What excuse is there for a shoddy investigation into Raja Rammohun Roy by Rajiv Malhotra and his glossing over the side-lining of Sanskrit by the heroes of Hindutva?
Chicago: The earth hosted life much earlier than thought, according to scientists who found that the planet may have developed its outer crust within...
Johannesburg: Yesterday, Sirf News had reported that it was found that the Neanderthals turned extinct despite the fact that their brains were, in some...
Stanford: A bizarre human skeleton, once rumoured to have extraterrestrial origins, has gotten a rather comprehensive genomic work-up, the results of which are now...
Lund, Scania, Sweden: Stockholm: New research at Lund University in Sweden can now show what Stone Age people actually ate in southern Scandinavia 10,000...
Massachusetts: Modern humans co-existed and interbred not only with Neanderthals but also with another species of archaic humans, the mysterious Denisovans. While developing a...
Maryland: Scientists once could reconstruct humanity's distant past only from the mute testimony of ancient settlements, bones, and artefacts. No longer! Now there's a...
Houston, United States: Scholars from Rice University, University College London and the Field Museum have found the first direct evidence that glass was produced...
Pandits say, and rightly so, that their return to Kashmir cannot be pushed without ensuring a homeland for the Islam-ravaged community for conservation of their culture
Why did India let the legacy of Dhanvantari, the first doctor, be lost in oblivion? Both indigenous charlatans and foreign invaders are to blame. But with the state's interest in Ayurveda rekindled, society must do everything within its capabilities to revive the science
The legend and Karva Chauth rituals vary across Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Delhi and, in south India, Andhra Pradesh
Bankim Chandra has become primarily famous for his work Anandamath and the song Vande Mataram. While he is always seen as a nationalist figure his works reflected that they were far beyond patriotic novels and poems
