India

Wedded: Megan Quick and Aaron Shirk

2013-04-05 09:05:00

Wedding date: Feb. 9, 2013 Her story: Megan Quick, 36, grew up in Oaklyn, N.J. She is a registered nurse at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Her father, Michael, works for Susquehanna Bank and her mother, Doreen, is a retired medical receptionist. His story:...

Tour d'Ale: An insider's guide to the Howard County brewpub scene

2013-03-20 11:42:00

Any foodie will tell you freshness matters. Same holds true for beer. When what’s in your glass was made on the premises, or by a nearby brewer on behalf of the establishment where you’re sipping your suds, it’s bound to taste better...

UMBC mathematician Manil Suri publishes his third novel

2013-02-01 16:33:00

In one way or another, Manil Suri has spent his entire life charting what happens when polar opposites are brought together in unexpected and at times startling juxtapositions. Suri, 53, is an acclaimed novelist, and a career mathematician who teaches...

New Delhi rapes have their counterparts in America

2013-01-16 07:30:00

In my teens and early 20s I lived in Chennai, India, where despicable and lewd male behaviors were lumped together under the umbrella term "Eve teasing" ("Defendants' lawyers in the spotlight in Indian rape case," Jan. 13). I remember walking down a...

Maryland day trips: Winterfest of Lights in Ocean City, Thomas Jefferson Wine Festival in Va. and more

2012-11-12 09:37:00

Ocean City Winterfest of Lights Head to Ocean City for the opening weekend of the annual holiday lights extravaganza, which features a train ride through lighted holiday displays, including the 12 Days of Christmas. The event also has a heated...

Diverse Howard County highlighted at South Asia Culture Cafe

2012-11-05 03:50:00

The Miller Branch of the Howard County Library System in Ellicott City was transformed Sunday into a bustling showcase of dancing, singing and food — home of the South Asia Culture Caf�. The caf�, sponsored by the library system and Columbia...

Hopkins to help open clinics in India

2012-10-10 09:21:00

Johns Hopkins is working with a company in India that is opening a network of clinics throughout the country. Johns Hopkins doctors and faculty will advise Bharat Family Clinic on development of clinical programs and help with facility design. Hopkins...

Facebook: One billion served

2012-10-04 08:36:00

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, announced this morning that the massive social networking site had reached an awesome milestone: One billion active monthly users. "Helping a billion people connect is amazing, humbling and by far the thing I am most...

Naturalized American helps immigrants gain citizenship

2012-09-29 13:04:35

In her singsong voice, Sarah Moses asked the nervous 22-year-old Colombian man questions about American civics and culture: What is the name of the national anthem? At what age may a citizen vote? Why does the American flag have 13 stripes? Juan...

UM researchers mine data to uncover terrorist threats

2012-09-21 14:20:00

U.S. counterterrorism efforts monitor and sort vast databases of information for clues on potential plots. Now a team of University of Maryland researchers have used data-mining techniques employed by online giants like Google and Amazon.com to aid in the...

Baltimore featured on Friday Cooking Channel show

2012-09-21 08:35:00

Baltimore's hidden global cuisine will be featured on Friday night's installment of the Cooking Channel's culinary travel show "Eden Eats." On Friday's episode, which airs at 10 p.m., host Eden Grinshpan will have 24 hours in Baltimore to "eat her way...

A rocket scientist's lament

2012-09-17 03:00:00

I still remember — although details are somewhat cloudy now, the gist of it is still clear as bell — the night when my teen and toddler brother and sisters, my father, some workers on the farm and I sat around a fire, on a somewhat cold night,...

Beachgoers walk in the waters at Fort Kochi beach as clouds hover over the Arabian Sea in the southern Indian state of Kerala May 23, 2013.

2013-05-23 00:00:00

Linda Altizer of Hagerstown is surrounded by children at The Home of the Deaf, Dumb and Blind in Raigarh, India, on a mission trip through Central India Christian Mission that she took in late January and early February.

2013-05-20 12:14:00

On a recent humanitarian mission to India, a group of U.S. plastic surgeons of Indian descent found that many of the people - including this woman, in a before and after photo - showing up for free plastic surgery procedures were women burned in domestic violence attacks.

2013-05-13 00:00:00