Culture and History
Articles that details the rich cultural heritage and history of India
Live streaming of ‘Ayodhya ki Ram Leela’ on DD National’s YouTube channel gains over a million digital views
The live telecast of the event was launched by Neelkanth Tiwari, Tourism, Culture, Religious Affairs Minister of Uttar Pradesh, and Pravesh Sahib Singh Verma, MP Uttar Pradesh.
Turkish channel blurs Radha Krishna murtis while telecasting a dubbed version of Hindi serial
Turkish channel Kanal 7 was found blurring the Radha Krishna idols placed in a family temple in some scenes of Hindi serial 'Saath Nibhaana Saathiya".
The Glory of Ancient Indian City Architecture: From the Harappan city planning to architecture in Vedic text and Puranas
For delving into the depths of ancient Indian city architecture, a glance at the pre, proto, and historic era city/town planning in India will give a good view of how things looked back then.
Hindus Under Siege: From ancient history to modernity, and the changing nature of the foes of our Civilisation
Geetha G -
A Hindu nationalist government with absolute majority in power, in the second most populous country on earth, for the second consecutive term. Can we ever be under threat?
Bathing with women, sleeping with naked girls: Read about Gandhi’s ‘experiments with celibacy’
The experiments by Gandhi on his celibacy included having baths with women, sleeping with naked women, to test his self-control
The incredible stupidity of liberals in asking “How can Ram or Krishna have a birthplace?”
Liberals need to know that just like non-man entities like governments, companies, NGOs etc., Gods also can own property
Tales from the Baburnama: Babur’s homosexuality and ‘love’ for a young child
Nivan -
Often idolised by the extremist section of Islamic society, Babur is assumed to be an ideal Muslim who followed all the modern day practises of Islam.
The far east and its ancient Indian connections
Many of the common Indians who travelled to these places settled down permanently and married local women, while the Princes who arrived would establish new kingdoms.
Stolen Vijayanagara era bronze idols of Sri Ram, Maa Sita and Laxman handed over to India by UK authorities
The idols were formally handed over to India by the British police in a ceremony at the India House, London.
Here are 8 other things JRD Tata spoke about in the now viral clip showing his views on Jawaharlal Nehru
In 1987, JRD Tata was interviewed by Rajiv Mehrotra as part of his "In Conversation" series, which aired on Doordarshan
