The age-old Indian practice has brought people from different cultures and countries together.
These images from across the globe tell that it is a crazy world out there!
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BBC director Francesca Unsworth says havigna global product is need of the hour
In what probably would have been the toughest day for Sean Abbott, whose bouncer was responsible for batsman Phillip Hughes's death, the media respected the pacer's sentiments by maintaining a distance.
Polling stations across the United Kingdom opened on Thursday morning to decide the historic referendum on whether the country should remain a member of the European Union or leave the politico-economic union of 28 member states.
Iran were banned from an Olympic football qualifying match against Jordan later that year after refusing to remove their hijabs before kick-off.
Profile of the Golden State Warriors, who beat the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday to win their second NBA championship in three seasons.
Will Greece manage to pay euro 1.5 billion to IMF?
Sterling was last at $1.4450, having carved out a massive range of $1.4000 to $1.5022.
A look at the glamorous celebs on the red carpet.
Wearing pink, pointy-eared hats to mock the new US president, throngs of protesters descended on the US capital and other cities around the globe to show Donald Trump they won't be silent over the next four years.
Ibrahimovic was forced off with a muscle problem with 11 minutes remaining, and the Swede was pictured sitting on the bench with an ice pack strapped to the back of his left leg.
'Cynics don't make it big in advertising.' 'Often, the medium calls for a rock-like commitment to puny, easily digestible ideas.' 'Here's a text that understands this facet of advertising and one that keeps its tone breezy and reporter-like; that's set across a wide canvas but one that never overstates its own importance,' says Sreehari Nair.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be freed, a UN panel ruled as it called on the UK and Sweden to compensate the whistleblower for his "arbitrary detention".
Rediff.com takes a look at drones as they engage in activities you'd never thought you'd see.
Customers won't shift to electric cars until there is countrywide infrastructure for charging stations, which should be as spread out as petrol pumps now. Two, the price of the lithium ion battery, which constitutes 30 to 40 per cent of the cost of an electric car, has to fall substantially, so that the vehicle is as affordable as a gasoline one.
From citizenship rights to hate crimes and police brutality, no wave of persecution in the US has left Indians completely untouched.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has been ranked as the world's best performing CEO.
'Did Islam kill those five people in London?' 'Or did one wacko individual do them in?' asks Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.
Here's a glimpse at what happened around the world last week.
Police is expecting the death toll to rise.
The United Kingdom votes on June 8. A quick guide to the post terror election.
Police have identified the suspect as 28-year-old Usman Khan, inspired by the ideology of Al Qaeda terror group, was previously sentenced to 16 years in prison term for his role in the London Stock Exchange bombing in 1990.
'Few athletes are ever able to win his admiration; he mostly relegates them to the status of worthless imbeciles,' says Dhruv Munjal.
List of Australian Open women's singles champions since the event began in 1922 (Australian unless stated):
'The person who carried out the London attack... was a fighter from the Islamic State, and did so in response to calls to target citizens of coalition countries,' the ISIS statement read.
Nostalgia and anecdotes, given to us by cricket's great writers, do much greater justice to the game.
Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan and Prince Karim Aga Khan were among the eminent personalities awarded the Padma Vibhushan, country's second highest civilian honour, by President Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi on Wednesday.
When it comes to celebrating William Shakespeare, can India be far behind?
Rajneesh Gupta throws up all the numbers from Test encounters between India and South Africa.
The United Kingdom has voted by 51.9 per cent to 48.1 per cent to leave the European Union after 43 years in an historic referendum.
List of Australian Open women's singles champions since the event began in 1922 (Australian unless stated):
With the year sprinting to a close, we bring you, in pictures, some of the best action from the sports world.
An ambitious exhibition tells the story of India as also the history of the world.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
Following Serena Williams's 19th Grand Slam title, here is the list of Australian Open women's singles champions since the event began in 1922 (Australian unless stated)
15 iconic Jimmy Choo designs that tell us exactly why the American fashion company decided to scoop up the upscale British shoe brand.
