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The Mubarakpur Saree in the Digital Age: Can e-commerce bypass traditional barriers?
An age-old saree weaving tradition is also one area brutally affected by the US-driven tariff war with India
Three hundred Ramayans
The epic story’s spectacular journey through the ages: An extract from The Collected Essays of AK Ramanujan
Meeras Mahal: A Journey Through Kashmir’s Timeless Heritage
SOPORE: In a picturesque corner of north Kashmir’s Sopore...
Ahmedabad, Gujarat: Shamil, شامِل, to walk together is to live together
The Religious Diversity Walk organised through the World Heritage Week in Ahmedabad by a city-based new platform called Saanjhi Virasat (Composite heritage) was facilitated by Bhavna Ramrakhiani and Jitendra Singh Rajput
Karnataka: A sudden heart attack takes away Sheikh Jaleel, Nadaswaram player
A lived examples of generational syncretic tradition of coastal Karnataka (Udipi), Shaikh Jaleel, passed away on Monday, November 13 following a heart attack
Diwali has been celebrated by Muslims for centuries
Syncretism of Diwali- How Mughal emperors celebrated Diwali and contemporary Muslims celebrate today
Epics Journeys—How the Ramayana sailed to faraway lands, Indonesia, Thailand and more
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It was trade and scholarship, conquest and exchanges that took our epics the Ramayana and the Mahabharata across the seas, Bay of Bengal, Andaman Sea onto the shores of South-eastern Asian countries: Indonesia, Thailand and Cambodia. Closer home, we see some influences also in Myanmar.
Once Upon an India — reminiscence at Ganesh Chaturthi
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…and then in the middle of the school year, just like that, it would be time for the festival of the Elephant-headed God!
Sanskrit & the democracy of language
The claim to “save” Sanskrit is nothing but part of a manipulative conspiracy to limit and control languages under the canopy of Hindutva
2034: A Futuristic Play Involving Magic and Dystopia
A few months ago, I Went to watch "2034",...
When I hear bloodthirsty slogans of ‘Jai Sri Ram,’ I remember Fr Camille’s ‘Ram Katha’
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As the fringe slogans 'Jai Sri Ram' while ransacking shops & houses disrespecting the name of Sri Ram, I hear...
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