Is yoga a 'Hindu' practice?

Just as there is no separate Christian science and Hindu science and Muslim science, there is just science, there is just yoga. The enlightened masters themselves did not bind their teachings in......

Eminently funny historians

All those of us who care about books should welcome the appointment, as head of the Indian Council of Historical Research, of Yellapragada Sudarshan Rao. This is not because Rao has so far......

'Withdrawing Doniger's book gives her the martyr's mantle'

The preferred course of action to challenge Wendy Doniger's many published works and polemical Hinduphobic statements is to debate it, Aseem Shukla tells Rediff.com's Arthur J Pais. He has attacked......

Indian American Fulbright scholar to research ayurveda

Kolkata-born Indian American physician Dr Bhaswati Bhattacharya, who practices holistic medicine in New York, has created history by being selected the first US scholar by the Fulbright Program to......

Sara Sends A Postcard From Istanbul

Sushmita and her thoughts... Malaika-Gauri get together... Divyanka's ode to summer... Please click on the images for a look at the stars.   IMAGE: Where is Sara Ali Khan right......

Bollywood 2021: A to Z RECAP

Even with an ongoing pandemic, theatres in many states functioning at 50 per cent occupancy, a quieter social life and fewer movies, Bollywood still managed to pack in plenty of drama and trauma,......

What is Priyanka missing?

SRK on KKR... Madhuri on SRK... Photograph: Kind courtesy Priyanka Chopra/Instagram Priyanka Chopra posts a throwback pic with Nick Jonas and gushes, 'Miss you so much my love'.  ......

What's Shilpa doing with Eva Longoria?

Shabana Azmi joins in too! Photograph: Kind courtesy Shilpa Shetty/Instagram Shilpa Shetty met up with Eva Longoria at the Global Gift Gala in Dubai on December 13. The charity also featured......

'Couldn't have asked for greater reward'

IMAGE: India's Neeraj Chopra competes in the Men's Javelin Throw Final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on Saturday. Photograph: Christian Petersen/Getty Images......

Can KKR pull off win against Rajasthan Royals?

Having found the winning touch in their last match, Kolkata Knight Riders will be hoping to maintain the momentum when they host Rajasthan Royals in an Indian Premier League return match in Kolkata......

Readers speak out!

Neelesh(from hyderabad):the appointment of mr. john wright has been totally wright as his name is. the wright has change the teams phase in his own wrights & written his own tunes on which the......