With the end of British colonial rule in 1947, the Indian subcontinent was divided into two nations, majority-Hindu India and majority-Muslim Pakistan. But simmering secular tensions and a hastily ...

The ‘hep’ swinging image that fused with Zeenat Aman after Hare Rama Hare Krishna was best vocally embellished by Asha Bhosle, who became her most-employed voice irrespective of composer. In this Indo ...

Last month, FBI Director Kash Patel wished his followers on X a happy Diwali. It did not go over well. Far-right Christian nationalist and white nationalist accounts flooded his post with bigoted ...

Making her first foray into electoral politics, 25-year-old BJP candidate Maithili Thakur secured a victory in Bihar’s Alinagar Assembly seat. She garnered nearly 85,000 votes, surpassing her nearest ...

As of now, fourteen rounds of counting have been completed by the Election Commission in Bihar and the results indicate that Maithili Thakur is way ahead of RJD's Binod Mishra, also contesting from ...

It’s been eighteen years since Jab We Met first graced our screens, yet the memory of Geet, played by Kareena Kapoor, remains as vivid as ever. Cheerful, bold, and unapologetically herself, Geet was ...

Chhath Puja wouldn’t be complete without the soulful Chhath Geet, which adds a significant melody and devotion to the occasion. These folk songs are sung to honour Surya Dev (the Sun God) and Chhathi ...

Indian restaurants in New York City go back over a century, and Times Square was an early hotspot. Perhaps the most famous was the paradoxically named Taj Mahal Hindu Indian Restaurant, founded in ...

The One Club for Creativity, in collaboration with BBDO India, DDB Mudra Group, and TBWA India, concluded the fourth edition of Portfolio Night 2025. The event serves to connect emerging talent ...

Himanshu Dhuliya is an Indian Navy veteran, author and podcaster. Hindi Pakhwara (Hindi Fortnight) is observed in the Indian Navy (Bhartiya Nau Sena) and all central and state government offices and ...

The evening traced the listening culture that emerged, how scarcity of film songs drove audiences to Radio Ceylon, how Ameen Sayani’s conversational style immortalised ‘Binaca Geet Mala’, and how ...