These extreme stunts aren’t just magic tricks—they’re a religious experience
Eating glass. Fire walking. Sword swallowing. These acts that shock and delight have roots in the real and mythical practices ...
How the Valmiki Ramayana is almost an encyclopaedia of Indian civilisation
Over two thousand years, the Ramayana has accumulated several layers, troubling both the liberal and the orthodox factions.
Religion is the bedrock of Lenasia
From this sense of nothingness, religiously-minded residents across the different faiths started the arduous process of ...
Waqf Bill assault on Constitution, part of BJP's strategy to damage harmony: Congress
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Sunday described the Waqf (Amendment) Bill as an "assault" on the Constitution and alleged that ...
Pets and Animals
People from all over the Bay Area flock to the Milpitas goshala — which translates to “shelter for cows” in Hindi — to pay ...
Heaven in Milpitas? Yes, and it’s all for the cows
People from all over the Bay Area flock to the Milpitas goshala — which translates to “shelter for cows” in Hindi — to pay ...
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High Prices Drive Indian Gold Investment Demand, Drag Down Jewelry Sales
Record prices have dampened Indian gold jewelry demand but continue to drive investment buying. India ranks as the world's ...
Teenager's social media post sparks communal tension in MP's Burhanpur; police take swift action
BHOPAL: A social media post by a 17-year-old teenager triggered tension in the communally sensitive Burhanpur city of ...
Karma and the Snow Lion: A pashmina goat, a snow lion and being Tibetan in India
What's the link between centuries-old Tibetan Thangka paintings and Banarasi silk? Why is Ladakh so important for Kashmiri ...
"Large Swathes of Tamil History Remain To Be Explored": A.R Venkatachalapathy
In an interview, historian and Sahitya Akademi winner A.R Venkatachalapathy talks about his award-winning work, his books and ...
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See These Newly Restored Massive Paintings Devoted to a Hindu God
The artworks, part of a new exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art, help shed light on a traditional ...
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In this Pakistani desert town of Mithi, Holi and Ramadan come together
State authorities, often using religious unrest for political gain, have failed to address this crisis, the commission said. But in Mithi, 19-year-old Muslim ... the modern Indian state of Rajasthan.