Migrants from India settled in Australia 4,000 years ago
Genes reveal that a wave of Indian migrants arrived 4,230 years ago Up to 11 per cent of Aboriginal DNA derives from Indians An earlier
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Genes reveal that a wave of Indian migrants arrived 4,230 years ago Up to 11 per cent of Aboriginal DNA derives from Indians An earlier
The British claimed that India’s Adivasi population lay beyond the pale of mainstream Hindu society. Yet even a cursory mapping of the spiritual-cultural landscape reveals
by Ram Ohri – Former IPS officer and writes regularly on security issues, demographics, and occasionally, on policy. For centuries the Sufi creed and Sufi
A few months prior to my visit to this village, I received a call from Iqbal asking me if he could come and see me.
In Chapter I of his book “Indian Resistance to Early Muslim Invaders upto 1206 AD”, Dr. Ram Gopal Misra gives dates as well as details
“India has been conquered once, but India must be conquered again, and that second conquest should be a conquest by education.” – Max Muller Friedrich
On Guru Purnima, we pause to remember a truth that is easy to forget: no
As nine quiet nights of worship draw to a close, Gupt Navratri leaves behind a
On Friday, July 10, 2026, the rare Krishna Paksha Ekadashi of Nija Ashadha arrives. The Padma Purana tells the story of Hemamali — the Yaksha gardener of Bhagavan Kubera in Alaka, whose single morning of distraction with his wife Vishalakshi cost him his form, his wife, and his celestial city. Cursed to wander the earth of Bharata as a leper for a long time, he was at last shown the way back by Sage Markandeya — a single sincere keeping of Yogini Ekadashi.
On Saturday, June 20, 2026, Bengali households across Bharata will welcome their married daughters and sons-in-law home for the legendary jamai-aador feast and perform the Shashthi Vrata. But behind the warmth lies a story most Bengalis know by heart and most non-Bengalis have never heard — the wife who stole the hilsa, blamed the cat, lost six sons to Maa Shashthi’s wrath, and was finally forgiven. The Vrat Katha, the vidhi, the mantras, and the deeper teaching.
On Monday, June 29, 2026, women across Maharashtra, Gujarat, and southern Bharata will tie red thread around banyan trees and hear the story of Savitri — the wife who walked behind Yamaraja Himself when He came for her husband, and out-argued the Lord of Dharma into returning Satyavan’s life. The Mahabharata’s Pativrata Mahatmya Parva, the vrat vidhi, and why the banyan witnessed everything.
Sanskriti comes from the Sanskrit root “kr” which means to do or to make prefix “sam” is applied before it to convey a sense of embellishment. It means actions done for the holistic refinement and perfection all the potentialities within a human being.
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