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You know you've met an Indian when...

Visiting India for the first time can a curtural shock. India is a country with many diversities that makes it different from other countries. There are certain habbits that only Indians have. Meeting and Indian is equally interesting as exploring India. Here I have listed come of the peculiarities that just stand out in Indians.?

Faces that bring India the News: Top Indian TV Journ...

News is something of an obsession in India. We tune into the daily happenings in our country and around the world through all mediums- print, magazines and most of all TV, with all the fervor and passion usually reserved for cricket and politics, but maybe that?s because those subjects dominate our news. ? But whether just our daily news or those moments that have shock the nation like the Mumbai terror attacks, Kargil war to those golden moments which make the nation proud like the successful launch of the satellite ?Chandrayan? and the Tata Jaguar-Landrover takeover, there are t...

Simply South- Travel Destinations in South India

When most people think of India, they immediately think of the Taj Mahal, Delhi, Goa maybe Kerala, but there?s a lot more on offer in the serene Southern States of this country. Stunning landscapes?from tropical palm-fringed beaches to breezy high-altitude tea plantations?South India offers visitors a truly mind-bending repertoire of things to see and do. This part of the country shows diversity like no other, with its eclectic mix of religions from Hindu and Jain temples to churches, mosques, and even the occasional synagogue. Its distinct cuisine too is something to be talked about with i...

8 Things that make Mumbai...Mumbai!

India's most dynamic, cosmopolitan and crowded city home to billionaire tycoons living in posh area?s with the some of the highest real estate prices in the world and the poor living in some of the largest slum establishments around the world alike, Mumbai is definitely?like no other city in the world. The crowds and chaos of this city can bewilder even the savviest of travelers. Mumbai is India at its most contradictory, with its sharp contrasts: it can be aggressively modern yet some parts deeply rooted with the traditional bordering on medieval, from glamorous to rough-edged and raw?quin...

Slumdog Millionaire: A Real Look into Mumbai's Slums

City of Dreams . ? The recent success of the movie Slumdog Millionaire ), takes part in the Indian version of ?Who wants to be a Millionaire?? and wins, only to be accused of cheating and while being interrogated, the movie highlights events from his life history and his childhood in a slum of Mumbai are shown, which explain how he knows the answers. While the movie portraying slum life in Mumbai has hardly been sugar coated for its audiences, it brought on strong reactions from the residents of Mumbai and even some of its slums describing the movie as being "exaggerated" and crit...

5 Places in India to Escape the Summer Heat!

With Summer just around the corner and the temperature rising, it's that time of the year to head for the cool hills! Kid's on off from school for summer, it's the perfect time of year for a family vacation to one of India's cool hill station retreats. Take your pick of North, South, East or West and you will find a a hill or mountain destination to escape the extreme summer heat that hits most parts of India in April and May. Here's a start with 5 Places in India to Escape the Summer Heat to help you choose:

Best of Indian Wines: Top 10 Indian White Wines

Indian Wine's and Indian Wine Brands are making waves and gaining recognition not only domestically but internationally as well. Of these the White wines are quite a hit especially those from The Top 5 Indian Vineyards and Wineries . Here are The Top 10 Indian White Wines today based purely on research of articles, reviews and discussions online and of course...personal taste. I am no wine connoisseur so this by no no means is a definitive Top 10 guide but merely step towards making wine buying a bit easier. If you've missed my previous post on Indian Wines here are The Top 10 Indian Red...