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	<title>OCHS Weblog</title>
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		<title>Hindu priest shortage spurs women to take up profession</title>
		<link>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/158</link>
		<comments>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/158#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 09:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaunaka Rishi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[By Margaret Ramirez
Chicago Tribune, July 10, 2008
Amid the noise and bustle of downtown Chicago, the groom rode a white horse, shaking to Indian drumbeats in procession to the Palmer House Hilton hotel.
Inside, the bride and groom took seats under thered mandap, or wedding canopy, and the priest began chanting in a high, melodic voice.
For some, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India’s Temples Go Green</title>
		<link>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/159</link>
		<comments>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/159#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaunaka Rishi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[By MADHUR SINGH





Time Magazine, Jul. 07, 2008


 			 				 			                    						 						 						  							 			 					     							 						 						The Tirumala temple, in the south Indian city of Tirupathi, is one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indian art: unique yet mainstream</title>
		<link>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/157</link>
		<comments>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/157#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaunaka Rishi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The emergence of Indian art is further evidence of the country&#8217;s influence. An L.A. exhibition takes a look.
By Sharon Mizota
Los Angles Times, July 8, 2008
IN INDIAN artist Mithu Sen&#8217;s 2007 picture &#8220;Perhaps You,&#8221; a dark-skinned woman smiles coyly beneath a blond, &#8217;60s-style up-do. The hair appears to be a wig &#8212; until you notice the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India&#8217;s gay rights movement comes out</title>
		<link>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/156</link>
		<comments>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/156#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaunaka Rishi</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Heidi J. Shrager,
San Francisco Chronicle, Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Aggrieved Indians have long taken their causes to the streets. From Mohandas Gandhi&#8217;s nationalist campaigns to contemporary marches against racy movies, protests are as Indian as spicy curry.
But one group, despite its large size, has long kept silent. That silence broke Sunday, when gays and lesbians found [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Camps Revive India&#8217;s Ancient Sanskrit</title>
		<link>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/162</link>
		<comments>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/162#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaunaka Rishi</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Effort Is Part of Bitter Debate Over the Role of Hindu Language in a Diverse Society
By Rama Lakshmi
Washington Post, Sunday, June 15, 2008
NEW DELHI &#8212; Hemant Singh Yadav, a lean and sprightly 15-year-old, was sent by his parents to a summer camp to learn to speak Sanskrit, or what he calls the language of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For India’s Scientists, God And Science Make A Perfect Match</title>
		<link>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/161</link>
		<comments>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/161#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaunaka Rishi</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Indian scientists are very much secular but that doesn’t go against their belief in God. A survey has found that many of them seek divine blessings before embarking on major scientific missions.The study, “Worldviews and Opinions of Scientists in India”, carried out by the Trinity College of the US with help from Centre for Inquiry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hindu Marriages Act Breaking More Homes Than Uniting</title>
		<link>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/160</link>
		<comments>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/160#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:58:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaunaka Rishi</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/002200806171864.htm
The Indian Hindu Marriages Act is breaking more homes than uniting, said the Supreme Court. The apex court regretted that the growing number of divorce cases in the country was having a disastrous effect on children.
Enacted in 1955, the Hindu Marriages Act received several amendments with various provisions for validity of a Hindu marriage, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Choudwar Temple Well Gives Up Thirty-Two Antique Statues</title>
		<link>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/163</link>
		<comments>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/163#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:11:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaunaka Rishi</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Thirty-two black granite statues, believed to be more than 800 years old, have been found from a well inside the precincts of the 12th century Chateswar-Bateswar Temple in Choudwar.



A close-up of a statue. The collection recovered from the temple well. (Picture by Badrika Nath Das)


“We stumbled upon the exquisite pieces when we were clearing the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Library Ramayana Exhibition</title>
		<link>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/154</link>
		<comments>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/154#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 12:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaunaka Rishi</dc:creator>
		
	<category>News</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[16 May - 14 September 2008
Pearson Gallery, The British Library, London NW1 2DB
Admission free 
How to get there Opening hours

	
	Discover the epic story of the Ramayana, and follow Prince Rama&#8217;s quest to rescue his beloved wife Sita with the help of an army of            [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kathmandu’s Oldest Monument Faces Threat</title>
		<link>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/153</link>
		<comments>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/153#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 10:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Valpey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: http://www.ddinews.gov.in/International/International+-+South+Asia/asa.htm

	KATHMANDU, NEPAL, May 14, 2008: A 1600-year old temple in Nepal, considered the country&#8217;s oldest monumental site is facing a grave threat to its existence as the valley surrounding it witnesses continuous soil erosion and landslide. The Changu Narayan temple, which is located in Kathmandu valley, some 12 km east of Kathmandu, is on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“Om Namah Jesus” in India’s Catholic Churches?</title>
		<link>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/152</link>
		<comments>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/152#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 14:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anuradha</dc:creator>
		
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	<category>News</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: http://indiaview.wordpress.com/
NEW DELHI, INDIA, May 8, 2008: Om Namah Jesus could well reverberate inside hundreds of Catholic churches in India very soon, if the changing physical face of these places of worship is anything to go by. The Vatican-blessed process of enculturation being implemented by the 168 Catholic dioceses in India has already seen Jesus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India&#8217;s elephants retire in comfort</title>
		<link>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/151</link>
		<comments>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/151#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 10:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lal</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Review</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Amrit Dhillon   in Cochin, Kerala
04/05/2008


Adorned with gold, and carrying a Hindu deity on his broad back, Babu the elephant plays a central role in religious ceremonies across the Indian state of Kerala.






