Swati Tirunal's reign a period of transition

The magnificence of the famed Golden Chariot, elegantly moving through the streets of the erstwhile Travancore capital, prompted an amazed British officer to remark, "this would put the London Mayor's chariot to shame." The kings travelled from the ...

Lekshmi Gopalakrishnan Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 18 (PTI) Classical concerts and dance fests are being held across Kerala to celebrate the bi-centenary of composer-king Swathi Thirunal, who left a deep impression on the state's modern history as an ...

A portrait of Swathi Thirunal. (https://sites.google.com/site/printachuth/10 photo) THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Kerala, India The South Indian state of Kerala is celebrating the bicentenary of composer-king Swathi Thirunal, who left a deep impression on the ...

Bitihotra Mohanty, aka , son of former Odisha director general of police Bidya Bhushan Mohanty, would have completed his seven-year jail term by now, had he not jumped parole on November 20, 2006, seven months after he was convicted by a fast-track ...

"You mean Thomayaar koil? Straight ahead!" replies an auto-rickshaw driver as we stop at Thiruvithamcode in Kanyakumari district to ask for directions to the heritage church that is popularly known as Arapally. The church is believed to have been ...

There is a moment in The Last Hangman where the ageing narrator, the hangman, recalls a deep-rooted memory of the steps leading up to the gallows: In my mind that spot is very clearly visible, for there are the marks of feet all the way up to it, ...

Over a century ago, a group of siblings cast a spell on the music and dance of South India. Utpal K Banerjee recently attended the Varnam Festival at IIC, which paid tribute to the genius of the Tanjore Quartet The early 19th century was a creative ...

The Indian Ocean was the theatre where important events took place for commercial exploitation and spatial power grab during the early modern period starting from 15 century, especially after the Papal Bull was issued by Pope Alexander VI on May 4, ...

And Hyderabad-based graphic designer Poosapati Parameshwar Raju is probably a rarity, because he uses calligraphy to create abstract images drawn from sacred iconography, rather than doodle with letters or words themselves. As he put it, Ive used ...