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Latin names for the days of the week are quite like Sanskrit names. Starting with Sunday they are named after the Sun (Ravi or Āditya रवि...

On 10 Mar 1826 Thomas Munro, the Governor of Madras Presidency, submitted a detailed Census and a Survey Report to the British...

Most people do not know that until about a thousand years ago, the Tarim Basin (northwest of Tibet, which is the part of Xinjiang below...

Scholars see India and Greece as the two principal birthplaces of science. School textbooks tell us about Pythagoras, Aristotle, Euclid,...

Valmiki once was wandering through the forest along the bank of a river, when he noticed a pair of curlews hopping about on the grass,...

While the male form of God (Deva) is associated with strength and protection, most of the female forms have represented sensible...

The Indian diaspora in Japan has historically been small, but has encompassed a colourful cast, from revolutionaries to textile traders....

To understand fundamentals of Vedic approach to politics – Rajaneeti – it’s important to understand five words in Sanskrit vis-à-vis...

As the science of language, historical linguistics in the early 19th century saw itself as providing a framework for studying the history...

A hundred dhoti-clad young men sat cross-legged on the floor in facing rows, chatting amongst themselves. At a sign from their teacher...

Next time you sip your turmeric latte, basking in its superfood glow, remember that turmeric may be trendy but it’s definitely not new....

Hindu society is the only significant society in the world today which presents a continuity of cultural existence and functioning since...

The creation of a sacred geography for India was always a major instrument of her cultural integration. Not only the countless teerthas,...

It should come as no surprise that the first recorded use of the number zero, recently discovered to be made as early as the 3rd or 4th...

India led the fashion industry in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, when Indian cotton fabric and design motifs swept the known...

There are many civilizations in the world where respect for women and their role in society are prominent, and others where regard for...

I lived in the Nilgiri hills of western Tamil Nadu for over two decades, and as a beautiful tropical rainforest—a Shola, as it is...

Since the time Sri Krshna spoke the Gita on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, it has remained one of the most important foundational texts...

“I must study Politicks and War that my sons may have liberty to study Mathematicks and Philosophy. My sons ought to study Mathematicks...

"Uttering a word is like striking a note on the keyboard of the imagination." - Ludwig Wittgenstein Marinating in the aftertaste of...