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Eclectic musical mix brought the curtains down on Jodhpur RIFF

Edit The Times of India 20 Oct 2016
JODHPUR ... Even as the performance melted into the wee hours of the morning, the crowd continued to throng with 'once more' requests ... Even as Mehrangarh fort set the stunning backdrop to living legends of Rajasthan - the 70-year old Lakha Khan Manganiyar who is the last of the Sindhi Sarangi player, enthralled the audience with 'Dhanya mharo des', 'Jheeni chadar jheeni' and 'Jag me jiya to kya hua' ... RELATED. From around the web....

Whose accent is it anyway?

Edit Deccan Chronicle 19 Oct 2016
On the other end of the spectrum, actors like Anil Kapoor in Mission Impossible ... The Return of Xander Cage ...   ... But he had also  played important roles in various international productions ... “No one here is willing to work on accents and therefore, most of the characters end up being two-dimensional, like cardboards and I myself have a part to play in it by caricaturing Sindhi in Hum Hain Raahi Pyar Ke,” he says ... ....

A master craftsman from Bhuj shares how he keeps centuries-old traditional art form of Ajrakh alive

Edit Your Story 19 Oct 2016
Steam is emanating from huge earthen pots filled with dyes. A little distance away, colourful yards of cloth are being laid out to soak up the sun. It’s October, just before winter starts to set in, and the morning sun has already begun warming up the earth in Bhuj ... But for me Ajrakh is a tradition ... “Earlier, Ajrakh was worn by Sindhi and Jat communities as turbans and part of their traditional ensemble – all in cotton ... ....

Pak army continues to rain misery on Baloch civilians, several abducted in Naseerabad

Edit Deccan Chronicle 18 Oct 2016
Continuing to commit atrocities on Baloch civilians, Pakistani forces burnt down several houses, abducted many locals and also killed an innocent Baloch civilian during an operation in Naseerabad area ... Meanwhile, Baloch Republican Party spokesman Sher Mohammad Bugti, in a statement condemned Pakistani aggression against Baloch civilian....

Pakistani troops abduct at least 25 civilians, including a young film-maker, in Balochistan

Edit The Times of India 18 Oct 2016
The Pakistani troops have been conducting military attacks and house-to-house searches in the region since October 15, claimed the pro-freedom Baloch activists ... Meanwhile, Sher Mohammed Bugti, the spokesperson of Baloch Republican Party, in a statement from Switzerland highlighted an incident of brutal killing of a civilian....

Pak to send junior representative to EC's international conference in Delhi

Edit Deccan Chronicle 18 Oct 2016
New Delhi ... Earlier, Shakeel Ahmed Baloch, member, Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) was scheduled to attend the conference, but now, Altaf Ahmed, director (public relations and political finance), ECP, will be present in his place. ECI officials though claimed that the last minute change had taken place because Baloch needed to focus on a local election back in Pakistan ... ....

Nawaz Sharif re-elected PML-N President

Edit One India 18 Oct 2016
Islamabad, Oct 18. Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was on Tuesday re-elected the President of the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) unopposed as the nomination papers of his only rival were rejected.During scrutiny, the nomination papers of another candidate Sardar Prince Baloch ... ....

Watch how a Baloch activist is brutally dragged and beaten by the Pak army

Edit Indiatoday 18 Oct 2016
Shocking footage of an old Baloch activist being dragged by army personnel for a long distance and then brutally beaten up ... ....

Hyderabad: 15 km of roads to be dug up for CCTV grid

Edit Deccan Chronicle 18 Oct 2016
Hyderabad ... Road-cutting in the core area will be completed before Cyberabad and Hyderabad.” Officials of the GHMC engineering wing said that the white-topped roads at Banjara Hills road number 10, Sindhi Colony and Habsiguda would not be dug up. ....

No compromise on Karva Chauth rituals, say Kerala bahus

Edit The Times of India 18 Oct 2016
It's that time of the year when married women in North India fast from dawn to dusk for the good health and longevity of their husbands, the Karva Chauth ... We take a look at how the ritual is observed here. An occasion to socialise ... "It is a get-together of all the women in our community ... "There will be 30 people performing Karva Chauth ranging from Punjabis and Gujaratis to Rajasthanis, Marwadis and Sindhis." ... RELATED. From around the web....

Several Baloch people abducted, one killed by Pakistan forces, alleges Baloch Republican Party

Edit The Times of India 17 Oct 2016
The Baloch Republican Party (BRP) on Monday alleged that Pakistan had killed one Baloch, and abducted several in military operations in several areas of Balochistan ... Pakistan forces had also "conduct(ed) military operations in (the) Goburd area of Mand, Balochistan, and abducted many Baloch people," he said ... They also claim that 20,000 Baloch have been abducted, of which many continue to face torture....

Three civilians allegedly killed in firing by Pakistan forces in Balochistan

Edit The Times of India 17 Oct 2016
Earlier today, the Baloch Republican Party (BRP) alleged that bombarding by choppers had killed one Baloch civilian - Lalu Bugti ... "Pakistani forces launched military operations in Chattar, Sherani, Hoti, and adjacent areas of Nasirabad...Helicopters have indiscriminately bombarded the area, killing an innocent Baloch civilian," the party's spokesperson Sher Mohammed Bugti was quoted as saying by ANI....

Pakistan army brutality in Balochistan: 1 killed, several women taken hostage, two dozen houses burnt

Edit Indiatoday 17 Oct 2016
To derail Free Balochistan Movement and to nip Baloch nationalist voices in the bud, Pakistani forces adopted suppressive measures in Naseerabad ... ....
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