HERITAGE

Odisha was a cradle of Buddhism in ancient India

In the eighth article and film of the 12-part series on the story of Buddhism, art historian and producer-director BENOY K BEHL travels to the Buddhist sites of the state of Odisha The film is about the Buddhists sites of Odisha including Dhauli, Lalitgiri, Ratnagiri, Udaigiri, Langudi Hill, Kaima and the villages of Naupatna and […]Read More

HEALTH

The Hans Foundation expands Covid-19 relief initiatives

Covid-19 pandemic has become an emerging global health crisis affecting everyone, especially the marginalised sections of the communities. This sudden outbreak and the lockdown has already created an enormous medical and financial burden on dozens of migrant labourers, daily wage earners, farmers and informal sector workers and has left them struggling for managing even a […]Read More

HERITAGE

The intellectual quest

Through the last six articles and films of the 12-part series on the story of Buddhism, art historian and producer-director BENOY K BEHL has taken us to the Buddhist sites in India, early rock-cut caves of western India, the Buddhist heritage of Telangana and Andhra and second phase of Buddhist caves. Let us find out […]Read More

L&M SPECIAL TRAVEL

Hospitality Industry Post-COVID: Insights from Pradipta N Biswas, GM, The

Pradipta N Biswas The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated the global hospitality industry, leaving no clear horizon for recovery. Travel cancellations, reduced F&B revenue, and halted banquets have created unprecedented challenges for hoteliers. In my 25-year career in hospitality, nothing prepared me for this magnitude. It has wiped out a major chunk of hospitality business globally. […]Read More

HERITAGE

Stupas of the Krishna Valley

The Buddhist sites of India, Gautam Siddharth’s escape from material world, the world of early rock-cut caves of western India and the early images of Buddha. In the last four parts of this 12-part series on the story of Buddhism, art historian and producer-director BENOY K BEHL has told us about all this. Today, he […]Read More

L&M SPECIAL

Longing to be back home

Suman and Jagdish Chandra Mathur As had been a practice with us for the last four-five winters, this year too we came to Mumbai to stay with our younger daughter, son-in-law and our three-year-old grandson in January 2020. We had plans to return to Delhi in the first week of March but due to their loving […]Read More

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