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TRIBAL FUNERAL PRACTICES
This Indonesian community preserves dead body for years, spends over Rs 4 crore on five-day funerals, here's whyDeep in the highlands of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, the Toraja people follow an extraordinary tradition—preserving the bodies of their dece...
Kappiri, Habshi and African slave godsStories of life of African slaves owned by the Portuguese Christian sailors are remarkably different from stories of African slaves owned b...
Text of President Joe Biden's State of the Union addressMadam Speaker, Madam Vice President, our First Lady and Second Gentleman. Members of Congress and the Cabinet. Justices of the Supreme Cour...
Minorities in Pakistan: A life under siegeEarlier on Tuesday India had hit out at Islamabad at a UN session over human rights violation, terrorism activities and treatment of minori...
BJP directs its CMs to attend martyrs’ funeralsUnion ministers are also likely to be sent to the funerals to show solidarity with the soldiers. Official figures state that 37 CRPF person...
India has 18 million modern-day slaves: SurveyThe findings of the survey released on Monday indicate some 1.4% of the population in the country is living under conditions of modern day ...
Rescue operations resume in Uttarakhand, toll climbs to 822With the bodies already beginning to putrefy, the air is laden with a foul stench giving rise to fears of an epidemic outbreak in affected ...