"One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is love!” — Sophocles It’s that time of the year again to ...

Kathak dancers wear “ghungroo,” or cuffs of jangling ankle bells, while performing the ancient Indian dance form, which is contrasted against American tap in Leela Dance Collective’s “Speak,” set for ...

I HAVE heard it said that modern Indian art is neither modern nor Indian. That, of course, is an exaggeration, and yet it causes one to pause momentarily and cast a backward glance over the centuries.

Yoga is derived from the Sanskrit word yuj, which means to yoke, join or unite. Its principles are to integrate all aspects of the body with the mind and soul to achieve ultimate happiness with a ...

Originally presented as author's thesis (Ph. D.--Banaras Hindu University) under the title: The select Vyantara Devatās in early Indian art and literature.

NEW DELHI (AP) — “Sanjhi,” the ancient Indian art of paper-cutting using nature-inspired motifs, is how Ram Soni puts food on the table. It’s also a carefully preserved skill passed down through ...

When most people think of Indian art, intricate sculptures and ancient temples come to mind. Indian art for many is part of an ancient history — vestiges of a religious past that have somehow petered ...

Preface: Masterpieces: celebrating creativity -- Pre-historic roots of Indian art (30000 BC-1500 BC) -- Ancient Indian art : the Vedic and Buddhist traditions (1500 BC onwards) -- Art in medieval ...

A modern reconstruction of the "Flight of Birds" from a book cover of Fariduddin Attar’s Mantiq-al-Tayr, Private collection (all images courtesy India Allen Lane) These short essays address an array ...

Shruti Parthasarathy ’24 has been participating in the ancient Indian dance and art form of Bharatnatyam since she was five years old. Over the last three years, she has combined her love for dance ...

J K Dadoo writes that ancient India, through trade, religion and knowledge networks, shaped global civilisation as the world’s central intellectual and philosophical power William Dalrymple, a great ...