Out of chains: After 36 years&#8217; work, Babu the elephant
will be pampered in retirement 


Now aged 45, he is approaching retirement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harappan Sites To Be Excavated After 50 Years</title>
		<link>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/150</link>
		<comments>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/150#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaunaka Rishi</dc:creator>
		
	<category>News</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: http://www.hinduonnet.com/holnus/002200804190321.htm
VARANASI, INDIA, April 19, 2008: After a gap of 50 years, a team of archaeologists will be excavating two sites near Noida and Meerut to determine when exactly the “eastern limit” of the Indus Valley civilization flourished. “We expect the excavation to throw light on this aspect as well as others of the ancient [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Genetic Map of India Released</title>
		<link>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/149</link>
		<comments>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/149#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaunaka Rishi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: http://telegraphindia.com/1080425/jsp/frontpage/story_9186161.jsp
NEW DELHI, INDIA, April 24, 2008: A mammoth effort to analyze genetic variations across Indian populations has blurred the lines that separate caste and religious groups. The Indian Genome Variation (IGV) project analyzed 75 genes from 1,871 people drawn from 55 diverse caste, religious and tribal communities. Scientists also expect the project to throw [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harrow Friends host play</title>
		<link>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/148</link>
		<comments>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/148#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaunaka Rishi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[After the very successful play  - a sell out in fact - at the beginning of April, staged to raise awareness and funds for the OCHS, our Friends of the OCHS team in Harrow are staging the following:


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		<title>Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple Sculptures Are Photographed</title>
		<link>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/147</link>
		<comments>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/147#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:13:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaunaka Rishi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/07/stories/2008040758871000.htm


MADURAI, INDIA, April 9, 2008: Thousands of sculptures in the towers of the famous Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple here are being documented for posterity. Each and every sculpture in the towers has been photographed using digital cameras to ensure that the ongoing renovation works do not alter its pristine beauty or heritage. “Sculptures in nine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Reverse Raj</title>
		<link>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/146</link>
		<comments>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/146#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaunaka Rishi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[From The Sunday Times, March 30, 2008
By Dean Nelson in Delhi 
The assembled businessmen wore black ties and listened politely to a string quartet under crystal chandeliers in a magnificent ballroom. The room buzzed with talk of the old country, but more importantly with commercial speculation about their new domain. What was to be their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The role of Recognised Independent Centres</title>
		<link>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/145</link>
		<comments>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/145#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaunaka Rishi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[From, Blueprint, Staff News for the University  of Oxford  • March 2008
Oxford academics collaborate in every conceivable ield with experts in institutions around the world. When those institutions are closer to home, however, the relationship is sometimes more formally recognised with the designation ‘Recognised Independent Centre’ (RIC).  RICs are educational charities based in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>United States Schools Hunt for Hindi Teachers</title>
		<link>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/144</link>
		<comments>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/144#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:59:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Frazier</dc:creator>
		
	<category>News</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India_shining_US_headhunts_Hindi_teachers/articleshow/2890036.cms 
MUMBAI, INDIA, March 23, 2008: Little would Jagdish Prasad Sharma have dreamed that his proficiency in Hindi would one day take him from the quiet holy town of Mathura to the bright lights of the US. Earlier this month, Sharma was one among the 100-odd Hindi teachers who travelled to Noida to be interviewed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India Conference for Educators Over Subscribed</title>
		<link>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/143</link>
		<comments>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/143#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Valpey</dc:creator>
		
	<category>News</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.indianewengland.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&#038;nm=&#038;type=Publishing&#038;mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&#038;mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&#038;tier=4&#038;id=3210F1F970D447279FF1211E284D8B95 
WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSSETS, USA, March 24, 2008: More than half of the applicants who wanted to participate in the one-day workshop on India for teachers on March 3 could not be accommodated.
&#8220;It was incredible. We could have had twice as many people if we had the space,&#8221; said Peter Gilmartin, associate program director with Primary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BBC Post Colorful Photo Essay on Holi</title>
		<link>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/142</link>
		<comments>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/142#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:49:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rembert Lutjeharms</dc:creator>
		
	<category>News</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON, ENGLAND, March 22, 2008:
Click on the URL below to see a set of photos on the Holi festival as celebrated across India.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7309258.stm


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		<title>Friends Event - Play 4th April</title>
		<link>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/138</link>
		<comments>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/138#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaunaka Rishi</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
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		<title>Friends Event - Bhajans 15 March</title>
		<link>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/137</link>
		<comments>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/137#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaunaka Rishi</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
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		<title>Ancient City Discovered in India</title>
		<link>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/135</link>
		<comments>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/135#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaunaka Rishi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7250316.stm 
BHUBANESWAR, INDIA, February 20, 2008: Indian archaeologists say they have found remains which point to the existence of a city which flourished 2,500 years ago in eastern India. Discovered at Sisupalgarh, near Bhubaneswar, capital of Orissa, the items found during point to a highly developed urban settlement. The population of the city could have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gujarat Studies Association&#8217;s 2nd Biennial Conference</title>
		<link>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/134</link>
		<comments>http://ochs.org.uk/blog/archives/134#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaunaka Rishi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Theme: Identities: Reflections on Global Gujarati Communities
Date: 23rd - 24th May, 2008,  Venue: University of Toronto (St. George Campus), Canada
Keynote Speakers: Professor Raymond B. Williams (Wabash College),  Professor Ali Asani  (Harvard University),  Professor Radhika Desai (University of Manitoba)
From ancient times to the present people have sought to understand their identities both [...]]]></description>
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