'Epic Exercise': Reaping the 'Ramayan' for rare life lessons (Book Review)

IANS | October 1, 2025 8:53 PM

New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Long revered as India's preeminent religious epic, an integral constituent of its religious and cultural landscape, and much familiar to the populace due to its manifold presentations, especially in the visual media and the Ramlilas, the Ramayana has a resonance beyond its key motifs of cosmic dualism, religious duty, and Hindu theogony.

Bihar: Passengers happy with Amrit Bharat trains launch ahead of Dussehra

IANS | September 29, 2025 2:43 PM

Muzaffarpur (Bihar), Sep 29 (IANS) The launch of the Amrit Bharat trains during Navratri is being welcomed by people across Bihar, as they previously faced significant difficulties commuting between regions, but the new services are expected to make travel easier and more convenient.

Vanishing silver, Britain's debate and India's drain (From the Archives)

Santosh Kumar Verma | September 28, 2025 10:21 PM

New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) On a cold Friday in March 1806, within the halls of the British House of Commons, a seemingly technical debate unfolded regarding shipping statistics and commercial regulations. To the parliamentarians present, it was a question of national interest, of profits, and of the proper management of their "immense eastern dominion". To us in India, whose land, labour, and resources were the subject of this distant deliberation, the debate was something else entirely.