Amongst the many characters in the Mahabharata, the impetuous Ashwathama comes across as a warrior lacking maturity and forethought.
With about 40 per cent deficit rainfall during the monsoon season in parts of the state and shrinkage in sowing area, the Andhra Pradesh government has directed the Tirumala Tirupati Devastanam to "perform Yagnas" in temples to propitiate the rain God.
Five crore devotees took part in the Kumbh mela on the banks of pious Shipra river this year.
Vibhishan was a seeker of justice who risked it all to be on the side of truth, says Sudhir Bisht.
'What would be questioned next?' 'Will the Copernicus theory of the sun being the centre of the universe, or Newton's theory of gravity?' asks Veena Mani.
If Mahabharat maintains the quality of writing and cast, we may have another winner among us.
Awful religious practices need to be abolished. But through social and political reformers, not by courts, argues Shekhar Gupta.
Asian and Middle Eastern airlines -- but no Indian names -- dominated the Top 10 slots at the World Airline Awards.
Patnaik, 89, passed away at Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences in the temple city
'These people want to create fissures among the Hindus and they have been trying to do this for quite sometime.'
Kamal Haasan's list of controversies is as long as his impressive filmography.
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