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...just the galleries that are finding a steady market in India. The auxiliary professions - everything from archivists, curators and critics to conservators and technicians for lighting and hanging - are also seeing growth. "At one point you couldn't find people who were doing restoration," says Priya Paul, who buys art both for herself and for her family's chain of boutique hotels. These days, she and some other collectors are allowing their collections to be used to help people who would otherwise have to seek training abroad. Paul recently worked with the staff of digital archive Tasveer Ghar...
...living in Mumbai, it rang false." Those who liked the film, however, say they hope the Academy's accolades will help mainstream good Indian cinema. "By recognizing Indian talent, I hope people in the west will realize there's more to Indian cinema than just song and dance," says Priya Khanna, a general manager with Pepsico, "I hope good Indian cinema will be able to break the Bollywood stereotype and reach audiences within India and abroad...
...seven years is 54%, compared to 75% for boys. In India's northern Hindi-speaking states, girls' literacy rates are particularly low, ranging between 33% and 50%. Far more girls fail to complete their education - or even enroll. "I want to be a VIP when I grow up," says Priya Verma, 11, to a burst of laughter all around. "That is why I want to study from bhaiyya... I know he will help me get good marks...
Last week, a few students in the Dartmouth writing class “Science, Technology, and Society” received a nasty shock. When they checked their inboxes, they learned that their professor, Priya Venkatesan, was planning to sue them for discrimination. Later investigations revealed that she also planned to sue the College and several faculty members, not referring to any particular episode, but mentioning the “hostility” she felt during her time as a professor and saying that “maybe it has something to do with my ethnicity or my gender...
...Pretty much the launch queen," says Priya Tanna with a laugh from her office in Mumbai (formerly Bombay). "I've promised myself that this is going to be the last one." For most editors, launches are a tremendous deal, but for Tanna, 33, they are old hat: she has already launched several entertainment and fashion-related newspapers and supplements, a fashion website and India's first teen magazine. Now, for her final launch (she hopes), Tanna is bringing the fashion world's iconic Vogue title to the Indian market. "I think for the longest time Vogue...