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Buddhism revived under Modi govt: Global Buddhist body; hails India's mission

India has seen a great revival of Buddhism in the country under Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government, said a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk as the International Buddhist Confederation celebrates......

'Aggressive lions' lack basic essence of original emblem: Historians

Animated or aggressive? Debate over the emblem atop the new Parliament building rages with several historians dismayed that the essence of the original 'protective' Ashokan lions has been effaced......

Buddha tourism circuit gets a boost with Kushinagar airport

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated a new international airport at Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh and said his government has taken a number of steps to instil new energy in the......

'If the Taliban see my father, they could harm him'

For Afghans in India, including medical tourists from the war-torn country as well as migrants and refugees staying here much longer, the safety of friends and families is the biggest concern......

Why Great Men Worship Light of Asia

Count among The Light of Asia's many, many admirers over 132 years: Gandhi, Tagore, Vivekananda, Nehru and Ambedkar, Tolstoy and Kipling, Yeats and Eliot, Alfred Nobel, Dmitri Mendeleev and C V......

Rail Budget: New slogans, fancy acronyms mask disappointing facts

Suresh Prabhu is trapped in the 'rhetoric of his own government'. The otherwise technocratic Suresh Prabhu had to seek refuge in words more than numbers while presenting his second Railway......

A cautionary tale

Suppose you want to do something constructive for your country; suppose you establish contact with a Paris boutique and get a contract to supply it with fashion garments.Land as well as labour are......

Review: Moodar Koodam is hilarious

Comedy and satire are beautifully interwoven in Moodar Koodam with excellent support from the cast, opines S Saraswathi. The enthusiastic response of audiences to films such as......

Review: Jo Dooba So Paar lacks imagination

Shaikh Ayaz writes Jo Dooba So Par: Its Love in Bihar is made with little imagination. Post YOUR reviews here!Written and directed by Praveen Kumar with little imagination, insight and spunk, this......

Who could be Gowariker's Buddha?

Now Ashutosh Gowariker has announced a worldwide hunt for a fresh face for his new Buddha movie, an epic tale of young prince Siddhartha who went on to be Gautama Buddha. And even if Ashu says he......

Coming soon: A biopic on the Buddha

The story of Gautama Buddha will soon play itself out on a big screen near you. According to a report in The New York Times, the life of the prince turned spiritual leader from the sixth century......

Let's make a movie

Naresh Govindarajan: rediff.com has become a site that I logon to for everything. More importantly, for following the Cricket and movie news. Any talk about movies in India was usually gossip &......

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