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Dhanteras 2024: Why it's celebrated two days before Diwali?Dhanteras 2024 Date: Dhanteras, marking the start of Diwali on October 29, celebrates Lord Dhanvantari, the god of health, and Goddess Laks...
29 Oct, 2024, 11.30 AM IST
Shop shutters in Ayodhya decorated with Hindu-theme artwork, uniform boardsAs part of the redevelopment carried out in Ayodhya on the last two years or so, this road was widened on both sides and many structures we...
27 Dec, 2023, 06.08 PM IST
View: Those who give gifts voluntarily are truly rare and greatWhile donation (dana) was always part of Indian tradition since Vedic times, this Maha-dana was an innovation in later times, to mark the s...
10 Dec, 2022, 12.23 AM IST
Hear it? Indian secularism is both enduring & audibleIndian secularism is a very different story. It neither ignores nor excludes religion. It insists on equality of all faiths, irrespective o...
07 Dec, 2014, 01.17 PM IST
Why Gujarat has become politically monochrome is a mysteryPlurality flourished in post-colonial politics even if it fell short numerically of requisite critical mass, under the Westminster model of...
01 Jun, 2014, 10.53 AM IST
- Solitude in apple country: Raj era hill station
Samuel Stokes gave Thanedhar a contemporary raisond'etre-apples-but the Raj era hill station is also a lovely retreat from the big city buz...
06 Oct, 2011, 08.03 AM IST
The Brahmaputra in Assam: Defying terrestrial obstructionsBrahmaputra touches Jorhat in its upper reaches as it cruises down Assam to join Ganga in Bangladesh.
18 Feb, 2010, 02.01 AM IST