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- Thai Language and Culture Instruction: Online and In-Person
The UniYatra Group offers individual and group Thai language instruction (basic through advanced; speaking, listening, reading and/or writing)
as well Thai cultural orientation/relocation training.
Ameeta Sony tutors either in person in Northfield or online via Google Chat or Skype
at very reasonable prices and with flexible schedules.
Tutorials are suitable for the serious student or for someone who wants a crash course
in survival Thai before visiting this beautiful country.
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- A Stone House in Pokhara and other tales
This book is about the building of Mike Frame's house in Nepal, with digressions. There are stories and commentary on subjects as diverse as the scatology of pigs, how to grow the biggest rack of bananas in the village and a love triangle played out in the mountains. The book includes letters written home between 1962 and 1966, when Mike was a Peace Corps Volunteer, giving the reader an intensely personal account of a particular time and place.
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Where in the World is Integrity?
For people concerned that integrity is a missing or fading value in the world today,
Where in the World Is Integrity? shares inspiring examples as seen and told
by ordinary people. The authors encourage people not only to observe the many acts
of integrity around them but also to discuss what they have observed with friends,
family, and colleagues. In addition, this book helps readers discover the hidden
dynamics that sustain integrity and provides suggestions for encouraging integrity in our lives.
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- Hinduism: Wisdom and Way
With over 20 video clips, 70 images, and 24 recitations of sacred texts,
chants, selections of instrumental music, and songs, this
multimedia CD-ROM provides an informative, reliable and exciting introduction to the
basic elements of Hindu teaching and practice. (Designed for Windows 98 and XP.)
Also available: Books on Hinduism including
Hinduism: True or False,
Gitamrtam: The Essential Teachings of the Bhagavadgita, and
The Hindu Vision.
Professor Rambachan was part of the 2003 and 2004
White House Diwali function:
2004: Hindustan Times, 2003:
St. Olaf News,
Khazana,
Hindi Samaj News Corner
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- Mike's Breakfast: Cooking in Nepal and Then Some
Reflecting the ambiance of Mike's Breakfast restaurant in Kathmandu, Nepal, where locals
and expats, diplomats and mountain climbers rub shoulders over pancackes
and quiche in a secluded garden, this book is an eclectic collection of
recipes and stories from mid-western America to mid-western Nepal with
plenty of fun in between.
Note: Mike Frame passed away on May 23, 2008.
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- In the Shadow of the Rising Sun
Judy Hyland set out for China in 1940 to work as a missionary teacher.
Because of the worsening war situation, she was directed to the Philippine Islands.
When the Japanese invaded the Philippines in December 1941, she was interned,
and lived in various prison camps until liberated by the American military on February 4, 1945.
In the Shadow of the Rising Sun documents, in part, this experiece.
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- WWW Hmong Homepage
The WWW Hmong Homepage, first made available on the Internet in March, 1994,
is a volunteer effort bringing together a collection the Internet-based resources
related to Hmong news and current-events, issues, history, publications, and culture
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