Culture
Bridge India’s response to the recent racist riots in the UK
Bridge India has always championed an inclusive approach to bring communities in the UK and India together, celebrating the diversity of both our cultures. All Bridge India members are proud of their heritage as Indians and...
- Author Bridge India
- Date August 9, 2024
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A world-leading Hindu Studies centre is about to take a quantum leap
An Anglican cleric and a Hindu cleric meet for a cup of tea in Oxford. This might sound like the start to a funny story but is actually the story...
- Author Tanja Jakobsen
- Date August 7, 2024
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Business leaders, film stars and tech innovators meet at Ideas for India 2024
ACROSS ENGLAND, 6 July: India Week 2024 concluded with its centrepiece black-tie Celebration Dinner that brought together business leaders, film, music and TV stars, as well as tech and community...
- Author Bridge India
- Date July 14, 2024
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LIFF presents ‘killer’ programme in its 15th year
Europe’s largest South Asian film festival, the London Indian Film Festival (LIFF) celebrates its 15th birthday this year with a power-packed programme of features, shorts, series, gaming and XR across 6 UK cities...
- Author Bridge India
- Date June 11, 2024
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Bridge India partners with JLF London, which bring its signature power-packed literary discourse to the city
Bridge India is delighted to be a Partner for JLF London at the British Library, organised by Teamwork Arts. The event will take from 7th to 9th June 2024. The...
- Author bridgeInDiA
- Date May 21, 2024
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The Powerful Dewans of Dogra Kingdom, Chancing Upon a Heritage and Discovering Answers to Historic Questions on Kashmir
In 2017 I received an email from a leadership trainer and reformer of school ecosystems. My good friend whom I also consider a mentor, Sandeep Dutt ji was told about...
- Author Venus Upadhayaya
- Date March 2, 2024
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Leprosy: The curable disease seen as a curse
The Leprosy Mission is the Charity Partner for our flagship Ideas for India conference, part of the annual India Week. While leprosy has been curable since the 1980s, existing laws...
- Author Louise Timmins
- Date February 2, 2024
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Family Migration Stories in the Indus Basin, Kashmir’s Customary Laws and a Mysterious Murder
As a teen I once took a lifetime journey, trekking down from my picturesque village, through thick jungles to a river and then uphill to another village to meet children...
- Author Venus Upadhayaya
- Date October 15, 2023
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Family Memoirs, Civilisational Heritage, and Great Game Competition for Sanskrit Manuscripts
This essay in the series from Kashmir to Haridwar is about Sanskrit and cross-civilisation routes in the Northern Frontiers of the Indian sub-continent or Sanskrit in the Indus river basin....
- Author Venus Upadhayaya
- Date June 6, 2023
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