The Kumbh Mela held at Prayagraj in 2019 set the world record for the largest human gathering with an estimated 105 million people…
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Yee Peng Festival
Perhaps the most magical and most recognizable festival in the Land of Smiles is the Thailand Lantern Festival, locally known…
The Forgotten Trains of India
Over the years, despite the major changes in the geography, history or in the post partitioned society…
God’s Own Dance
Worship of different powers – either powerful spirits, respected ancestors, local folk heroes, holy trees/animals/serpents or the…
Yamuna – The Other Side of the Bank
Yamuna, the life-line of Delhi, is also one of the most tainted rivers in India. Nineteen drains in the…
Central African Republic
This is the story of a country with a strange name that nobody can identify on a map, and which has always existed on the edge of the…
Durga
A study on gender bias and discrimination against widows in India where people worship the Hindu mythological character…
Republic Day Parade
The Delhi Republic Day parade is the largest and the most important of the parades, marking the Republic Day celebrations in India.
When it comes
In the dead of the night, a slow stream of water started entering the houses and submerged the whole of Kishanganj by…