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India's race to nursery schools

EVERY year at this time Indian parents are racing to get their tots' tiny feet into the doors of one of New Delhi's 250 elite nursery schools. It's a desperate process, often involving bribes, to get a three-year-old into school. Ravi Nessman reports. ...

From RAVI NESSMAN, Shanghai Daily,  9 Feb 2010

Related Topics: Madan Mohan

Nepal has 4 months to rebuild nation after war

KATMANDU, Nepal—After years of civil war and upheaval, Nepal's fate now rests with a bickering group of politicians who have less than four months to remake the government, write a new constitution and integrate thousands of former Maoist insurgents ...

From RAVI NESSMAN, Boston Globe,  3 Feb 2010

Indian parents vie for nursery school admissions

The nursery school scramble is on. In this Jan. 19, 2010 photo, a teacher helps children as they learn to use computers at a private school in New Delhi, India. Private education in New Delhi, like its counterpart in New York or London, was ...

From RAVI NESSMAN, Taiwan News,  30 Jan 2010

Related Topics: Madan Mohan

Demand for new states could change India's map

government agreed to reorganize the country based on language groups. India has occasionally tweaked its internal boundaries since then, most recently with the creation of three new states in 2000 that brought the total to 28. NEW DELHI — From scores ...

From RAVI NESSMAN, Contra Costa Times,  23 Dec 2009

Related Topics: Mayawati,  Manmohan Singh,  Pranab Mukherjee

Indian probe blames mosque attack on Hindu leaders

An Indian government investigation released Tuesday into the 1992 demolition of a mosque by a raging mob reportedly accused top Hindu nationalist politicians of complicity in the attack that sparked nationwide ethnic riots, leaving 2,000 people ...

From RAVI NESSMAN, Taiwan News,  24 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Bharatiya Janata Party,  Atal Bihari Vajpayee,  Lal Krishna Advani

India probe blames mosque attack on Hindu leaders

NEW DELHI (AP) -- A government investigation released Tuesday reportedly implicated dozens of Hindu nationalist politicians - including a former prime minister - in the 1992 demolition of a mosque that sparked deadly communal riots. The attack by ...

From RAVI NESSMAN, Buffalo News,  24 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Bharatiya Janata Party,  Atal Bihari Vajpayee,  Lal Krishna Advani

World's children still fall through the cracks

NEW DELHI -- Arun Kumar was born to disabled parents, beaten by his grandparents, ran away from home, got a job in a garment factory, and all his savings were stolen by the police. Today, at 13, he shares a cramped, dingy shelter with 63 other runaways ...

From RAVI NESSMAN, Chicago Sun-Times,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: United Nations,  Bill Clinton,  U.S. Senate,  Barack Obama,  Jennifer Grant

Indian boy mirrors plight of millions of kids

NEW DELHI—Arun Kumar was born to disabled parents, beaten by his grandparents, ran away from home, got a job in a garment factory and had all his savings stolen by the police. Today, at 13, he shares a cramped, dingy shelter with 63 other runaways and ...

From RAVI NESSMAN, Boston Globe,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: United Nations,  UNICEF,  Bill Clinton,  U.S. Senate,  Barack Obama

Dalai Lama visit highlights India-China tensions

TAWANG, India - This remote town in the Himalayan foothills spruced up its monasteries Friday to prepare for the Dalai Lama's arrival, a trip highlighting the growing friction between China and India - two nuclear-armed giants vying for economic and ...

From RAVI NESSMAN, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Dalai Lama,  Zhang Yang (politician)

India restricts coverage of Dalai Lama's trip

NEW DELHI India effectively barred foreign journalists Thursday from covering a rare visit by the Dalai Lama to a Buddhist monastery close to Tibet in an apparent effort to ease Chinese anger by reducing news coverage of the trip. The exiled Tibetan ...

From RAVI NESSMAN, San Diego Union-Tribune,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Dalai Lama

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