That India is an extremely diverse country is a widely known, but nonetheless true, platitude. For convenience, India is usually interpreted through geographical categories, such as North India, ...

Amritanshu Pandey’s debut novel The Seal of Surya from his intended series, The Scrolls of Aryavarta is a mythical narrative. The book is a piece of fiction which tells about the author’s views on the ...

From Aryavarta to Bharatvarsha-Bharatkhand, country's name has been addressed many times. Let us know when these names came into existence and what is the meaning behind these names. Although it has ...

Food demand is likely to double by 2050 in India, but yields of rice and wheat will likely be hit. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint From the age of the Vedas—Hinduism’s oldest scripture—to modern graphic ...

Of late, literary pieces have become a major source of inspiration for Hindi film-makers. Now, in the latest instance, we have learnt that Sonam Kapoor has acquired the rights of author Krishna ...

Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta (Westland), the third book in Amish Tripathi’s Ram Chandra series, is out. With a warrior princess Sita, a violent yet cultural Ravana and a morally conflicted Ram, the ...

The Secret Keeper of the Firewrights was a man of few words and fewer emotions still. Nevertheless, it was with genuine warmth that he considered the figure sitting in a corner of the rustic inn on a ...

Pritish Nandy writes, paints, makes movies and occasionally, when he wins an election, sits in Parliament. He has been writing for The Times of India for over 26 years. In "Extraordinary Issue", he ...

Write India author Amish Tripathi's new book 'Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta' released on July 1, 2019. It is the third book in the popular Ram Chandra series. The story is set in 3400 BCE, India when the ...

Raavan is often described as the greatest villain; the original bad boy. This image of Raavan in the minds of modern Indians has been moulded largely by some television serials. Many see him as a ...