Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan, popularly known as Rahim, was a prominent poet, scholar and noble in Emperor Akbar’s court, remembered for his s...

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An ancient Indian proverb of the day from the Panchatantra, 'A wise enemy is better than a foolish friend,' highlights the value of intelli...

Various communities across the U.S., from Fort Stewart, Georgia, to Fremont, California, observe the festival by following traditional timi...

Born on August 15, 1933, the Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan awardee was best-known for his works on the Pahari style of paintings.

Processing lends dal its unique flavour and preserves its nutritional value.

Randeep Surjewala compared Kejriwal with former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala, alleging Chautala would also threaten bureaucra...

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An individual, therefore, prefers to cling to the relative safety of his cramped cage instead of boldly embracing enlightenment

Narmada is often referred to as Shankari. Another legend links the river’s birth to the twin teardrops that fell from the eyes of Brahma.

The Bible’s lauding and approving of “eat and drink… enjoying good in his labour” has to be read with its observations on discipline and se...

Progress to ‘victory over oneself’ also necessitates right and proper speech. In this lies that uncanny power for good living. The well-kno...

Harmony, fulfilment, inner control, consistency and focus, which attend on the aspirant in his spiritual progress, bring about, finally, th...

Three decades ago, Harvard psychologist Ellen Langer carried out a novel experiment to check if thought patterns alone could reverse aging....

This happened when the world wasn’t wired; when e-mail meant elephant mail; when logs written in long hand were yet to turn into blogs. Tha...

Everybody oves the sweet smell of success. But the stench of failure has few takers. That may explain why those who own up are often deride...

Nothing much happened in Parliament on Tuesday. Except that a bunch of BJP MPs held up bundles of 1,000 rupee notes before the House and cl...