The surprise success of Slumdog Millionaire, which could win the Oscar for Best Picture, not only draws attention to the rich film culture of India's Bollywood but also reflects a profound change in the way the world views the film's key supporting character: the slum itself.
The Collection is of great significance for the study of the history and culture of the peoples of Central Asia, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran and the Arab world, and of the political, diplomatic and cultural relations between them.
Nothing short of transforming India's puritanical culture and giving men and women more freedom to forge sexually mature relationships outside of marriage.
For instance, the loan waiver program may have ruined India's culture of rural credit for a generation.
Another consideration for foreign restaurateurs opening in India is a huge culture of vegetarianism as well as dietary concerns.
But when it comes to "eve teasing" (as this practice is euphemistically called), I would argue the opposite: It is precisely the stubborn hold of India's prudish culture that has made many Indian men so callow.
This price barrier makes the coffee shop culture mainly a preserve of the upper middle classes in India.
The Bharatiya Janata Party that heads the ruling coalition espouses a stronger India and a resurgence of Indian culture.
Critics of the government say that recent scandals point to a pervasive culture of corruption in Mr Singh's administration - adding to the difficulties of a politician once seen as India's most honest.
Ideas flow easily around India, since it lacks China's culture of secrecy and censorship.
Will India allow the Sena's zealous arbiters of culture to block those movies too?
His case shows that along with rapid economic progress, India is also facing a steady rise in the culture of artistic intolerance.
In the long run, the big factors in world demand are the emergent industrial powers (China, India) and the unslakable thirst of the American motor culture.
India has become an international symbol for pushing back against an endemic culture of rape that dehumanizes women.
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But away from Delhi the party continues to spread a culture of intolerance in the states where it rules, aiming its darts at Muslims, India's largest religious minority.
However, many more complexities have caused companies to shy away from India: it has a unique culture that is very different from that of the West, and westerners often do not realise, and often even ignore, the impact this has on doing business in the country.
Mr. Friedland, who spent much of the 1970s traveling in India, where he studied Sanskrit, Hindu culture and Buddhism, once said he became interested in mining after stumbling upon an abandoned gold mine on property he was developing for a timber venture with Mr. Jobs, whom he met at Reed College in Portland, Ore.
Chester and Davey Herwitz, whom I knew in the 1980s, loved India, its color, its culture and especially its art and artists, many of whom became their friends.
India seems to be drifting into a political crisis and remains handicapped by its deep-seated culture of corruption and favoritism.
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