Tag Results: Religion
Cover Story
The Age of Ideas
For a few hundred years around the 6th BCE, it was as though the known world was on a quest - looking for answers and the secrets of creation. Why did this period trigger the rise of so many faiths here, in the Indian subcontinent and how does it shape us, even today?
Snapshort Histories
The ‘Other Gandhi’ Meets the World
It was not only Swami Vivekananda who captivated the audience at the World Parliament of Religions at Chicago. There was yet another Indian scholar representing Jainism about whom the international newspapers couldn’t stop talking about. Here is the story of this forgotten hero -
Amazing India
Hampi: Pride of the Vijayanagara Empire
Amid the surreal, boulder-strewn landscape of Hampi are the ruins of the Vijayanagara Empire, one of South India’s greatest kingdoms. Rediscover the glory of this erstwhile imperial capital, and its stories, myths and secrets carved into 1,000-odd monuments that cover the plains
LHI HerStory
‘Angareywali’ Rashid Jahan: Urdu’s Angry Young Woman
Rashid Jahan ‘declared war’ on conservative Muslim society through an explosive anthology she co-authored, titled Angarey. It may have earned her death threats but Rashid became an inspiration for generations of women writers to come.