As Wendy Doniger points out, ancient Brahmins most likely spoke native Indian dialects or Prakrit in everyday life but reserved Sanskrit for religious rituals. Priestly Brahmins also used ...

India has always been open to legitimate return of undocumented Indians to their country, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Wednesday (January 22, 2025), noting that New Delhi is ...

The ancient game of kho kho is enjoying a resurgence in India, with organisers of the first international tournament hoping their efforts will secure the sport's place in the Olympics. Kho kho ...

From busy ancient markets where traders arrived from all corners of the globe to British-colonial India, coins were, as anywhere else on the globe as the lifeblood of commerce and trade.

People from the Indian American diaspora dance in joy during of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's last US visit. (File)(ANI ) This decision will mean a major shift in the US immigration policy and ...

The Sterkfontein excavation site, which exposes the ancient deposits that once formed underground and contain Australopithecus fossils. The fossil-bearing red sediments clearly contrast with the grey ...

Industrial growth, the stock market and the rupee are sinking, and most consumers earn too little to buoy them, stymieing India’s drive to become a developed economy. By Alex Travelli Reporting ...

Author and historian Patrick Garner examines the different periods and styles of ancient Greek pottery and delves into the strange effigies of the Olympic god Hermes which were used in ways few ...

I didn’t vote for nativism. I didn’t vote to be called stinky or be dehumanised,” declares Indian American data engineer Sidharth. When the presidential elections were conducted in the ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated the Indian women's Kho Kho team for winning the first-ever Kho Kho World Cup 2025. The Women in Blue dominated Nepal in a spectacular final ...

The ancient game of kho kho is enjoying a resurgence in India, with organisers of the first international tournament hoping their efforts will secure the sport’s place in the Olympics at some point.

“That time was very fruitful for me and I explored many books on this subject and learned how ancient scripts such as Linear B were ... has a rich and complex story to tell us,” she said. India needs ...