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India: More than just call centres

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India is the land of colours, sound, and call centres — or at least, that is what Western popular culture has been trying to reinforce over the past few years. “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel“, starring Judi Dench, is Hollywood’s most recent expedition to India, and it sticks to the formula.

The film is a comedy about a group of British retirees, shunned or underestimated in their own country, rediscovering their desires and ambitions in India.
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May 22, 2012
May 21, 2012

Olympics-Grappling with gender bias, Geeta heads to London

PATIALA, May 21 (Reuters) – As Geeta Phogat completes her
sprint at a sprawling sports campus in Punjab state, one of her
coaches nods approvingly at her stopwatch, another rushes to
check her pulse, and a third ushers her toward the gym for a
bout of wrestling.

Such attention and encouragement is routine for a top
athlete, but it is unusual for women from Geeta’s village in the
northern Indian state of Haryana.
May 21, 2012
May 21, 2012

Grappling with gender bias, London beckons Geeta

BALALI/PATIALA (Reuters) – As Geeta Phogat completes her sprint at a sprawling sports campus in Punjab, one of her coaches nods approvingly at her stopwatch, another rushes to check her pulse, and a third ushers her toward the gym for a bout of wrestling.

Such attention and encouragement is routine for a top athlete, but it is unusual for women from Geeta’s village in Haryana.
May 21, 2012

Olympics-Grappling with gender bias, London beckons Geeta

BALALI/PATIALA, May 21 (Reuters) – As Geeta Phogat completes
her sprint at a sprawling sports campus in Punjab state, one of
her coaches nods approvingly at her stopwatch, another rushes to
check her pulse, and a third ushers her toward the gym for a
bout of wrestling.

Such attention and encouragement is routine for a top
athlete, but it is unusual for women from Geeta’s village in the
northern Indian state of Haryana.
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