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Ikea in India: "Flat-pack kings woo India with development money"

Two hours from Varanasi, the beating heart of Hinduism in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, a small village anxiously awaits a big visit.

Indian painting by Syed Haider Raza sold for a record by London auctioneers - BBC News

BBC News - Indian painting sold for a record by London auctioneers: "A painting by top Indian artist Syed Haider Raza has set a record for a modern Indian work, officials at Christie's auctioneers say.

Raza's painting Saurashtra sold for �2.4m ($3.5m) in London on Thursday.

Officials at Christie's told the BBC that the large-scale painting was produced during a key period of Raza's career."

BBC News - India moves to make it easier for couples to divorce

BBC News - India moves to make it easier for couples to divorce: "The Indian government has proposed a new law which will make it easier for couples to get divorced.

It has ordered that the country's Hindu marriage act should be altered to allow irretrievable breakdown of marriage as grounds for divorce.

Up until now, a divorce would in most cases be granted by the courts only if there were mutual consent."

3 Idiots movie sweeps annual Bollywood roadshow - Boston.com

3 Idiots movie sweeps annual Bollywood roadshow - Boston.com: "Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor looks on as she arrives at the International Indian Film Academy, or IIFA, awards event in Colombo, Sri Lanka,

Saturday, June 5, 2010. Some of India's top movie stars converged in Sri Lanka on Thursday for Bollywood's annual roadshow despite calls to boycott the event because of the alleged killing of Tamil civilians during the final stages of the country's decades-long civil war. Kapoor has been named 'India's Most Beautiful Woman' by the People Magazine. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)"