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A Lost City Beneath a Mountain Lake? What Divers Found in Kyrgyzstan Is Rewriting HistoryDivers found an ancient city underwater in Issyk-Kul lake. This discovery supports local legends of a flood. Researchers believe it is a Si...
Quote of the Day by 14th-century Moroccan traveler Ibn Battuta: 'Traveling gives you home in a thousand strange places, then leaves you a stranger in your own land'Ibn Battuta, a 14th-century Moroccan traveler, embarked on a nearly 30-year journey, traversing over 75,000 miles across continents. His ex...
Why India won't tremble and obey: A civilisational contrast with ChinaChina, historically centralized with a desire for domination, contrasts with India's decentralized Mandala model of intersecting powers. Wh...
Central and South Asia: Steps to restore forgotten tiesThe Termez Dialogue fosters connectivity between Central and South Asia, focusing on peace, friendship, and prosperity. It highlights histo...
How a wealthy merchant corporation powered the Chola empire and the precocious globalism of the medieval Indian OceanIn a truly awe-inspiring logistical feat, Rajendra Chola would have the Five Hundred’s great trading fleets follow his armies up the coast,...
In PM Modi's native village in Gujarat, remains of 3,000-year-old human settlement foundThe findings have just been published in a paper titled 'Climate, human settlement, and migration in South Asia from Early historic to medi...
Human's ancient gene might be related to Alzheimer's, multiple sclerosisScientists have analyzed the large database of ancient DNA of humans, concluding that the genes might lead to an increase in the probabilit...
The dollar is the fortress China struggles to breachThe dollar has become powerful even as the country drops as a proportion of global GDP, relative to the likes of India and China.
So, here's how we saw our rulers, see them, and will see themMuch before the advent of photographs, selfies and now AI avatars, portraiture of the kings and emperors had their own aesthetic – and poli...
A money manager like no other, Kubera, the lord of wealthcareIt’s Dhanteras today. It won’t be just Lakshmi who gets special treatment – master epicurean and king of good times Dhanapati shall get our...
What is Samarkand famous for, where the SCO Summit 2022 was held?Samarkand, which hosted the SCO Summit 2022 this time, is famous for its cultural significance, dating back to ancient times.
The past is a familiar, composite structureSome of the earliest Indian mosques were built in Gujarat, where trade with the Arab world was an early motivation, and where Islam arrived...
Military withdrawal not abandoning Afghansver the next couple of months, the US, other members of the international community must work with the Ashraf Ghani government in Kabul to ...
Strategising India’s “Cooperative Geocultural” approach in Central AsiaThe geopolitical scenario is undergoing a sea change in the last few years in this part of the world. These radical transformations in the ...
Include ancient Indian traditions in education system: Dalai LamaThe greatness of Indian civilisation is its spiritual brotherhood and harmony, said the 82-year-old monk during a lecture on the role of et...
Learning with the times: Since when have defensive walls been made to protect countries or cities?The wall was demolished in November 1989. Similar to the Berlin wall is the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), which acts as the de facto bor...
The road less travelled: Traversing the Silk Road in UzbekistanAlthough the Chinese stretch of the Silk Road is world famous; the central Asian section along Uzbekistan is far less travelled but nonethe...
After heated speeches Praveen Togadia tries to regain lost ground in GujaratModi is fighting the biggest political battle of his life, it is his former colleague Togadia who is out to make the communal polarisation ...
- Sarkhej, near Ahmedabad: Accorded to Sufi saint Shaikh Ahmed Khattu
Sarkhej, near Ahmedabad, remains a living necropolis thanks to the continuing reverence accorded to the medieval Sufi saint Shaikh Ahmed Kh...
- India-born nominated to US National Council on Humanities
Mumbai-born Jamsheed K Choksy, a professor at Indiana University, has een nominated to the National Council on the Humanities for 6 years b...