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An ancient traveler from India inscribed his name across five ancient tombs in Egypt's Valley of the Kings 2,000 years agoAncient Indian travelers visited Egypt's Valley of the Kings. Researchers found nearly 30 inscriptions in Tamil, Sanskrit, Prakrit, and Gan...
Modi vs Salman vs Aamir Khan: Doctor says Sattvic lifestyle gives your face a natural glow. Here’s what the Sattvic diet is and its benefitsA doctor suggests a non-alcoholic, non-smoking vegetarian Sattvic lifestyle may contribute to youthful skin and slower aging, drawing paral...
Quote of the day by Buddha: "Change is never painful. Only resistance to change is painful".The famous quote by Gautama Buddha explains a powerful life lesson about accepting change. Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, taught that suf...
What is Dandakrama Parayanam, the ancient 2,000-mantra ritual recited by a 19-year-old for 50 days without interruption?A 19-year-old Vedic scholar, Vedamurti Devavrat Mahesh Rekhe, has achieved a rare feat. He completed the Dandakrama Parayanam, a demanding ...
Rajya Sabha: Opposition points to new bills with only Hindi titles, alleges 'Hindification' of lawsOpposition members in Rajya Sabha accused the government of imposing Hindi by introducing bills with Hindi titles. They argued for diversit...
Bibek Debroy: Economist, writer, mentor, polymathBibek Debroy, a renowned economist and scholar with expertise ranging from economics to Sanskrit literature, has passed away. As a member o...
Will Sangh Parivar abandon slogan 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' coined by a Muslim, Kerala CM asksReaching out to the minority community in this Muslim-dominated north Kerala district, the veteran CPI(M) leader said Muslim rulers, cultur...
View: When bookmakers bet on fonts of beauty and loveThe Elements of Lettering came in handy when my first novel - Patna Roughcut - was published in 2005 by Picador. My editor and I tried all ...
India restores Mongolia's sacred Buddhist texts, plans first official Sanskrit-Mongolian dictionaryThe governments of both countries recently hosted a ceremony at the famous Ganden Monastery of Mongolia in the presence of officials from b...
Google adds eight Indian languages including Sanskrit to Google Translate“Sanskrit is the number one, most requested language at Google Translate, and we are finally adding it,” Isaac Caswell, senior software eng...
DU admissions expose sorry state of ancient Indian languagesAccording to Pankaj Mishra, an associate professor of Sanskrit at St Stephen's College, the diminishing interest in the language is due to ...
Britain's youngest Indian Parliamentarian Jitesh Gadhia takes Rig Veda to the House of LordsGadhia has been part of some of the largest investment flows between the UK and India.
Don’t favour making any language compulsory in school, says panel for Sanskrit promotionThe committee, set up by the HRD ministry, said that all Sanskrit Pathsalas and Vedic Schools should be affiliated to some board.
Rohan Murty does a classic act; narrates the way forward for "affordable and accessible" library initiative"I was amazed by how humanities constructs complex, intellectually sophisticated arguments from texts that are 1,500 years old," says Murty.
Delhi University researchers suggest existence of a Vedic population whose texts date back to 8,000 BCThe idea becomes fuzzy considering that in recent times genetic studies have established that there are tribal communities in India that ar...
Vedic Maths: Not quite adding upWritten by Shankaracharya Bharti Krishna Tirthaji, the book's introduction states clearly that the work is the result of the author's study...
Narayana Murthy funding translation of Indian classics by Harvard University Press“I would love for future generations to read and appreciate Kalidasa’s Shakuntalam as much as they may appreciate Hamlet,” said Rohan Murty.
- Sibal: Include contemporary concepts in Sanskrit texts
Sibal today strongly batted for inclusion of contemporary concepts into old Sanskrit texts on various subjects including science and medici...
The curious case of clay turning to goldIn the old days, if one dreamt of turning iron into gold, one would be called an alchemist. Today’s alchemist is not into the heavy metal b...
- Yoga is a part of Indian heritage: MPs
The US Patent and Trademark Office has granted 150 yoga-related copyrights, 134 patents on yoga accessories and 2,315 yoga trademarks.