To outsiders, India seems like a homogeneous monolith. Proof? Ask Indians how many times they have been questioned, "Do you speak Indian?" Far from this myth, India is home to hundreds of languages, ...

In the mid-1850s, a few years after the British annexation of the Punjab, some railway builders stumbled upon an ancient mound of terracotta bricks at Harappa in the valley of the Ravi. Despite ...

There, artefacts, pottery, and human remains were uncovered — all over 9,000 years old. For the field of archaeology, this was a genuine landmark moment, hinting at organized societies existing in ...

In the heart of India’s ancient wisdom lies an orchestration of cosmic principles, ethical conundrums and pragmatic strategies that have guided civilization for millennia. The Vedas, Purāṇas and the ...

True, signs of modern-day Hindu supremacism are wrong; but the way to counter them is not to deny the name Hindu, or Hinduism ...