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Diwali, also known as Deepavali, is aHindufestival celebrated in many different parts ofIndia, as well as other countries throughout the Indian subcontinent and around the world. It is a spiritual festival used to offer prayers to Lakshmi—the goddess of prosperity—and to ritually observe the ...
Dating its origins to more than 5,000 years ago in the Indian subcontinent, Ayurveda (the science of life) is the world’s oldest system of healing.Ayurveda is known as the sister science of Yoga, which is found more often in spas and celebrity circles today than in the hands of the ...
Faiz is a poet of all seasons. But his poetry gives us a perspective and resonates with us more in darker times. The Colours of My Heart: Selected Poems Penguin Books/Penguin Random House India Translated by Baran Farooqi Rs 499, pp. 192 ...
Often called "the Graveyard of Empires," the region now known as Afghanistan has foiled would-be conquerors for millennia. by Stephen Tanner8/13/2021 In the Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan, a young boy walks in a field past what remains of a Soviet tank, seized during the Afghan war of 1979...
clientelism, often practiced in India to motivate underprivileged voters, reflecting a complex interplay of identity expression and material transactions shaped by cultural and social embeddedness. However, both expressive and instrumental theories face limitations, because neither incorporates political coercion...
Government is always imperfect and often unjust. I can understand why many good people decide that the state as such was the problem, or that civilisation itself was a mistake. But after much thought, I decided that this approach was not feasible even if it were desirable. I come back to...
A possible lead in a forbidden location Folklore holds that Genghis Khan was buried on a peak in the Khentii Mountains called Burkhan Khaldun, roughly 160km