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Uttarakhand's four dwarf sisters live in penury PDF Print E-mail
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Monday, 21 April 2008

By Vipul Goyal Udham Singh Nagar (Uttarakhand), April 21 (ANI): Four midget sisters of Uttarakhand village are striving to write a unique story of self-reliance. Despite being handicapped since birth, the poverty-stricken sisters are sustaining themselves by rolling Beedis (the local cigarettes).

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Bal, a tribal Himachal festival to seek prosperity PDF Print E-mail
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Friday, 18 April 2008

By Hemant Chauhan
Kilba (Kinnaur) (Himachal Pradesh), April 17 (ANI): Kilba town of Himachal was recently abuzz with a huge confluence of devotees who converged here to celebrate the day-long Bal festival that is organized here once in every five years.  

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Chakmas celebrate Bizhu festival in Tripura PDF Print E-mail
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Monday, 14 April 2008

By Pinaki Das
Agartala, Apr 14 (ANI): Hundreds of Chakma tribal youth, dressed in their traditional attire, are participating in the Bizhu festival here.

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Sex workers dance at a cremation ground in a bizarre ritual of salvation PDF Print E-mail
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Saturday, 12 April 2008

By Girish Kumar Dubey
Varanasi, Apr 12 (ANI): Sex workers danced through the night on the second day of a three-day festival at a cremation ground in this hugely frequented pilgrim city.

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Pilgrims throng Jawalmukhi temple during Navaratri festival PDF Print E-mail
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Friday, 11 April 2008

By Abhishek
Jawalamukhi (Himachal Pradesh), Apr 10 (ANI): A large number of pilgrims thronged the sacred temple of Jawalmukhi in Himachal Pradesh to offer prayers during the nine-day festival of 'Navaratri'.

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