Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Culture and History

Articles that details the rich cultural heritage and history of India

Books

Earth, space, time, and more: Read how Indian scholars had recorded astronomical facts centuries before they were ‘discovered’ by Westerns

Shashank Bharadwaj -
Based on original Sanskrit texts, the book “Indian Astronomy: A Source-Book” narrates how ancient India excelled in astronomy
Opinions

Language and history: Why the Indian society lost pride in its own heritage

Guest Author -
Have you ever gone to an Italian restaurant and felt proud when you properly pronouncedthe Italian name of that pasta you so wanted to have?
Culture and History

‘Corona Mata’ Temple in UP marks a continuing Hindu tradition of worshipping Goddesses for protection against diseases: All you need to know

OpIndia Staff -
ANI reported on Saturday that a 'Corona Mata' Temple has been established at Pratapgarh district in Uttar Pradesh.
World

Unit 731: The horrors of biological warfare experiments that the world forgot

Sanghamitra -
Unit 731 was the name of the Imperial Japanese Army's covert biological and chemical warfare division.
Culture and History

Third Battle of Panipat: Temple destruction and Jihad of the barbaric hordes, the valiant Marathas and the far-reaching effects of the loss

Aneesh Gokhale -
By the 1750s, Marathas had grown strong so as to be able to annex Malwa, Gujarat, Odisha, Berar as also some parts of the Ganga Jamuna Doab and Bundelkhand.
Variety

When Paris was overwhelmed with decomposed human corpses and ran out of burial places: The story of the Catacombs

Sanghamitra -
The Catacombs of Paris are the image of a scary world of the dead beneath the city of lights. Six to seven million human skeletons are stored there, stacked up in underground tunnels.
News Reports

Read about the ‘mercy bond’ signed by PM Nehru to escape prison, even as Congress denigrates Veer Savarkar, tortured for 11 years in prison

Dibakar Dutta -
When Jawaharlal Nehru was jailed in Nabha province, he had signed a bond pledging not to enter the state again to secure release
News Reports

Was Nehru gay? Did he have bisexual relations? Did he die because of STD? What foreign media said about Jawaharlal Nehru

OpIndia Staff -
In the last 57 years, many theories have been attributed to the life of the first PM of India Jawaharlal Nehru
News Reports

Watch: Portals of Kedarnath Mandir open in Uttarakhand, strict Covid-19 protocols followed

OpIndia Staff -
Portals of Kedarnath Dham opened on May 17, after the winter break.
News Reports

Jerusalem conflict: The history of Al-Aqsa Mosque on Temple Mount and the holiest Jewish temple that preceded it

OpIndia Staff -
The Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock was built on the same spot where the Second Temple of the Judaism was located
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