A recent poll reveals that American Catholics are largely optimistic about Pope Leo XIV, the first US-born pontiff. While many Americans ar...

Before feminism had a name, Irawati Karve was already living it—riding scooters, dissecting skulls, and defying Nazis with science. From Pu...

Researchers at Imperial College London have discovered that the neurochemical DMT might be linked to near-death experiences akin to ancient...

The 2024 US election produced numerous historic moments, including Donald Trump becoming the first convicted president to win non-consecuti...

Javed Akhtar's X account was hacked, leading to a "harmless" message about the Indian team for the Paris 2024 Olympics being sent from his ...

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To paraphrase Simone de Beauvoir's famous statement that, 'One is not born a woman; one becomes one,' we're not born religious, we become r...

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said Lord Ayyappa, the presiding deity at the Sabarimala, and all other gods are with the LDF govt which ha...

All parties in Kerala are keen to claim victory in the battle of perception around Sabarimala shrine.

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After Basu, M Karunanidhi says had it not been for Periyar and C N Annadurai, Dravidian movement founders, he would be a communist.

We take you through excerpts from books that highlight tolerant India, and those that explored attempts to quell the intolerance.

Narendra Dabholkar, my friend and fellow campaigner, invited me to return to India and even promised to protect me if I went to Mumbai.

Archaeologists recently uncovered a Bodhigara, or a tree shrine, at the spot what is claimed as the world's oldest Buddhist shrine.

Since the 2008 financial crisis, in contrast to the US and EU economies, the Australian economy grew by 13%.

Going by news reports that have gone viral, there's no doubt that Rick Perry, an American presidential candidate has made a total ass of hi...

Miss Eleanor would have been three when the 'Monkey Trial' trial took place here. She spent her life as a math teacher.