Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.

Assimilation is not about abandoning one’s roots — it’s about understanding the values of the society we choose to live in ...

Over the years people have become aware about Kalash who claim Greek ancestry, but in South Asia there are other tribes ...

A nation’s name carries the “hope” it wishes to call itself. The national title asserting its position at the center of the ...

Deepa Mehta discusses her controversial 'Elements' trilogy, and her commitment to independent filmmaking at Singapore International Film Festival.

Long drought cycles reshaped settlement choices in the Indus region. These climate stresses likely contributed to its slow collapse. A series of severe droughts, each extending for more than 85 years, ...

Artisans, craftsmen were valued for their skills and were paid handsomely compared to slaves, forced labourers who came from Shudra castes ...

The big talking point of this edition of Democratic Newsroom is Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for a national resolve to shed what he called the "Macaulay mindset". Last week, Prime Minister Modi ...

Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o revealed that despite her Academy Award for '12 Years a Slave', she was primarily offered similar slave roles. She faced doubts about her career's longevity but remains ...

Have we guarded India’s ancient monuments well? How effectively does Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), custodian of our national monuments, steward them? Many years ago, I wrote The Havelis of Old ...

Kolkata: Land at Bangkok, walk out of the airport, get into a waiting van and then disappear into a shadow route carved through Thailand's highways, plantation roads, and forest tracks before being ...