Advani to produce Marathi film on Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Mahatma Gandhi’s associations with his compatriots often led to controversies, and much has been written about it. But city-based historian, Rizwan Qadri, has penned a book that explores Gandhi’s cordial terms with Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, ...

I recently considered in these pages the problems that the political reality of caste posed to communist parties in India. This column and the next one will look at the ways in which another category religious community complicated the politics of ...

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Do you remember the beautiful lyrics of the Ghazal from the film Niqah sung by Ghulam Ali - 'Chupke chupke raat din aansuu bahanaa yaad hai...'? And the ghazal sung by Mehdi Hassan - 'Dekhanaa bhii to u.nhe.n duur se dekhaa karanaa...'? The author ...

The writer has posted comments on this article TNN | May 7, 2013, 11.14 PM IST RELATED VARANASI: Banaras Hindu University (BHU) will provide summer hostels to all its research scholars from May 10 to July 04. The research scholars can submit their ...

Lord Ganesha is a perfect example of delicate balance between spiritual aspirations and worldly concerns, writes VIJAY SINGAL Ganesha, the son of Shiva and Parvati, is worshipped before starting any important work such as solemnisation of a ...

Swami Vivekananda was born at Calcutta on 12th January 1863 during British Colonial Rule. His father, Vishwanath Dutta was a popular Attorney at law and his mother Bhuvaneshwari Devi was a religious and gentle Hindu House-wife. Vivekananda's early ...

Kapileshwar temple; (right) milk being poured on the statue of Lord Shiva Kapileshwar temple, dedicated to Lord Shiva, is considered to be the most ancient shrine in Belgaum, nay the whole of Karnataka. An inscription to this effect, suggestive of ...

Vishwanath Pratap Singh may have ended up as a false prophet who disappointed many who reposed faith in his ability to emerge as a wholesome alternative to the dynastic Congress. However, it can hardly be denied that between 1988 and 1989, he was at ...