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INDIA
REBORN TELLS THE STORY
OF A COUNTRY RICH IN HISTORY, PEOPLE AND RESOURCES ON COURSE
TO BECOME ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST POWERS
Miniseries begins Sunday, Sept. 21, at 8 p.m., on CBC-TV |
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A
passage to India, or a slow boat
to China? At last, Stephen Harper's government might be making
the right choice.
... by David Harris, Citizen Special |
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Akshardham
Complex, New Delhi
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After
5 years of non-stop, round-the-clock construction, the massive
and awesome Akshardham Temple Monument to World Peace was inaugurated
in New Delhi recently... see a slide
show and a short video |
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Astronomical
Dating of the Ramayan By Dr. P.V.Vartak
Following are the dates of few events from the Ramayana: Rama's
Birth Date 4th December 7323 B.C, Rama-Seeta Married 7th April
7307 B.C ... more details |
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Western
Values and Eastern Challenges — Excerpts
from a lecture delivered by NR Narayana Murthy, Chairmain of
Infosys
Technologies Ltd., at the Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute
of Management, New Delhi, India on October 1st, 2002
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MAHATMA—Life
of Gandhi (1869 - 1948 in 14 Parts):The Gandhi
National Memorial Fund (www.gandhiserve.org)
— Videos (on Google
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Player? Install
it.)
Mahatma
— Life of Gandhi Thumbnails
Total Video Length 5h 9m 7s |
| 1869-1892,
Part
1 of 14 — 13 min 28 sec — Jan 26, 2006 |
| 1893-1914,
Part
2 of 14 —
32 min 25 sec — Jan 30, 2006 |
| 1915-1921,
Part
3 of 14 — 19 min 37 sec — Jan 31, 2006 |
| 1921-1928,
Part
4 of 14 — 20 min 11 sec — Jan 31, 2006
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| 1928-1931,
Part
5 of 14 — 37 min 23 sec — Jan 31, 2006
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| 1931,
Part
6 of 14 — 7 min 21 sec — Jan 31, 2006
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| 1931-1932,
Part
7 of 14 — 42 min 12 sec — Jan 31, 2006
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| 1932-1934,
Part
8 of 14 — 9 min 3 sec — Jan 31, 2006 |
| 1934-1938,
Part
9 of 14 — 20 min 33 sec — Jan 31, 2006
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| 1939-1944,
Part
10 of 14 — 30 min 20 sec — Jan 31, 2006
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| 1944-1946,
Part
11 of 14 — 20 min 16 sec — Jan 31, 2006
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| 1946-1947,
Part
12 of 14 — 19 min 1 sec — Jan 31, 2006
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| 1947-1948,
Part
13 of 14 — 19 min 47 sec — Jan 31, 2006
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| 30
Jan 1948, Part
14 of 14 — 17 min 30 sec — Jan 31, 2006
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IIT
(Indian Institute of Technology) on CBS 60 Minutes
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13 min 11 sec - June 22, 2003) — Video
(on Google
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Player? Install
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Akshardham,
Real Wonder of the world, India — Introduction
of Akshardham - Swaminarayan (1 min 13 sec - Feb 10, 2006 )
— Video (on Google
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Player? Install
it.) |
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Jana
gana mana ... National Song of India (6 min 41
sec - Feb 2, 2005) — Video (on
Google Video
... No Google Video Player? Install
it.) |
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Microsoft
to set up 50,000 Internet kiosks in India: Microsoft
has announced a new programme in India, called Saksham
[A Public-private Initiative to Energize the Rural Economy
through ICT (Information and Communication Technology) —
Rural Computing in India], that aims to set up Internet
kiosks that offer localized content and applications.
The
program's focus is rural India, where 70 percent of
the country's population lives.
Microsoft
plans to have 50,000 kiosks, which will be provided to local
entrepreneurs through bank financing, across India in the
next three years.
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Mission
2007- Every Village a Knowledge Centre —
“Achieving sustainable human security is a priority task.
This will call for harmony with nature and with each other.
Knowledge connectivity within and among countries will help
to achieve this goal. This is why we should make 'Mission 2007:
Every Village Knowledge Centre' a success.” Prof.
M S Swaminathan, Chairman, National Alliance on ICTs (Information
and Communication Technologies) for Basic Human Needs
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Videos
about India on ABC Television:
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India
— Truth Alone Triumphs
(PowerPoint Slide Show — Open by Powerpoint Viewer,
or download. CAUTION: 4MB file, slow to download on a dial-up
connection) |
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President
Dr.
APJ Abdul Kalaam's speech in Hyderabad —
Developed India [Download
the PDF file — Right click, and select 'Save As'] |
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