Topic: Jaipur
India's $40 limb puts amputees back on their feet
Reuters Life! Online Report
NEW DELHI (Reuters Life!) - When Bhoopnarayan Jha lost his leg in an accident, the government employee also lost his will to live, until he got a "Jaipur Foot." Made from locally available and cheap materials, the rapid-fit, prosthetic limb is handed over for free to victims of road and rail ...
Common touch draws stars to India literary festival
AFP Global Edition
<div><p>From extremely humble beginnings, the Jaipur Literary Festival in India has grown in just five years into a major event that attracts star writers by resolutely refusing to treat them as such.</p><p>The inaugural festival in 2006 gathered ...
Veteran Indian film star's fury over 'sexed-up' biography
AFP Global Edition
<div><p>Acclaimed Indian actor Om Puri Friday blasted the publishers of a biography about him written by his wife for highlighting revelations about his past sexual encounters and relationships.</p><p>"I was not upset about the book. But I was ...
India festival puts Jaipur on book lovers' map
Reuters US Online Report Entertainment News
<div><p>JAIPUR, India (Reuters) - Perhaps it's the location, a heritage hotel in a city of faded royal splendor. Maybe it's the crowd: a motley crew of writers, Bollywood stars, agents and critics, groupies and, of course, book lovers.</p><p ...
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