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South East Asia
World Heritage ‘My Son Sanctuary’ wrecked during Vietnam War
Relics of My Son Sanctuary is seen in central Vietnam, on April 29, 2013. Between the 4th and 13th centuries, a unique culture which owed its spiritual origins to Indian Hinduism developed on the coast of contemporary Vietnam. It was graphically illustrated by the remains of a series of impressive…
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South Asia
Indian people surrounding warrior god idol celebrate eunuch festival
In this Monday, April 22, 2013 photo, Indian eunuchs interact with each other after they dress to travel to Koovagam for the eunuch festival, in Vilupuram, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Eunuchs from all over India gather in this village to re-enact a story adopted from the…
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South Asia
A monk walks inside Buddhist monastery in Dratshang, Bhutan
Monks carry a wooden box outside a Buddhist monastery in Dratshang, Bhutan, Sunday, April 21, 2013. Known by its people as the Land of the Thunder Dragon, Bhutan’s snowcapped peaks and mountainside monasteries have long intrigued Westerners in search of a Buddhist nirvana. A Monk walks inside a Buddhist monastery…
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Central Asia
A Russian bartender makes cocktail during International Pub Festival
A bartender mixes a glass of cocktail for visitors during the International Pub Festival in Moscow, capital of Russia, on April 23, 2013. The three-day pub festival, which includes pub appliance show and competitions for bartenders and hookah, kicked off on Tuesday in Moscow. A staff (L) smokes hookah during…
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South Asia
Malala supports football match for ‘peace’ initiative
A ‘peace’ football match, launched by Pakistani student activist Malala Yousafzai who was shot by the Taliban while defending the right to women’s education, has been organized for coming September, Saudi-run Television broadcaster Al Arabiya reports. Kashif Siddiqi, a British-born Pakistani footballer and co-founder of ‘Football for Peace’ which supports…
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Central Asia
A Russian roller-skater plays prior to celebration of victory anniversary
Russian military cadets look at a young man enjoying his roller skates prior to a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at Dvortsovaya (Palace) Squarein St.Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, April 24, 2013. Russia celebrates the anniversary of the allied victory over Nazi Germany on May 9. <AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky>
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South Asia
Indian Kashmiri Muslim devotees carry out torch light procession
Kashmiri Muslim devotees carry wooden torches as they prepare for a torch light procession on a hilltop near the shrine of Muslim saint Sakhi Zain-ud-din Wali, in Aishmuqaam, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Srinagar, India, Wednesday, April 24, 2013. The farming community in south Kashmir celebrated the festival…
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West Asia
[Novel] The Road to Shamawes ⑫
[17] The phone in the small bedroom where Nargis was a few minutes earlier rang and Saadiya hurried to answer. She shut the door to prevent noise. She lifted the receiver : “Alnuzha Hospital?” “Yes, sir.” “I’m the brother of patient Marwa Wagih Essamuldin. May I talk to her?” Saadiya…
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West Asia
IPAF Surprise: Younger and less popular novelists stand out
The shortlist for the International Prize for Arabic fiction (IPAF) has been announced in Tunisia. It came as a surprise as many famous novelists who were included in the long list didn’t make it to the shortlist. The unexpected shortlist included these six novels: “Ave Maria” by the Iraqi novelist…
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East Asia
Buddha’s lamp carried to Korea to ease tensions
The ‘peace lamp’ kindled in the Buddha’s birthplace Lumbini has been travelling to the nuclear crisis-ridden Korean Peninsula. Nepali President Ram Baran Yadav and the Buddhist community of Lumbini presented a perennial holy peace lamp on April 19 to South Korean Buddhist monks to appease the winds of war between…
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