehensive listing of India's temples, with
detailed background for the most important ones. |
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| India News sites |
BBC
online South Asia
Comprehensive and popup free coverage of the Major issues affecting
South Asia, with a good spread of human interest stories |
Hindustan
Times online
Website of the english language Indian daily newspaper. Good
independent commentary, but too keen on popups |
The Hindu
India's most respected english langauge daily tends to provide
far more depth to its articles than the increasingly celebrity
obsessed opposition |
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India
Today magazine
Rather smug weekly current affairs magazine, really the Indian
equivalent to Time magazine, featuring articles on politics,
film, media, sports etc |
Tehelka.com
Indian news portal famous for uncovering high level government
corruption in defence deals |
Kerala next
The news section of this Indian portal site provides comprehensive
India wide news, with fewer adverts than many India press sites. |
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The Telegraph - India
Website of the english language Indian daily newspaper |
Google news
The best place to search for breaking news stories from thousands
of sources |
Webindia123
India news section of the webindia123 portal with extensive
searchable archives |
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Times
of India online
The print edition of this English language daily newspaper has
recently suffered allegations of taking cash for editorial space.
The site is rather heavy on popups,ads and celebrities. |
The
Deccan Herald
Karnataka based english language daily that's one of the better
papers available in Goa. The site is a little less ad cluttered
than some web editions of Indian papers |
newKerala.com
Keralans seem to have a knack of producing great news sites.
NewKerala covers news on a wide variety of subjects, with easy
loading pages and concise, well written stories. |
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Indian
Express
Website of the English language Indian daily newspaper |
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| Travel |
Indian
Railways
Check prices, timetables and, availability of seats. It's now
possible to book online, with tickets for delivery or collection
in Delhi |
Indian
Tourism authoriy
India's official government site for tourism in India offers
a range of travel information and background on the country. |
Outlook
Traveller
The online edition of India's premier travel magazine, with
featured destinations, maps and a guide to internal air fares |
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Travel
Guide
Travellerspoint is a free worldwide travel community with tools
and services to help travellers before, during and after their
trip. |
World
Backpackers net
Not India specific, but lots of practical tips on Visas, gear,
health and general preperation plus travel essays & a forum.
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The
Real Rajasthan
Comprehensive site on the 'Land of Princes', offering a range
of info on less well known destinations as well as the old favourites |
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Travel Library
listings for worldwide india travel sites, including India,
government sites etc |
Google
directory list for travelogs
A directory listing of India travel logs on google |
Travelmart
India
Frustrating to use travel site with moderately useful information
- assuming you can find it! |
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| Forums - India
/ India travel |
Indiamike
A well designed, independent india travel portal, with lively
and useful forums Run by a frequent visitor to India. |
The
India Tree
The India Tree is a free forum for questions and answers on
travel in India, plus photo galleries and a calendar of events |
Mysterindia
Travel articles plus online hotel bookings, realtime weather,
India travel forums, India photo features, travel tips. |
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| Charities &
NGOs |
Lifebuilder
Org
A non governmental organisation in the Punjab concerned with
poverty and education. |
SEWA organisation
Self Employed Women's Association, which helps poor and/or illiterate
women to become more self-reliant |
Children
Walking Tall
A British charity helping street and slum children in Goa. They
run schools in the slums and are opening a drop-in centre for
children near Mapusa. |
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| Social cultural
interest |
MK
Gandhi sarvodaya
One stop info site about Mahatma Gandhi, philosophy, biography,
quotations, photos etc |
Kamat's potpourri
The daddy of all India sites, self described as a "Hodge-podge
of India's History, Culture, and Diversity" |
Free Tibet
A non-governmental organization, based in the UK, giving info
on current campaigns etc |
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Tibet Government
in Exile
The official site for the Tibetan Government in exile, articles,
info, speeches by the Dalai Lama etc |
Sikh Wiki
Wiki with extensive background material on the Sikh religion
and culture, plus a glossary of sikh related terms |
Prabhir
Ghose's blog
A quirky view of India, life and the latest India news from
a Maharastra resident. |
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Nirali
magazine
A non profit online magazine site for south asian women in the
US. Well laid out with interesting articles and features. |
Dandi
salt march
Devoted to the 75th anniversary of Gandhi's 1930 march to Dandi,
this site contains plenty of background, including photos, maps
and details of the marchers. |
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| Regional |
Himachal
Online
Regional info about HP, maps, statistics, discussion etc (mostly
under construction) |
Himachal
Pradesh
Government site, info about Himachal Pradesh |
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| Fun |
Holy
cow mania
Brilliant opening flash animation featuring Indian cows. Unbeatable
entertainment |
Durgapuja
ecards
Nice collection of free ecards with Hindu God themes; Durga
Puja ecards, Puja greeting cards etc |
Holi
ecards from 123greetings.com
A collection of colourful Holi themed ecards from 123greetings.com. |
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Holi
Gifts
Batchmates - Send Holi Gifts to India, Delivery in 24 hrs. |
Holi-cards.com
Send friends and family an e-card this Holi. |
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| Movies and music |
Bollywood
Music
Indian music, in Hindi or other Indian languages; anything from
classical, Bhangra Rap to film music |
Bollywood
World
News about Hindi movies and their stars, movie soundtracks etc |
Bollywood
Premiere
Reviews of current Hindi movies, Indian music, Hindi movie and
stars wallpaper etc |
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national
country name: Bharat (Hindi)
capital: New Delhi
population:
1.06 billion
area:
3,166,414 sq km (appr. equiv to Western Europe)
population density: 310
persons per sq km
urban:
26.8%
rural:
73.2%
GNI (GNP):
USD 470 per capita per year
highest
point: 8598m (Kanchenjunga)
languages:
22 official + 1600 minor languages and dialects
(dec2003)
national
language: Hindi
major
languages: 40.2% Hindi; 8.3% Bengali; 7.9% Telugu
(1991)
number of states:
28 + 7 union territories
money: Indian rupee
time: GMT + 5,5
hours
electricity:
240V, 50Hz
government
form: constitutional democracy
government:
Congress party led UPA coalition
Prime
Minister: Manmohan Singh
President: Pratibha Patil
religion:
80.5% Hindu, 13.4% Muslim, 2.3% Christian, 1.9%
Sikh, 0.8% Buddhist, 0.4% Jain, 0.01% Zoroastrian, 1.3%
other (2001)
literacy
rate: 64.8% (male 75.3; fem 53.7%) (2001)
gender ratio: 933
fem to 1000 male (2001)
child
(0-6 yrs) gender ratio: 927 fem to 1000 male (2001)
life expectancy: 61.5yr
male; 62.7yr fem
daily
calories intake: 2,388 per capita
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