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...best countries for spice hunting were once key destinations along the Silk Road, the ancient spice-and-textile trade route. India is a traditional source for many flavorings, so it comes as no surprise that most cities there have vibrant spice markets. New Delhi's Gadodial Market, the largest in Asia, is a handy place to pick up the most expensive spice of them all, saffron, as well as aniseed and turmeric. At the western end of the Silk Road is Turkey. Its main port, Istanbul, has the Egyptian Market, reputed for its peppers, from mild paprika to fiery...
Praveen Kumar, a stout, shabby-looking bookseller who squats next to his wares in a dingy corner of New Delhi's Connaught Place, prides himself on giving customers hefty discounts on their favorite British and American best sellers. The 45-year-old former bookbinder peddles American author Irving Wallace's The Fan Club for 110 rupees ($2.40), about 15% less than the publisher's recommended price. Of course, Kumar adds with a sigh, that's nothing compared with the discounts he offered in the good old days, before India's recent crackdown on pirated books. Kumar previously ran off dozens...
...Publishers say that black marketeers simply stroll through bookstores in Delhi, the center of India's book trade, and buy best-selling novels and expensive educational textbooks, which they then photocopy and print in bulk in nearby cities such as Meerut. Production costs for paperbacks can be as low as 11? per copy?cheap enough to enable pirates to profit while undercutting cover prices of genuine versions by up to 70%. Though some pavement booksellers stick to selling legitimate books, others like Kumar say the knockoff trade is hard to resist because it's lucrative, demand for cheap reading material...
...stupid to realize that when he took on Iraq, it wouldn't be an easy task. Would he dare attack North Korea? Never. It is not that the U.S. Army is stretched too thin; it is that Americanism and Bushism are. They are found everywhere. PADDY SINGH New Delhi...
...lent official support to the Hindu fundamentalist cause, declaring that new excavations at Ayodhya reveal the mosque was built over an elaborate Hindu temple. Several academics scornfully dismissed this as a BJP political maneuver rather than a legitimate archeological revelation. "This is a totally doctored report," says University of Delhi history professor D.N. Jha. "They've created this temple out of nothing." (ASI archeologists declined to comment, saying they are forbidden to talk to the media...