A group in India is printing a rupee notes of zero denomination in an attempt to curtail bribery. I doubt it will work very well but it's a cheeky idea.

Quoted: In the secret language of corruption in India, an official expecting a bribe will ask for Mahatma Gandhi to “smile” at him. The revered leader of the independence movement is on all denominations of rupee notes.

I had heard about this several year-old experiment but had never read anything about it. An Indian physicist in New Delhi set up a computer and a high-speed internet connection in a slum and just watched what happened. The kids of the neighborhood discovered it and proved some interesting things about their ability to learn very quickly...

This new temple in Delhi, India takes a couple experiential pages out of Disneyland's playbook. Nifty...

Quoted: The new Swaminarayan Akshardham temple complex includes several features not commonly found in Hindu architecture, including an indoor boat ride, a large-format movie screen, a musical fountain and a hall of animatronic characters that may well remind us that, really, it's a small world after all.

A 50 minute long segment with acclaimed Indian author Arundhati Roy. Audio, video, and transcripts, all available for free.

Interesting problem-space. Can someone who cannot read or write use a computer? Will they find it valuable? How do you make it more valuable to them?

Quoted: Can someone who doesn't even know how to read or write use a computer? Microsoft Corp. is probing that question at a research lab in India.

An article from the September issue of Esquire Magazine where the author outsources many of his daily tasks to a couple women in India and then sees how far he can push things... Interesting.