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From the first sight it is not clear, whether this cliffs are tightly pressed against the dilapidated Buddhist temples or the ancient buildings are looking for support and comfort from the boulders. Lekh, the ancient city, is located in northern India at an altitude of three thousand meters in Jammu state...

02.02.2022 | India

Jaipur. Pink city. Part 2

Jaipur is always invaded by hordes of tourists. The city is included into the most of India travel guides. There are enough hotels, many street diners and comfortable cafes, no problem with the choice of transport. The local people are friendly and helpful to visitors. If this impulse is encouraged with a few rupees, the Indians will be happy to share information...

31.01.2022 | India

Jaipur. Pink city

Someone compares Jaipur with lace tablecloth; others with a box of pink marshmallows; and some admirers claim this is a hive densely inhabited by bees. However, everyone agrees on one thing: there is the wonderful air full of freedom which cannot be found in Europe. It fills the lungs and breathing it a traveller loses count of hours and even centuries.

24.01.2022 | travel, India

Indian village Kodhini: the unraveled mystery of twins

In the world there is an unusual place where the biggest number of twins are born. Although at first glance it looks like a mystical coincidence, statistics makes you believe in miracles. The Indian state of Kerala can boast of a village where unusual things happen. Kodhini is the place with more twins than anywhere else in the world. Actually, there is almost no explanation for this.

20.12.2021 | travel, India

Borders cannot make harm: The most famous enclaves of the world

Today OUTLOOK travels along the cities and countries that are considered as the most interesting from the point of view of geography and administrative management. Moreover, they are enclaves as they are located within the territories of other states.

03.12.2021 | Italy, Germany, travel, India, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland, Bangladesh, Marocco

Women's adornments in India: Sacred meaning

Upon hearing word combination “Hindu woman” an image of a beautiful woman wearing sari and definitely with numerous adornments and pictures on her body emerges in our imagination. Where does passion for body decoration come from in national traditions of this people?

20.10.2021 | traditions, India

Boat instead of shopping basket: Famous floating markets

Stores, shopping malls, markets - all these places are an integral part of daily goings-on of almost every person on our planet. It would seem there is nothing special about them: they are all alike, just goods and prices vary depending on country or city. In fact, it is not quite true since some markets are only accessible via waterways. Our today’s story is about them.

16.09.2021 | traditions, India, culture, Vietnam, Netherlands, Thailand, MYANMAR

Accompaying persons, please leave the train: the most interesting trains on planet

Despite ongoing development of air transport, many people across the Earth still love to travel by train for various reasons. Though the majority of passengers associate trains with a rather slow way to travel compared with airplanes, and are concerned with low comfort which can be still at the level of last century, reading through our selection below...

02.09.2021 | USA, travel, India, China, Scotland, Switzerland

South Goa with the eyes of Kira Kondratenko

Depression and lack of new ideas? Head to Goa! It was the rest in Goa that helped business lady Kira Kondratenko build up energy and ideas for the implementation of an interesting project once. Today she shares with us her impressions of the island while calling it nothing short of Heaven on Earth.

27.08.2021 | travel, India

Life on water: 7 little-known Venice competitors

When we hear about "water city", Venice immediately comes to mind, doesn’t it? Tranquil gondolas, narrow waterways, gentle light of the evening sun and ancient architecture create that heady romantic cocktail which attracts tourists from all over the world to the Italian city.

07.08.2021 | Ukraine, nature, India, China, Netherlands, Cambodia, Brunei, Benin

National drinks: Zero degrees and lots of energy

Everyone knows that being in Scotland you should try whiskey, in France you should taste wine, and in Japan t is all about sake. But few people think about national soft drinks. They were created by peoples with far more practical intentions - refreshing and burning, repelling from the climate features, possessing nourishing properties.

21.06.2021 | Japan, traditions, India, Mexico

Kolkata: City of great thinkers and vagabonds

Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) is a distinctive city since it supplied the world with as much as three Indian Nobel Prize winners, and is regarded as India’s intellectual and cultural capital. But, at the same time, most people brush their teeth, do laundry and cook right in the streets, and many famous travellers who have visited the city, refer to it as the worst one they had ever seen. So, what is closer to the truth?

