Modi to hoist saffron flag at Ram Temple in Ayodhya today

Ayodhya resonated with devotional fervour on Tuesday morning as thousands of devotees streamed into the temple town ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to ceremonially hoist a saffron......

'Nobody can stop me writing on the Ramayana'

'There is nothing wrong in accepting Rama as a God.' 'You will not get to read a story as deep as Valmiki's Ramayana in which he talks about complex relations, strong emotions, pain, desertion and......

Rioters are like demons, will be crushed, says Yogi

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday slammed the violence during 'I Love Mohammad' campaign-related protests, saying those trying to disrupt the Hindu festival of Sharadiya......

Why Ayodhya Airport Is Named After Valmiki

The Union Cabinet on Friday, January 5, 2024, approved the proposal to name Ayodhya airport 'Maharishi Valmiki International Airport, Ayodhyadham'. IMAGE: Sadhus arrive on the inaugural flight at......

Bibek Debroy, chief of PM's economic council, passes away

Bibek Debroy, a key economic adviser to the Prime Minister whose prolific work included translations of the puranas and the vedas, passed away on Friday. He was 69. Photograph: Utpal Sarkar/ANI......

Bibek Debroy: A Guru I Could Look To

Bibek Debroy was one of the very few economists not bound by any single area of expertise and was simultaneously curious about economics and politics, myths and maths, chess and chemistry, and what......

Whose Rasgulla is it anyway?

Both West Bengal and Odisha are slugging it out for getting the GI tag for the delicious sweet Odisha government on Friday claimed to have found a new evidence about the origin of 'Rasgulla' in......

'A few scenes in Shootout At Wadala made me uncomfortable'

Ever since the release of his film last week, Shootout At Wadala director Sanjay Gupta has been busy trying to soothen frayed nerves in Punjab over two dialogues in the film regarding the author......

Who's who in Mani Ratnam's Raavan

By now everyone knows that Mani Ratnam's film Raavan is loosely based on Valmiki's epic Ramayana. We all also know that Abhishek Bachchan's character is loosely based on Ravana, but what about......

Pixar's desi star who may win an Oscar

'John Lasseter gave me such good advice. He said the reason why he wanted me to tell the story was because it was about my dad and me. He said if it is a father and son story, it will relate......

Asia Cup star reacts as internet trolls 10-YO

‘Social media has become a place for cowards’ IMAGE: Varun Chakaravarthy, fresh off India’s Asia Cup 2025 triumph, was among those who spoke out in the boy’s defence. Photograph: BCCI As a......