Before coming to Assam in the north-east of India, I had never thought of Shiva and Kali as a couple and I had also never thought of the two...

Note (2022) : I had written this post in 2006, to share my own ragging experiences. It is about my positive experiences of ragging in earl...

Reading about the meanings and significance of the figures & inscriptions on Indus Valley seals is one of the enduring areas of my inte...

Recently I was reading the wonderful book Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by the Israeli writer Yuval Noah Harari (originally writte...

Some of the most popular deities of Hinduism are dark-skinned. Considering the Indian obsession with fair skins, I had often wondered, how ...

A Scotsman, Robert Bruce is credited with the “discovery” of tea in Assam in India. I think that it is anachronistic that 70 years after the...

Ramayana (Story of Rama) is an ancient Indian tale about prince Rama. Centuries ago, the tale of Ramayana had spread from India to the neig...

As I read about the Aurangzeb controversy in India, I was reminded of my trip to his tomb in January 2020, just before the Covid pandemic. ...

Last year I visited some beautiful places in Bundelkhand in central India. However, you won't find "Bundelkhand" on the map of...

A visit to the Jan Jaati Sanghralaya (Tribal Museum) of Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh, India) brought back the memories of my childhood. If anyone...