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Six on India: The Hindu Festival Of Holi Begins On March 1st – Here Are Related Resources; Donald Trump Jr. comes to India to hawk apartments; Alam Beg, martyr of Sepoy Mutiny, wants to return home; Why is India ‘missing’ 63 million women; right-wing Hindu groups are recycling Britain’s colonial ideas about religion; Film Based on a 16th-Century Poem Has Sparked Violent Protests in India;

The Hindu Festival Of Holi Begins On March 1st – Here Are Related Resources;





Donald Trump Jr. comes to India to hawk apartments, and quickly edges into politics

"He is scheduled to deliver a policy address on Friday at a business summit in New Delhi, with the topic listed as "Reshaping Indo-Pacific ties." The conference brings together executives and policymakers, and organizers say it will "showcase India's rise in world affairs."

On the website of the summit, sponsored by a leading Indian newspaper, Trump Jr. received second billing among the speakers, after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and ahead of the country's finance minister, Arun Jaitley.

And he was due to attend at least two dinners to thank buyers of apartments in Trump-branded properties, including in the New Delhi satellite city of Gurgaon, where a pair of 600-foot towers will house deluxe apartments priced from $750,000 to $1.5 million.

Trump's Indian partner, Tribeca, launched the Gurgaon project last month and promised any buyer who put down a 30% deposit an invitation to dinner with Trump Jr."





Alam Beg, martyr of Sepoy Mutiny, wants to return home

"The historian said that in the absence of the descendants of such soldiers, it is the Indian government that should bring back Alam Beg to his motherland.

Headhunting by colonial rulers from Europe was a rampant practice in the 19th century and activists worldwide have been vocal in demanding human remains from Western museums and collectors should be returned to their countries of origin. Such a movement is yet to begin in India whose soldiers from the colonial past in many instances continue to remain anonymous and abroad."





Analysis | Why is India ‘missing’ 63 million women — even though development is roaring?






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