'We kept importing educational models from outside that had no connection to our cultural and intellectual strengths.' IMAGE: Professor V N Jha. Photograph: Shivanand Kanavi Professor V N Jha is......
A grammatical problem which has defeated Sanskrit scholars since the 5th century BC has finally been solved by an Indian PhD student at the University of Cambridge, it emerged, as his thesis was......
Certified original copies of the US' Charters of Freedom, a fahua-lid jar from China and Panini's grammar treatise Ashtadhyayi from India are among the historic items displayed at the Bharat......
Manuscripts of the Rig Veda from India, a rare copy of the Magna Carta from the United Kingdom and an anamorphic digital image of Mona Lisa from France will be among the several artefacts to be......
A towering statue of 'Nataraja', believed to be the world's tallest, being installed at the venue of the upcoming G20 Summit in New Delhi, has been made using an ancient casting technique. IMAGE:......
Does a Wasabi Kothimbirwadi English Muffin ring a bell? Or a Puran Poli Danish make your mouth water? How about a Murg Tikka Panini? Before you conjure up the image of a gourmet restaurant churning......
In his long career, Dilip Kumar has given us a wide range of brilliant movies, and each of us have our own favourites. As we celebrate his 92nd birthday today, we asked members of the film......
Photograph: Kind courtesy Sania Mirza/Instagram Tennis legend Sania Mirza has been tempting us with her iftar spread and was seen relishing a feast with son Izhaan Mirza Malik. Iftar is that meal......
IMAGE: A woman holds soccer World Cup stickers in a street shop at Parque Rivadavia in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Tuesday. Photograph: Agustin Marcarian/Reuters In convenience stores around......
The World Cup is around the corner and millions of fans are putting down their iPads to collect and trade soccer stickers, a decades-old hobby that has defied the digital age. - Football World Cup......