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Saudi Arabia’s Diriyah Hajj route treasure: 1,200-year-old Abbasid-era gold, silver gemstone-studded jewellery shock archaeologistsA significant archaeological find in Saudi Arabia's Al-Qassim region has unearthed a ceramic jar containing over 100 pieces of gold, silver...
Chess, a chequered Islamic past & present: Banned by Taliban, backed by Saudi as it hosts its debut WCThe Taliban recently suspended chess in Afghanistan. Chess faced bans previously due to religious concerns. Ironically, Islamic world has a...
Souvenirs de France: Here is a list of presents PM Modi received from the French PrezFrench President Emmanuel Macron presented Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with several gifts during his official visit to France, incl...
French President Macron gifts Modi Proust's novels, replica of Charlemagne chessmenMacron also gifted Modi a series of novels - A la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time) - by Marcel Proust published between 19...
Uncle samosa caucus in our Parliament?America knows its Samosa Caucus. It could do itself a big flavour by spreading the fried pastry's taste. As for the caucus itself - 'caucus...
PC Sorcar, rope tricks & snake-charmers: When Indian magic conquered the WestThe story of Indian magic cannot be told without examining its place in the globalisation of popular culture.
West Asian legacyThe City of Peace — as Baghdad was known after a sura in the Quran about Paradise — was fabulously rich from its very foundation in 762.
- India's natural allies are closer home
In India's extended neighbourhood, epochal change is underway: the Arab people are beginning to rediscover their soul.
- Hawala: The system is not inherently illegal
Hawala produces the best value-for-money solution for facilitating the exponentially expanding scale trans-jurisdictional value transfer pr...
- Kings as subjects
Times of austerity drives and royalty playing commoners.