Culture and History

Articles that details the rich cultural heritage and history of India

News Reports

Turkish channel blurs Radha Krishna murtis while telecasting a dubbed version of Hindi serial

OpIndia Staff -
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".
Culture and History

The Glory of Ancient Indian City Architecture: From the Harappan city planning to architecture in Vedic text and Puranas

Monidipa Bose Dey -
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.
Opinions

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?
Political History of India

Bathing with women, sleeping with naked girls: Read about Gandhi’s ‘experiments with celibacy’

OpIndia Staff -
The experiments by Gandhi on his celibacy included having baths with women, sleeping with naked women, to test his self-control
News Reports

The incredible stupidity of liberals in asking “How can Ram or Krishna have a birthplace?”

Abhishek Banerjee -
Liberals need to know that just like non-man entities like governments, companies, NGOs etc., Gods also can own property
Culture and History

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.
Culture and History

The far east and its ancient Indian connections

Monidipa Bose Dey -
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.
News Reports

Stolen Vijayanagara era bronze idols of Sri Ram, Maa Sita and Laxman handed over to India by UK authorities

OpIndia Staff -
The idols were formally handed over to India by the British police in a ceremony at the India House, London.
News Reports

Here are 8 other things JRD Tata spoke about in the now viral clip showing his views on Jawaharlal Nehru

OpIndia Staff -
In 1987, JRD Tata was interviewed by Rajiv Mehrotra as part of his "In Conversation" series, which aired on Doordarshan
News Reports

“Some Mohammedans are the crudest in this respect, and the most sectarian,” Swami Vivekananda had remarked 120 years ago

OpIndia Staff -
‘Every man or woman who does not exactly believe it must be killed’ Swami Vivekananda had described the attack on disbelievers by Muslims
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