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Geography of India

Music Heard on Air September 13, 2013

Music Heard on Air

Music played between reports on The World for September 13, 2013 include: Super Hi-Fi, Bombay Dub Orchestra and Alexander Von Mehren.

Music Heard on Air for September 6, 2013

Music Heard on Air

Music Heard on the Air for September 3, 2013

Music Heard on Air

Polluted waters, deforestation complicate India’s cremation rituals

Environment

Deadly bomb blasts rock Mumbai, India

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India after the attacks

Political fallout in the Indian government and reports that one of the gunmen has been captured and interrogated.

Isolated Long Lost Kingdom of the Himalayas

Arts, Culture & Media

For the Geo Quiz, we’re looking for a long lost kingdom. No, it’s not El Dorado, the mythical city of gold that was supposedly somewhere in the Western Hemisphere. The Lost Kingdom we want you to name is a real place in the Himalayan mountains.

Happy New Year from Ordinary and Inspiring People in Bangalore, India

Aditya Kumar is a writer in Bangalore. This is his New Year’s Eve message to friends around the world.

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Adapting to the Delivery Man Culture in India

There are more surprising aspects of Mumbai will be harder to incorporate into my life. Take the delivery man, for example […]

Measuring the Impact of Bhutan’s Melting Glaciers

Environment

Can you name the 1,800 mile long river that originates in Tibet, high in the Himalayas, then winds its way south through India and Bangladesh before it finally empties into the Bay of Bengal?

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