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Goa: Recent burial in cemetery reserved for British people sparks controversy
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A recent burial at an 18th century British cemetery, meant for the deceased soldiers of the erstwhile Empire and now a historic monument in...
A CSI pastor has been accused of sodomising and molesting young men and women who come to his church and the seminary of Madurai-Ramnad...
Deconstructing Devdutt Pattanaik
The erudite Nityanand Mishra deconstructs the false narratives peddled by Devdutt Pattanaik in a conversation with Rajiv Malhotra. Deeply disturbing, it raises a plethora of problematic issues. Context matters. Delinking and decontextualising narratives from the Dharmic eco system renders our traditions and heritage vulnerable to cultural hijacks, balkanisation and homogenisation
T R Mahalingam – a musician who made the flute imitate human voice
Tiruvidaimarudur Ramaswamy Mahalingam popularly known as T R Mail was born in Thiruvidaimarudur, Tanjavur district in Tamil Nadu to Ramaswami Iyer and Brahadambal on 6th November,...
Centre for Avadhanam announces Sanskrit poetry competition
To celebrate Sanskrit month, the Centre for Avadhanam which is a joint initiative of the Indic Academy and Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth have come together and...
आदिवासी शब्द संस्कृत भाषा से लिया गया है; जिसका अर्थ है "पहले के निवासी", जिन्हें हम जनजाति कहते है। आज देश भर में 8...
Now, Kodavas demand renaming of ‘Rajiv Gandhi’ national park after Field Marshal Cariappa
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Buoyed by Prime Minister Narendra Modis decision to rename Rajeev Gandhi Khel Ratna award after Hockey legend Major Dhynachnd, an online petition has been...
Migration of Tharparkar – a never ending curse
Tharparkar disctrict in Sindh province has been familiar for its natural beauty because of beautiful rivers, mountains, desert sands, animals and its multi dimensional...
कुंठित कविताओं को पितृ सत्ता विरोधी कहकर क्रांतिकारी बताने की तुक?
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हिंदी का कथित प्रगतिशील साहित्य वैसे तो हमेशा ही गलत कारणों से चर्चा में रहता है क्योंकि जनता के लिए लिखने वाले और लोक...
How the British created the Indian ‘caste system’
Colonial Indologists, in tandem with colonial administrators, created a false entity known as the 'caste system' in India that subverted the traditional jati-varna paradigm, and has unfortunately become a deeply entrenched reality in the sociocultural fabric of contemporary Bharat...