"Electoral bonds should be scrapped because nothing is transparent there. How can we live with something that is not transparent? There mus...

The geopolitical scenario is undergoing a sea change in the last few years in this part of the world. These radical transformations in the ...

If we seek to define Indian as a civilisational entity, how far do you go back in history to seek 'authenticity of cuisine'.

Two police officers monitoring the demonstration died after a helicopter crashed near the protest site and 19 others were injured, though, ...

As the BJP government, flush with recent electoral successes, consolidates its political supremacy, it is being cheered on by a set of fore...

The online petition was signed by 132 academics and public figures seeking to oust Pollock, who is editor of the Murty Classical Library of...

Murty said that Sheldon Pollock will continue to oversee the translation of Indian classics into English for several more years.

India may not yet have managed to get the Ivy League to set up campus in India but is close to drawing in over 200 academics from global va...

A familiar left vs right spat is developing over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to California's famed Silicon Valley later this month.

Another book on Hinduism by American indologist Wendy Doniger has come under attack from the same Delhi-based group which had compelled the...

Ignorance of the law is no defence against it. However, when one seeks to represent a culture or a nation, one expects better homework.

Penguin maintained a studied silence on the matter and refused to comment, though author Doniger replied by email to some news outlets.

Robert P Goldman who translated Valmiki Ramayan into English and noted indologist George Cardona were given certificates of honour by Presi...