Indian academics have launched a protest against a higher education textbook that states modern sciences such as aeronautics originated from ancient Hindu scriptures. An online petition was submitted ...

Numerous computer applications and software on image-text editors are available in different languages, including Malayalam, but such an application is yet to come up in the Sanskrit language. However ...

Thiruvananthapuram: Sanskrit may be a 'dead' language for many. At a time when scholars and linguists are seeking its revival, an award-winning filmmaker has come out with a film book in the classical ...

There are 100 verses in Saundarya Lahari, although some versions have up to 103 verses. The first part of forty-one verses called ‘Ananda Lahari’ (Wave of Bliss) describes Devi’s power, her ...

In 1846, a ship crashed into the sandbanks of River Hughli just as it was approaching the Calcutta harbour. On board the ship was a 21-year-old New Yorker in search of his runaway brother. The young ...