The year-end always becomes a time for stocktaking. This year let us examine where arts and culture is headed as a nation. Are we a nation? Or an assembly of different states, all knit together with one thread of being Indian. What is even Indian in India of today? Food, fashion or faltu things. Faltu […]Read More
Benoy K Behl One of the greatest historical cities of India was Kanchipuram. It was close to the busy port of Mamallapuram and was the capital city of many kings over the centuries. Kanchipuram is one of the seven most holy cities for Hindus in India. It is mentioned by the Sanskrit poet Kalidasa as […]Read More
Team L&M Thanksgiving Day, which is celebrated annually as a national holiday in the North American continent, is increasingly being celebrated in India as well now. The day, celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November, is meant to celebrate the harvest season and other blessings of the year gone by. This year it is being […]Read More
Shirdi Maharaj of Dwarka Mai (that’s the first SM of DM) or Sai Baba as he is universally called. In 50 years, his popularity has increased manifold, making Shirdi the second most important and frequented pilgrimage place of India, the first being Tirumala-Tirupati. A small hamlet, in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra, Shirdi was hardly known […]Read More
Benoy K Behl The rule of the Mauryas was followed by that of the Sunga Dynasty. About a hundred years, from 185 BCE till 73 BCE, is known as the Sunga period in Indian art. As their inscriptions show, the Sungas worshipped Hindu deities and were also benevolent to the Buddhist Sangha. The earliest body […]Read More
Team L&M The festival of lights is here once again – A festival that honors the return of Lord Rama from exile after 14 years along with his victory over Ravana and commemorates the triumph of good over evil, light over darkness, and knowledge over ignorance. To celebrate, Audible brings alive the incredible story of […]Read More
Tijara is just under 100km from Delhi on way to Alwar but it is like 2,000 years away in time. Well, a crime novel, Tijara’s Mystery Codes, written by one of the most unusual storytellers, Hemma Myers Sood, has traced it imaginatively to 5,000 years ago, when the Pandavas no less, stayed here in Matsya […]Read More
Benoy K Behl According to ancient texts, the deity in the sanctum of the temple is depicted closest to its all-pervasive nature. It is a manifestation of the ultimate truth. There also developed a great tradition of utsava murtis or ‘festival images’. The deity, in many manifestations of human form, comes out to the streets […]Read More
Team L&M MapmyIndia Mappls, a digital maps and deep-tech company, is releasing a series of physical, printed map art works, The Ramayan Maps, as part of an initiative to help people connect better with India’s heritage and culture through the lens of maps. This physical printed map art works on canvas (offered in varying sizes […]Read More
Team L&M In a major find, the Jabalpur Circle of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has unraveled remarkable archaeological remains in Madhya Pradesh’s Bandhavgarh Forest Reserve. During the exploration, the ASI found 26 ancient temples/relics of Kalachuri period (9th century CE to 11th century CE), 26 caves (2nd century CE to 5th century CE […]Read More
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