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'Om Shanti Shanti': Hindu priest opens DNC Day 3

The third day of the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday kicked off with a first-of-its-kind Vedic prayer where the priest sought blessings for a united country. IMAGE: Rakesh Bhatt, a......

Rig Veda, 'Magna Carta' to be exhibited at G20 summit

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......

Why We Are Moonstruck

Deciphering its secrets will unlock the early history of not only our planet, but also of the star system, explains Kumar Abishek. IMAGE: A Full Moon. Photograph: ANI Photo We are all......

'Vedas do not refer to anything called Hinduism'

'They were certainly not practising Hinduism in the Harappan culture (which includes Mohenjo Daro and other sites).''There was no notion of Hinduism then.' If you want to understand Indian history......

My Travels For Gauri Khan's Grandma

There were Vedic mantras engraved along with prayer songs for Lord Shiva, Lord Rama and Lord Krishna.Neither the government nor the people of Faisalabad demanded that the carvings be removed.I felt......

Shivkar Talpade: First man to fly an aircraft?

The facts remain cloaked in mystery, but the legend goes that Talpade had created a flying machine powered by mercury and solar energy, and based on ideas outlined in Vedic texts. Image: Wright......

NCR's new towns get ready for realty boom

A real estate boom seems to be building up on the north of India, decades after Gurgaon arrived on the scene. Part of the Delhi National Capital Region (NCR) for long, Gurgaon is seen as a real......

There's something in a name, say private equity players

When it comes to choosing a name for a new fund, private equity managers in India rarely heed the famous quote of the Bard of Avon, 'What's in a name?'It seems that fund managers who have launched......

PCs to decipher all Indian languages soon

By the end of September this year, the Department of Information Technology will have readied software tools and fonts which can help personal computers and websites decipher content in the......

GDP? That's Guru Darshan & Pravachan!

If you thought that GDP in India stood only for gross domestic product, think again.The new-age desi variant is Guru Darshan and Pravachan. Be it cosmopolitan Mumbai or a little-known village in......

Will Vicky Do Justice To Chhava?

Ishaan P Zore doesn't think Vicky Kaushal's persona quite matches Chhatrapati Sambhaji's iconic figure. Chhatrapati Sambhaji, the son of the great Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji,......

A new Sanskrit wave

A cow that speaks, a question on patriarchy and the story of a 17th-century poet -- Sanskrit filmmakers are finding new ways to revive the 'dying' language. IMAGE: Rajesh Hebbar and Pratheeksha......

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