History is in our minds, the perceptions of historians is what we learn. So, each of us can be a historian at our term and rejoice in life while we can.
In ‘Swadeshi Steam’, AR Venkatachalapathy traces the journey of India’s first indigenous shipping company Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company and its founder VO Chidambaram Pillai.
In his column, Professor Patrick Olivelle argues Dharmashastra literature shows a disinterest in the idea of temples for rituals. We provide instances to the contrary.
One narrative panel at the Dashavatara Temple of Lalitpur shows Vishnu sits on Sheshnag with two attendants. It tells the temple-goer which deity is in the sanctum sanctorum before they enter.
Today, Chirand is rapidly being consumed by the Ganga. But fresh excavations have opened up a glorious chapter of the history of eastern India, leaving us waiting for more data.
Constitution makers inspired by Ram Rajya, says Modi, but letters and notes from 1949 & 1950 show that paintings in the document meant to depict scenes from Indian history, legend and life.
Fourteen million refugees, and 25 million facing acute hunger, should be reason enough for the world to dismantle the dystopia in Sudan — even if the sadism of its rulers is not.
Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.
Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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