These relics were not just ancient bones—they were fragments of India’s soul, carried through centuries of faith, fire, and ...

Indian society's caste system, rooted in ancient texts and practices, has evolved from a rigid varna model to a modern ...

Over three decades, in India and the West ... As Wendy Doniger points out, ancient Brahmins most likely spoke native Indian dialects or Prakrit in everyday life but reserved Sanskrit for ...

This day now stands for a shared human journey-rooted in jñāna (knowledge), dharma (righteousness), and seva (service)-across ...

The novel makes the circular nature of time the book’s primary conceit by making the far future reflect an ancient past.

Pathak added that Brahmins played a significant role in giving new India a global identity and ... times when invaders tried to destroy the ancient universities of Takshashila and Nalanda, the ...

The task of genuinely ‘nationalising’ this pan-India ... of ancient works like Tholkappiyam, Thirukkural and Mullaippattu, criticizing the earlier commentaries of ‘Brahmin commentators ...

The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World is ... They were first brought by missionary Brahmins and later by merchants and traders. But the amazing thing is India’s iniquitous ...

Presenting the biggest obstacle to India’s embrace of ... s the opposite for higher castes. Ancient religious texts codify Hindus into occupational groups: Brahmin priests; Kshatriya warriors ...

The release of a Bollywood film chronicling the lives of two 19th-century anti-caste reformers in India has been delayed ... But following pressure from Brahmin groups such as the Akhil Bhartiya ...

Aryan Brahmin never imagined he would be one of India’s biggest handball hopefuls as a teenager. Growing up in Bhubaneswar, he always dreamt of a life in the more popular sport of football.