Since February 21, 2000, the International Mother Language Day has been observed as an annual event to honor and celebrate linguistic diversity around the world,
It isn’t surprising then that ancient spell books from Egypt that offered solutions to worldly problems related to health, demonic possession and wealth, also have
The amazingly beautiful and graceful white swan is also a symbol of spirituality and an object of admiration and veneration. What could Saraswati, the Hindu
In the 1980s, he had done a series called Anti-Burqa from which a mother-daughter portrait made it to the cover of Desh, the prestigious Bengali
Touring with Maharaj ji has been the most enriching learning experience of my musical career. Every tour around the globe meant new places, new people
Bar-headed geese fly over the frozen Himalayas when the temperature can freeze exposed flesh as they make their astonishing high-altitude migration to wintering grounds in
We were going through very difficult times. My father didn’t have an income. We had to rent out one room of the small two-room house
Neil Nongkynrih was an unusual man. He passed away quietly early this month, on 5th January at the relatively young age of 51, rendering his
Pt. Birju Maharaj has given a new dimension to Kathak, by experimenting with his technique in the application of dance dramas, which has today become
Soumitra started writing poems in his late school days but seriously took to it once in college. Having the likes of Shakti Chattopadhyay and Sunil
The son of a pastor, King is now hailed as one of the most influential leaders of the movement. His masterful oratory and powerful rhetoric
The outdoors is a multisensory world and when a child connects with the outdoor elements, all their vital senses are heightened.
He lived in a modest commune in Andheri. As a party member Kaifi earned a monthly stipend of Rs 40 which bore the expenses of
Nabaneeta Dev Sen would have turned 83 today. Her granddaughter Hiyamon has penned a fitting intimate tribute to the great literateur in a few soulful
But no such thing with Kapil Dev. He doesn’t have to weigh his words before opening his mouth. Because, he doesn’t need to speak English.
The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (Intach) has also been working diligently on paper conservation. Some of the techniques used at most
