The 2000-Year-Old Gold Mines At Kolar
byKolar’s famed gold-mines are silent today. But for millennia, they were the epicentre of a gold rush.
Kolar’s famed gold-mines are silent today. But for millennia, they were the epicentre of a gold rush.
The ancient Buddhists proved to be excellent storytellers, as the millennia-old Jataka tales remain popular even today.
The Wakhan Corridor, a buffer zone between three nuclear powers, is one of the most strategic regions in the world.
For a brief period during the Cold War, India was a base for covert American operations against China.
The iconic tribal leader of Jharkhand, Birsa Munda, is a fascinating case of a messiah-turned-revolutionary.
What made Irish nationalists, German spies and Sikh revolutionaries work together in the United States during World War I?
Does an Indian hold claim to be the King of France?
Thanks to the multiplicity of calendars, India lives in the past, present and the future, depending on what we choose.
This treatise on life by a 12th century Chalukya king will teach you how to eat, sing, dance, rule and live well.
Ancient caves in Kerala present the first known samples of drawing in India. They may also link to an ancient civilisation.
In Kerala, Christianity is said to have arrived while Jesus Christ’s apostles were still alive.
Pompeii Lakshmi, an erotic sculpture, survives a volcanic eruption and tells tales of eroticism in Indian art.
On the 61st death anniversary of Dr. Ambedkar, we look at how Hungary’s marginalized Roma community turned to Ambedkarite Buddhism.
The man who helped give Finland the world’s first universal adult franchise also co-founded it’s most well-known company – Nokia.
A sunken Pakistani submarine teems with marine life in the Bay of Bengal – and continues to tell new tales.