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Sitting in a lotus position, four men weave glittering beads through gold thread on an organza sheet, carefully constructing a wedding...

Saraswati Puja or Basant Panchami is celebrated on the first day of spring. Goddess Saraswati is worshipped on this day and the day also...

Festivals are always the best time of the year. Preparations are going on, people return to their hometowns, families gather for...

A celebration to bring in the Year of the Rabbit took place in the city of Bengaluru in India, which is home to several Chinese...

Nidhi Mehta was struggling with her weight. She was barely sleeping at night and felt lethargic all the time. On top of that, she was...

The year is 1840. Devi Singh, an erstwhile watchman from Calcutta, watches from the slit that passes as a window in the crowded underdeck...

Muyu, also known as wooden fish, is a type of temple woodblock originally used by monks and nuns in Buddhist or Taoist rituals during...

This year’s Deepavali witnessed a celebration at Ayodhya like never before, with the Prime Minister of the world’s largest democracy...

With an exuberant display of colours, cultural performances and cuisine at the first Sherpa track meeting in the historic city of...

MORE THAN FOUR decades ago, I had a peek into life inside a kalari— where the ancient martial art form of Kalaripayattu is taught—along...

One of the most beloved deities for us Hindus is Hanuman. Children adore him. Adults worship him. Warriors evoke him. To women, he is the...

Avatar: The Way of the Water is the sequel to the highly successive movie that came almost thirteen years ago. The movie is quite a...

Rishi Rajpopat, a 27-year-old student at Cambridge University has solved a grammar puzzle deriving from the texts written by the great...

External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar addressed the Kashi Tamil Sangamam on 11 December. Stating that global rebalancing is...

Tamil poet Subramanya Bharathi (1882-1921) lived in tumultuous times. His family lived in poverty, which was magnified by Bharathi’s...

This year we will be celebrating ‘Gita Jayanti’ on 3 December. This is the day of advent of the Srimad Bhagavad Gita when Sri Krishna...

The movie Kantara has rekindled an ancient fire that smoulders in people's hearts and reaches out to the soul. It has brought to the...

Namaste. Nam – as – te. Three syllables and one simple word that has the potential to bring peace between peoples, peace between nations...

Ancient Indian universities were once the most influential seats of learning. Students from all over Asia used to flock to these places...

After firing up the economy and sentiments for some 19 months, exports dipped in October. The government said global factors would make...