While Maithili is considered by some to be a ‘dialect’ of Hindi, it has many of its own words and was originally written in Tirhuta and later Kaithi scripts before being adapted into the more common Devanagri script used for Hindi and many other languages in India. The reason I point ...
RAIRencontre Assyriologique Internationale - International Congress of Assyriology & Near Eastern ArchaeologymeetingLeiden U.The Netherlands RAJRussian Association of Japanologistsgroup---Russia RALResearch in Anthropology and Linguistics---U. of AucklandNew Zealand ...
Our results reveal a dry bias over central India, while excessive rainfall exists over the southern Bay of Bengal and the near-equatorial Arabian Sea. We propose the hypothesis that the drying over central India is likely caused by a Rossby wave response [Gill, 1980; Rodwell and Hoskins, ...
or using some Chinese zither in a jazz arrangement. There are a couple slow, evocative Chinese songs near the end; if you slow down internally it will really hit home. I'd say it's a winner and a unique musical entrée."–Jerrold Rabushka,Spotlight: The St. Louis Music and Entertainmen...
I also carried waterproof pants in the backpack, in case of heavy rain. Fortunately we did not encounter any adverse weather conditions, save for light snow near the glaciers at around 1000m in altitude. At nights I wore lightweight thermal long sleeve top and bottoms at around 160gsm thickn...
The Thar Desert continues to spread, while the grasslands near major Asian rivers and mountain forest ecosystem of the Himalayas are under threat. Deforestation and urbanization threaten the rainforests of Asia, making us wonder how long this acclaimed biodiversity will exist on earth. ...
The flag of Cambodia has three horizontal flags: one wider red in the middle and two dark blue (top and bottom). In the center of the flag, overlapping the red stripe, there’s a depiction of the famous Angkor Wat, the main temple of the amazing city that once existed near what’s ...
Thousands of ethnic Bengalis living near the Bangladesh-India border have for decades found themselves citizens of one nation but bound within the sovereign territory of another. In recent months they have escalated their campaign for a land swap that will align their citizenship with cartography ...
Born in Yugan, near Jingdezhen, the birthplace of porcelain, Bai Ming has contributed to the revival of contemporary Chinese ceramics and introduced it to a new worldwide audience through numerous exhibitions. Today he is arguably China’s greatest exponent of this most traditional art form. In ...
Living near the mount Sherpa people and the Tibetans are also fascinated by its beauty and it was them who gave it the name which in translation means “Mother’s jewel”. It is because a glacier seen on the Southwest side looks like “Dablam”- a sacred necklace worn by Sherpa women. ...