2359 IST, Sunday, July 20, 2014 
Culture/Tourism
Indian faces of femininity in 19th and 20th CenturyBy Debesh Banerjee/ Indian Express
An undated, early 19thcentury black-and-white portrait captures a woman in a sari lounging on a chair. Though there is nothing unusual, a closer look reveals a striking contrast of Victorian furniture and painted ornate pillars in the studio backdrop. |
Luxury vacation homes catching up in IndiaBy Aparajita Gupta
Neelam Kumar looks for her private space when she is holidaying but alas, that is at times unavailable even in a five-star hotel. This quest for her own space and corner has led her to buy and furnish a flat in Goa, one of the country's hottest luxury vacation spots, which she rents out when not living there herself. |
Connaught Place returned to its pristine glory
Built by the British in 1933, Connaught Place, the Indian capital's crecent-shaped central business district that had fallen on bad days, has now been restored to its pristine glory, complete with a fresh coat of white paint, brighter signposts, a landscaped central fountain lawn and better access roads. |
Now, Incredible India website in 11 languagesThe Hindu / PTI
Aiming at a global audience, the website of the ‘Incredible India’ campaign will soon provide tourist-related information in 11 languages, including Chinese, Spanish and Arabic. |
5,000 Santas, 2,000 angels in biggest Xmas pageant
Kerala's cultural capital Thrissur witnessed what's been billed as the biggest Christmas pageant in the country with 5,000 Santas, 2,000 angels and much more. |
Raving about Sufism, yoga and dervishes on Goa beachBy Mayabhushan Nagvenkar
For a change there wasn't a raucous rave thump but calm chants on a Goa beach. And instead of drug and alcohol induced stupor, there was what organisers of India's first yoga festival preferred to call a healing aura. |
Make your own wine, the Kerala wayBy Sanu George
Wine becomes much sought after in Kerala during the festive season, and what better than to make it at home? |
Jamia: The brave new face of Muslim girls (Special Feature)By Meha Mathur
Asma Naseem began her primary education in 1990 in a small village in Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh. Six months after she started going to her two-room school, her family decided that she deserved a better education. Her father then shifted, with four-year-old Asma, to Delhi. |
Ethiopian Atsedu Tsegay wins Delhi Half MarathonBy Varuni Khosla / The Economic Times
Sounds of Bhaag Milkha Bhaag reverberated off the walls of Jawaharlal Nehru stadium as Delhi took to the roads. Sunday morning saw the flag off of the ninth edition of the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon here with over 31,000 people participating in the event. |
Delhi's music scene has evolved, become broader: Anoushka ShankarBy Natalia Ningthoujam
Sitarist Anoushka Shankar, who grew up playing the stringed instrument with her father, the late Indian sitar legend Ravi Shankar, in the city and across the globe, believes the music scene in the Indian capital has come a long way. |
India is often described as a tourist paradise. From the mighty snow-capped Himalayas of Kashmir in the north to the shimmering seas of Kanyakumari in the south, the verdant deltas of Sunderbans in the east, the world's largest protected eco-and-game reserve to the historic forts and shrines of Rajasthan to the west – India has everything that the footloose traveller would like to sample. 
