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CIA World Factbook -- India
Just the facts, maam.Portal to Asian Internet Resources (PAIR)
The Portal to Asian Internet Resources provides a user-friendly, searchable catalog through which researchers and students have quick and easy access to high quality Web resources originating in Asia identified, evaluated, selected and cataloged by area library specialists. Lots on India.Digital South Asia Library
Links to references, images, maps, statistics, bibliographies, indexes, books and journals.Government of India's directory of official web sites
"Looking for information on Government of India? Check out this comprehensive Directory providing links to web sites of Government of India Ministries, Departments, States, Organisations, Union Territories ..."Library of Congress: India -- A Country Study
Quick access to a wide range of information.SARAI - South Asia Resource Access on the Internet
Links to tons of materials, including electronic journals, news and books.
Indian Daily Newspapers Indian Internet News and More
MSID is based in the city of Jaipur, capital of the state of Rajasthan.
Government of Rajasthan's offical web portal
Includes overview of the history, geography and people of Rajasthan, tourism and travel information, and information on art and culture. Of course there's all of that governmental stuff as well.Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Covers not only the state legislature, but some of the history of Rajasthan's formation.
Jaipur's climate
Monthly average high & low temperatures and precipitation from the India Meteorological Department.Today's weather in Jaipur
Local weather report and forecast from the India Meteorological Department.
Economic and Political Weekly
This is an influential journal for social science, development studies, and policy discussions. Read EPW.Frontline
The best national news and current events magazine.Good News India
Site self description: "India is a million new initiatives now and GoodNewsIndia is dedicated to publicising them. Every story published in the magazine has been verified for its authenticity. And there is information in every story that will enable you to follow it up further."Grassroots: Reporting the Human Condition
The Press Institute of India publishes Grassroots, a monthly journal devoted to promote media coverage of human development at the grassroots of Indian society. It encourages field reportage so as to portray the actual impact of social changs, or lack of change, on human beings often living in remote communities. Some reports are assigned by the journal; others are selected from a wide range of papers. Site offers wonderful monthly stories and searchable archives going back to 1999.Manushi
"Manushi, founded in 1978, is a serious journal which aims to bridge the gap between academic/scholarly writing and popular literature. The magazine analyses political, economic and social issues from a people-oriented perspective. One of the main goals of Manushi is to build an information-gathering process about the life situations of the people of different communities within India. This is done through articles on women's lives and work, civil liberties and human rights issues, interviews, historical pieces, film and book reviews, fiction, poetry, and responses from readers. Manushi sees itself as playing a catalytic role towards making our society more just and humane."
Barefoot College
The Barefoot College began in 1972 with the conviction that solutions to rural problems lie within the community. The College addresses problems of drinking water, income generation, electricity and power, as well as social awareness and the conservation of ecological systems in rural communities.Institute of Development Studies, Jaipur
The Institute is a multi-disciplinary research organization. It takes cognizance of the macro environment, planning processes and strategies including their socio-economic dimensions and attempts to make timely interventions through research and dialogue. Particular attention is given to the study of processes, the impact of trickle down effects of growth, direct public interventions such as poverty and employment programs and the participatory efforts of voluntary organization with respect to the marginalized section of the society. The Institute is specifically concerned with regional issues relating to Rajasthan.Shikshantar
Shikshantar is an applied research institute working to catalyze radical systemic transformation of education in order to facilitate self-reliant development throughout India. Builds on Gandhian notions of swaraj and the kind of education needed for swaraj. Their own publications are on line, as well as many others related to their work. Also information on their own projects and activities.
AltIndia.Net
Interesting activist site with links, reports, organizations, documentation, debates, etc.Centre for Science and Environment
The Centre for Science and Environment (New Delhi, India) is a public interest research and advocacy organisation, which promotes environmentally sound and equitous development strategies. As a public interest organisation, the Centre supports and organises information flows in a way that the better organised sections of the world get to hear the problems and perspectives of the less organised. Learning from the people and from the innovations of the communities has helped the Centre to create environmental awareness with a hope for the future. The effort of the Centre is to constantly search for people-based solutions and create a climate of hope.Friends of the River Narmada
One of the largest, most sustained, and most influential social struggles over development is that over the Narmada River. This struggle is not merely over a project, but it pits two well-articulated competing visions of development against each other. One particularly engaging entry point is the debate between Arundhati Roy and B.G. Verghese, beginning with her essay, The Greater Common Good.ProPoor.org
"A small organisation established in 1998, ProPoor InfoTech Centre is committed to the democratic dissemination of information and sustainable development initiatives to respond to the needs of under represented and marginalized sectors of society in the South Asia. ProPoor has developed an important Internet portal containing comprehensive information on South Asian Non Governmental / Voluntary Organizations, Donors and Funding Agencies, Events, Projects, Jobs and Resumes related to social development; Appeals and Success Stories of individuals as well as organisations and other relevant Links. The portal also provides a free website to NGOs / VOs."South Asia Watch
A resource for activists interested in South Asian politics, economics, and development, including a brief primer on India and South Asia and a list of South Asia readings.
India Development Information Network (INDEV)
INDEV is the British Council’s initiative to address problems faced by development managers in accessing development information on India. The site holds and disseminates information that is crucial for decision-makers, researchers, academics and development managers and acts as a gateway to development information on India. You will find databases on projects, organizations, documents, and statistics. Indev also publishes an electronic newspaper for the benefit of the development community with input from NGOs, development news media, national press and freelance journalists. Successful stories from NGOs, information on various campaigns and events, latest resolutions and legal documents from government and "every bit of information required for a development manager."
SURF South Asia
No, this is not the latest recreational fad. It is the United Nations Development Program's Sub-Regional Resource Facility site. It has resources, links, and you will get the UNDP's perspective on key development issues in the region.The UNDP in India
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and its predecessor organisations have been working on development issues in India for the last five decades. They have a big web site.The World Bank in India
"This website is dedicated to providing up-to-date information on Bank-assisted programs, data, and publications Bank's broader efforts to make information about Bank-assisted programs widely available to the public, and to share knowledge and stimulate debate about development issues in India and around the globe."World Bank India page for schools
Produced by the Development Education Program of the World Bank
Travlang's Foreign Languages for Travelers
Go to Travlang's page, scroll down, and click on Hindi. Then have fun experimenting and learning some Hindi.Hindi Language and Literature Homepage
This site contains or has links to just about anything you could ever want to know about Hindi. You can even find links for Hindi songs and news in Hindi.
Footprint Travel Guides
Their website does not offer as much as the following two, but recently, but their guidebooks themselves are excellent.Lonely Planet
They have an extensive tourist-oriented site. Their guidebooks are excellent.Rough Guides Travel Books
Click on "India" to begin to explore their offerings. On the India page you can also select the state of Rajasthan.
DVDs/Videos widely available at mainstream video stores:
Gandhi -- Richard Attenborough's classicHindi movies that you are more likely to have to go to an Indian shop for (subtitled or dubbed versions may be available, but try one even if it isn't):
Earth -- Views the partition of India in 1947 through the eyes of a young girl. Shows how communal hatred is created. Based on Bapsi Sidhwa's wonderful book, Cracking India.
Fire -- Controversial film addressing issues of family, marriage and sexuality in upper middle class New Delhi.
Lagaan -- The people of a small village in Victorian India stake their future on a game of cricket against their ruthless British rulers. Delightful characters, story, and music; and you don't need to understand cricket to enjoy it.
Monsoon Wedding -- A lively, but shallow film by Mira Nair on the globalized upper middle class of North India.
