The lore of the thuggee can be found in abundance in writing from ninth century Bhasarvajna to James Forbes’ Oriental Memoirs (1785). In the seventh century, during Hiuen Tsang’s famous journey to ...

Sunil Sharan is the author of the book, Modi: An Expose. In colonial times, thuggee was widespread in UP. But 70 years after Independence, it is still as widespread. Consider the gatbandhan of ...

During a 1906 meeting of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Sir William Turner submitted part three of his research "Contributions to the Craniology of the People of the Empire of India." Included were ...

In the early 1980s, Ismail Merchant set out to make The Deceivers. He was without his usual collaborator, James Ivory, who was not enthusiastic about the project. The film eventually appeared in 1988, ...

Indian Thugs, a secret religious-criminal group, strangled and then robbed perhaps 40,000 people a year before the organization(s) was destroyed by the British during the 1820-40's. They had operated ...

A thug in pajamas eats kedgeree in a bungalow: India has given many words to the English language, but none as resonant as "thug". The idea of a criminal who robs and murders with glee is particularly ...

Some people, including director Steven Spielberg, think Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom has a lot of things to answer for. The author writes, “This is most clearly seen in Temple of Doom, where ...

One thing that goes unexplained in Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom is the reason why anybody under the "The Black Sleep of Kali" is returned to their normal state after being exposed to fire.

Sunil Sharan is the author of the book, Modi: An Expose. In colonial times, thuggee was widespread in UP. But 70 years after Independence, it is still as widespread. Consider the gatbandhan of ...