Over two thousand years, the Ramayana has accumulated several layers, troubling both the liberal and the orthodox factions.

Rajasthan's westernmost frontier, near the India-Pakistan border, stretches into an extraordinary expanse of rolling dunes and scattered oases. This windswept land of extremes has long been a historic ...

The San Antonio Museum of Art’s spring exhibition blends new photography and historical works depicting Hindu deities.

Is the perception of the Mughal king everyone loves to hate historically informed or a caricature formed by the prejudices of ...

The artworks, part of a new exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art, help shed light on a traditional ...

Thousand-headed is Purusha, thousand-eyed, thousand-footed. He covered the earth on all sides and stood above it the space of ...

Chhaava's narrative, which reinforces the idea of valiant Hindu kings protecting their homeland against evil Muslim enemies, has found a strong resonance with the Hindutva narrative and fuelled anti-M ...

The book "Mithila Ki Gargi" revolves around the life and philosophical contributions of Gargi Vachaknavi, who is considered one of the earliest female philosophers in history. She is also recognized a ...

Benares, the word conjures up esoteric evocations.We think of pages from the past cruising through the modern millennium and we gather exotic stories of British and Scottish gentlemen who fell in love ...

Vadnagar in Gujarat isn’t just another small sleepy town in Gujarat. From ancient archaeological wonders and grand temples to ...

These aren’t just dots on a map—they’re portals to a past where culture wasn’t a hashtag but a way of life. Mud huts, sacred ...

Pollution, Sacrifice and Madness explores the deep-rooted violence of Brahminism, the oppression of Dalits, and the cultural ...