20.06.2021 | India

Everything on sale: Worlds's best markets and bazaars

In this day and age, it is difficult to surprise anyone, especially an urban resident, with some large department store or market, since nowadays one can buy everything from a humble convenience store next door. However, the iconic bazaars and flea markets are still operating across the globe, they are famous in legends and described with delight.

24.04.2021 | Japan, USA, traditions, Turkey, India, Egypt, culture, Australia, Great Britain

Oriental makeup as a tradition: Seductive and languishing look

The well-known saying goes: east is a delicate matter. All-in-all, it is true as evidenced even by details. Due to specific climate, eastern women have similar type of appearance, and their nations are united by close cultures. Therefore, they prefer the same beauty standards. Women are supposed to be modest, to dress so as to completely or almost completely conceal figure.

23.04.2021 | Japan, India, culture

Serpent Charmers: How to make a snake dance?

Magic dance of a snake in time with flute’s melody often described in Eastern fairy tales and depicted in movies is no fiction but a true symbol of those countries. In Egypt, India, African countries and some other states slithering tribe are tamed to make a spectacular entertainment out of it. Profession of reptile charmers exists there; it is believed to be as nearly as the most amazing on Earth.

22.04.2021 | art, India, culture

The most stunning flower fields in the world

Flower fields and valleys are impressive and attract attention of the most discerning connoisseurs of beauty. Multi-coloured deposits of fragrant plants adorn vast valleys of almost every country, in the most distant parts of the world. We offer several options for such floral carpets for every taste.

17.04.2021 | USA, Ukraine, nature, France, India, Bulgaria, Netherlands

National winged symbols

Each state has its own official symbols: flag, coat of arms and anthem. But in addition to the traditional "identification mark" there are symbols chosen by people, for instance, a favourite bird. It is about them OUTLOOK expands below. To register the people's love by document, in 1960 in Tokyo at the International Conference on the Protection of Birds was created the concept of "national bird".

01.04.2021 | USA, nature, India, Israel, Great Britain, Armenia, Latvia, The Republic of South Africa

Tea empire of the world

Few of us, while our favourite tea is steeping, are scrutinizing about the way this drink went through to get into our mug. Of course, stereotypically, we know that most likely it came from India or China, but in fact origin can vary. In the world there are about 30 countries which are very seriously engaged in tea business, and within this community a very clear hierarchy emerges, headed by the so-called Big Tea Seven.

14.03.2021 | Japan, traditions, India, China, Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Kenya

Animals in the city: When people sing in tune with Nature

Many city dwellers are irritated by cats, dogs or even pigeons in the streets. Attempts of zoo-advocates to save them from attacks of people and from starvation are mainly ineffective. But there are wonderful cities in this world where people perfectly coexist with deer, peacocks and cattle…

23.01.2021 | Japan, USA, nature, India, Latvia

Mehndi – instead of a thousand tattoos

Every other person has considered having a tattoo, maybe not permanent but at least a temporary one. Absolutely painless application of drawings that can be altered in a couple of weeks is offered by Mehndi art – henna painting.

12.11.2020 | art, traditions, India

Visa is useless: Where tourists are not allowed

Perhaps, everyone who is going to plunge into fun holiday has already planned spectacular routes and scenic spots. In order not to spoil your trip and not to see gates to the desired gateway closing right in front of your nose, we encourage you to read our selection of locations forbidden for visits.

27.09.2020 | Italy, Japan, France, India, places

Bollywood masterpieces from London

OUTLOOK offers our readers new articles on national ghettos – mass settlements of emigrants far from their homelands. The next step is the story of Southall, a suburb of London, which is much more reminiscent of Indian town. In the 21st century the notion of "national ghetto" has changed its primary meaning.

22.03.2020 | India, Great Britain, world ghettos

The Embassy of India to Ukraine celebrated the Republic Day on grand scale

On January 27, the Embassy of India organized a reception to mark the 71st Day of the Republic of India. India gained independence from colonial occupation on August 15, 1947, and the Constitution of modern and independent India came into force on January 26, 1950. This day became the history of the state and has been celebrated since that times.

31.01.2020 | India, diplomacy, ambassador

Press conference for the International Day of Yoga at the GDIP Media Center

On June 18, 2019, at the GDIP Media Center, a press conference was organized by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of India to Ukraine Partha Satpathi to celebrate of the International Day of Yoga and the Festival which will take place this Saturday in the Mariinsky Park.

