The lost and now 'found' Saraswati river

This Haryana village believes it has 'found' the Saraswati river of the Vedas.Manavi Kapur reports.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com "You are only just finding out. Our ancestors have known......

Balkrishna Doshi wins architecture's top prize, first Indian to do so

IMAGE: Balkrishna Doshi has become the first India to win the Pritzker Prize. Photograph: indian-architects.com The reputed urban planner designed IIM-Bangalore, Tagore Memorial Hall,......

The end of an era

Balraj Bahri Malhotra and Ram Advani's passing signals the sunset of the era of the many booksellers across India who came over after Partition, says Nilanjana S Roy. In the days when Balraj Bahri......

'Time to reinforce civilisational values,' President Mukherjee

President Pranab Mukherjee conferring the first ‘Distinguished Indologist’ Award to the Professor Emeritus Heinrich Freiherr Von Stietencron of the Federal Republic of Germany at the......