40,000 years ago, primitive artists who painted murals on cave walls and stony outcrops invented the first pigments from easily available resources; a selection of
‘Dreadlocks’ were not, in fact, from North America, nor were they from the ‘original’ African cultures that former slaves were forced to forget in American
Kolkata’s innumerable freshwater and salt-water bodies, if we cherish, manage, and protect, will play a vital role in mitigating our tenuous climate future These wetlands
The second city of the Empire was ever growing, more and more people were moving into it for opportunities not only from overseas but from
These events had a lasting effect on Pandit Vidyasagar. On the one hand, even though he was not a qualified physician, his erudition helped him
But a name tells you not very much more than distant origins; and the same name, from the same part of the world, can be
This voyage will start from the old Fairlie Warehouse that houses an impressive collection of documents chronicling the city’s history. It will include a visit
I can read 'Hindi'; I can speak bad Hindi if I am allowed to disregard all rules of gender; and I can write it if
Toru Dutt with her sister Oru (brother Abuj had already succumbed to tuberculosis at a very early age) along with their parents travelled to France.
The Puranas also have some references and Mughal miniatures also tell us lots of stories about Holi.
The mystique of Georgia O’Keeffe’s exceptional life is as intriguing as her stunningly bold abstract paintings. Georgia O’Keeffe is considered to be one of the
As a spring festival, Holi marks the end of winter and the arrival of spring, the season and symbol of regeneration and new life.
Right from the moment of his capture, Caesar simply refused to behave like a captive. When the pirates told him that they had set his
Born in rural Andhra Pradesh, Pingali enrolled into the British Army and went to South Africa to fight in Second Boer War. That is where
In order to understand India, however, it is essential to bear in mind at the outset two important facts. Firstly, the history of India has
Sir James George Frazer notes that in time, the Churches in Egypt and Asia Minor began to celebrate the birth of Jesus on 6 January.
