Festive Traditions
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Consumerism or building human relationships: Why do we give gifts to each other?
Giving gifts is a curious but central part of being human.
Chip Colwell, The Conversation
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Buddha Purnima: Why the full moon day in May is so auspicious in Buddhism
Buddha Day, Buddha Jayanti or Vesak is a very important day for Buddhists to celebrate the birth, enlightenment and death of the Buddha.
San San May
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This Navratri season, meet the golu experts of Chennai – the Mylapore Trio
The siblings and their foster son are popular for their large, thematic golus.
Vinita Govindarajan
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
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Karnataka forms SIT to probe ‘obscene videos’ case allegedly involving JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna
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Expelled BJP Minority Morcha leader Usman Ghani arrested in Rajasthan
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In Bengal, the bond of Rakhi once symbolised eternal protection – between Hindus and Muslims
Rabindranath Tagore came up with a unique way to protest against the communal partition of Bengal in 1905.
Deepanjan Ghosh
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Amma and Raja Ravi Varma add a modern twist to this Kolam season in South India
Although the rice-flour patterns are stencilled through the year, it is during the month of Margazhi that they are most majestic.
Vinita Govindarajan
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Bah! Humbug! Why tourists should steer clear of Goa's overrated Carnival
Don't expect to see women dressed in feathers at Goa's version of the pre-Lent festival.
Chryselle D’Silva Dias
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes