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~ Bill Aitken Indian rivers are not just part of epics and religious texts but also guardians of her cultural...
It was a useful mound, no doubt. A good vantage point where villagers occasionally relieved themselves. But who would have thought that deep beneath its golden...
~ Subhash Kak, Indian American Computer Scientist, Regents Professor and Author Imprinting is the key that explains many of our peculiarities. Imprinted birds and mammals act...
~ Excerpted from the book – Main Kingdoms of the Puru Clan Panchala Kingdom extended from the Himalayas in the north to the River Charmanwati in...
Extracted with permission from the publisher, Roli Books The inside story of how Sanjay Gandhi and Zail Singh created ‘Sant’ Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and unleashed...
-By Ram Ohri – Former IPS officer and writes regularly on security issues, demographics, and occasionally, on policy. For centuries the Sufi creed and Sufi music have been tom-tommed as...
Constructed in 1163 AD by King Rudra Deva, the Thousand Pillar Temple is one of the finest specimens of Kakatiya architecture and sculpture. The Rudreshwara Swamy...
-By Kum. B. Nivedita During the time of the East India Company and later, in the British rule, there seem to have been two motives working in the minds...
Their faces are painted in shades of red, blue and green with designs symbolising traditional African body art, they wear bright orange tiger print skirts, straw...
The walls have seven gateways and they are over fifteen feet wide in some places protecting over 360 temples from invaders. Kumbhalgarh is a Mewar fortress...
Indian marriages are well renowned around the world for all the rituals and events forming part of the marriage ceremony....
One of the most sensual attires of a woman in India is undoubtedly the sari. It is a long unstitched...
Atithi Devo Bhava, an ancient line taken from the Hindu scriptures and was originally coined to depict a visiting person whose date of...
-By Ojaswita Krishnaa Chaturvedi anskrit is the language of ancient India, the earliest compilation of sound, syllables and written communication...
Baiskhi is also spelled ‘Vaisakhi’, and is a vibrant Festival considered to be an extremely important festival in India. It...
– Shri Gyan Rajhans Navratri or the nine holy days are auspicious days of the lunar calendar according to Hinduism. ...
Vastu Shastra (or short just Vastu) is the Indian science of space and architecture and how we may create spaces...
– Arun Gopinath Hindus believe that the knowledge of medicinal plants is older than history itself, that it was gifted...
Pulastya Maha Muni affirmed to Bhishma that Brahma was Narayana Himself and that in reality he was Eternal. But in...
Karma Yoga is Meditation in Action: “Karma” means action and “yoga” means loving unity of our mind with God. To...