20.06.2019 | India, diplomacy, ambassador

Indian tea. The Ambassador of India talks about the traditions of tea drinking

On May 29, 2019, under the auspices of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of India to Ukraine Partha Satpathi, an evening dedicated to Indian culture, cuisine and tea took place. The purpose of the event was the popularization of Indian traditions.

03.06.2019 | India, culture, diplomacy, ambassador

Varanasi: Crematorium City

Some call it the city of temples, some – created by gods and others call it crematorium on the Ganges River. Today we speak about Indian city of Varanasi where no one is scared by death and the latter one has long ago become business. This metropolis with a million and a half of population, situated in the north-west of the state, was, according to legends, founded over five thousand years ago by Lord Shiva.

23.02.2019 | travel, India

Ambassador of the Republic of India presented a book entitled “Understanding Indian Philosophy through Modern Science”

On May 29 at the Media Center of “GDIP” SE, the presentation of the book written by Manoj Kumar Bharti, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of India to Ukraine entitled "Understanding Indian Philosophy through Modern Science" took place.

31.05.2018 | India, diplomacy

MUST-WATCH VIDEO: And some tea to Room 13, please!

This beverage became so deeply ingrained in the life of humans that we sometimes even fail to notice putting a kettle on a stove. There are thousands ways of best-loved beverage brewing in the world. OUTLOOK offers the best of them to your attention.

12.11.2017 | Georgia, traditions, India, Asia, Great Britain, videos, world cuisine

The Ambassador organized a reception in honor of Independence Day

The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of India to Ukraine Manoj Kumar Bharti organized an official diplomatic reception in honor of the main holiday of country, Independence Day.

16.08.2017 | India, diplomacy, ambassador

The spouse of Ambassador of India made a meeting Ambassadors Spouses Club and demonstration of national clothes

The spouse of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of India to Ukraine Anamica Bharti organized a meeting of the club of ambassadors wives Ambassadors Spouses Club in the course of which it was a display of traditional Indian clothes and friendly dinner.

08.06.2017 | traditions, India, diplomacy

The Ambassador of India arranged diplomatic reception in honor of National Day

The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of India to Ukraine Manoj Kumar Bharti arranged an official reception in honor of National Day. The heads of diplomatic missions of Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Moldova, Palestine, Syria, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Great Britain, Canada, Morocco, Kuwait, Belarus, Sudan, Republic of South Africa, Argentina, Japan, and Turkmenistan as well as representatives of community and mass media came to express their honor and congratulate the colleague with the national holiday.

26.01.2017 | India, diplomacy

A wife is never known till hunger

The ancient Indian belief has it that a wife is never known till her husband has poverty. Who knows if hunger can be considered as demonstration of poverty, but once a year Indian men watch a manifestation of loyalty and commitment of women in this way.

21.10.2016 | India

Embassy of India arranged an official reception in honor of International Yoga Day

On the 9-th of June, in a concert hall Ukrainian House in Kyiv it was an event ‘Curtain Raiser’ on the occasion of International Yoga Day. The organizer of the stated event became an Embassy of India to Ukraine and personally Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Manoj Bharti.

11.06.2016 | India, diplomacy

Round Table “Ukraine-India. World Practice of Constitutionalism” Is Held at the Diplomatic Academy

On April 14, 2016 at the Diplomatic academy of Ukraine under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Round Table “India – Ukraine: World Practice of constitutionalism” dedicated to 125th anniversary of the main author of India’s constitution Dr. Ambedkar was held.

15.04.2016 | India, diplomacy

Embassy of India Topical Holds Folk Costumes Show

With the support from the Embassy of India in Ukraine show of folk costumes of this amazing country took place at Kyiv Institute for International Relations. Colorful event was attended by representatives of foreign diplomatic corps, students of IIR and those who care about Indian culture.

25.03.2016 | India, diplomacy

With Support from the Embassy of India Topical Event with Participation of a Unique Illusionist Takes Place

In the capital of Ukraine an unusual session of mind reading took place; it was orchestrated with support from the Embassy of India in Ukraine. The event was attended by Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Ukraine of such countires as Spain, Syria, Czech Republic...

23.03.2016 | India, diplomacy