Tucked away in the scenic town of Akhnoor, Jammu's best-kept secret, Ambaran whispers tales of a bygone era. Its ancient Buddhist ruins are a testament to the region's forgotten heritage.
Journalist Antonio Cederna’s work to protect ancient Roman sites finds similarities with the efforts undertaken by residents and civil society groups to restore Delhi’s Sunder Nursery.
‘Seconds Before Coming' is written, directed, and performed by 26-year-old Rishika Kaushik. After performing it at Delhi's Oddbird theatre, she wants to stage it in people's houses.
Architect Rajeev Lunkad has chronicled the restoration project in his book, ‘Jal Mahal: Revival of the Pleasure Palace’. Lunkad unveiled the book at the Humayun’s Tomb Museum.
During the launch of Shantonu Sen’s ‘Corruption, CBI and I’, audience members raised concerns about the CBI’s increasing susceptibility to political influence.
‘With this English translation, the book will now reach the Western world,’ Gadkari said at the launch of Vishwas Patil’s ‘The Wild Warfront’, translated by Nadeem Khan.
Every craft goes through cycles of change. In the absence of documentation, newer craftspeople can lose touch with how their forefathers practiced their craft.
Gillian Wright said Alick Percy-Lancaster was the last British horticulturist in India to oversee the upkeep of Sunder Nursery. After him, it went into a ‘sleepy place for decades’.
Shankar recalled when a senior journalist shifted to a regional publication, unable to handle the internet. 'He only wanted to write with his pen. Reluctance to change has cost us dearly.'
The Modi govt first put all its eggs into the US basket when the unipolar moment was clearly over. It subsequently overcorrected, accommodating an aggressive China.
In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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