Asia in Global Affairs (AGA) is a non-profit, independent forum for research, set up in 2017. It aims at conducting research on wide ranging global issues with an interdisciplinary and transnational approach.
Cultural Kalediscope..
Nawroz or Navroz marks the New Yearfor ethnic Iranians and is celebrated by several ethno-religious...
March 24, 2019AGA Admin
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Cultural Kalediscope..
Ghoonghat, ghunghta or ghomta originates from the sanksrit word “Avagunthana” that has multiple meanings as veil, cover, cloak etc....
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The changing palette in B..
Post-1960s modernist art practices in Bengal were increasingly marked by subjective concerns that worked through...
March 17, 2019AGA Admin
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The changing palette in B..
Jogen Chowdhury's images emerged out of his memories of East Bengal--the land he had left...
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Sufism in India..
Great Sufi shrines dot the expanse of India and the most famous of them is...
March 10, 2019AGA Admin
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Sufism in India..
Syed Abdullah Shah Qadri popularly known as Bulleh Shah was a Mughal era Punjabi Islamic philosopher, Sufi poet and humanist whose...
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Tagore connects India and..
India and Egypt share a long cultural association, the strongest connect being Rabindranath Tagore. He...
March 03, 2019AGA Admin
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Tagore connects India and..
Rabindranath along with Naguib Mahfouz (Egyptian writer and Nobel Laureate) are revered in Cairo for...
March 03, 2019AGA Admin
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Kabuliwallahs of Calcutta..
2017 marked the 125th year of the publication of Rabindranath Tagore’s celebrated short story ‘Kabuliwala’...
February 24, 2019AGA Admin
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Kabuliwallahs of Calcutta..
It is believed that around 1839 during the First Anglo-Afghan War, the Afghans started trickling...
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Renkoji Temple..
The official version released by the Japanese authorities — and still endorsed by the Indian...
February 16, 2019AGA Admin
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Renkoji Temple..
Nestled in the upmarket Wada district of Tokyo’s Suginami Ward, Renkoji Temple stands as a...
February 16, 2019AGA Admin
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Indo-Soviet cultural ties..
Indo-Russia ties historically ranges beyond the political realm and immediately after independence in the early...
February 10, 2019AGA Admin
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Indo-Soviet cultural ties..
Alexander Lipkov's article, "India's Bollywood in Russia," lists Nimai Ghosh's "Chhinnamul" as the first film...
February 10, 2019AGA Admin
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Nelson Mandela and the Bh..
Former South African President Nelson Mandela was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna...
February 03, 2019AGA Admin
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