History

Women have faced several obstacles in the field of art, be it training, trading, or even gaining recognition. Despite the odds, they have kept on going - to the extent that they have made historical movements out of it. The struggle still continues but clearly, there is no stopping them.

All of us have either heard or seen different versions of the Ramayana or are familiar with it’s message of triumph of the good over the evil and thus, to most of us, the acute representation of an evil is Ravana. Through this article we aim at understanding the life of the ‘Evil Brahamana’ from a viewpoint that goes beyond our pre-existing perception of him.

Razia Sultan, a fearless warrior and the first and only woman ruler of the Delhi. Sultanate has been looked up to by several people. Nevertheless, she has succumbed to being merely an exceptional figure, and her example failed to commonalise such valour on the part of women.

The Ramnagar Ramlila has piqued the interest of numerous historians, writers, journalists and travellers for its relentless religious observance and simplicity in execution. With UNESCO inscribing Ramlila the status of Intangible World Cultural Heritage in 2008, the acclaim and prestige for the one in Ramnagar has only escalated seeing as it is one of the world’s oldest Ramlilas.

We all grew up reading mythological stories either from comic books, or we listened to our grandparents narrate it to us - almost as if they were a part of it. These stories would paint too many pictures inside our heads back then, but out there in the real world, they have been represented by many talented artists. Can we correlate?

Sugar being an essential condiment in our daily lives has a layered history.It is the only commodity to have a revolution to its name. From being considered as precious as gold and an effective medicine, it has now been tagged as the “sweet poison” which is a bit too accessible.

Lord Jagannath is a deity worshipped by people from various regional sections of the country. He is believed to be another form or avatar of Lord Vishnu himself. In a country like India, where we have people coming in from so many different backgrounds, we still find things to bind us together - be it in the name of faith or religion too.

A genuinely liberal culture or one that is advancing towards the thought is a consistent and solid arrangement of equity. In reality, when the government assistance of the populace is entangled in a political tussle of the predominant gatherings of society, it is the equity framework which anchors the fair soul. In contemporary India, the commonness of Khap Panchayats make for risky threats to this equity framework.

In Shankara’s age, the threat to Vedic dharma was from the evil within and he had to tackle it through intellectual debate or shastrarth. Evil therefore had to be fought with the weapon of jnana or true knowledge.

“Music is the shorthand of emotion.” ― Leo Tolstoy With most beautiful melodies, with most surreal tunes, with its wholesome beauty, music is an emotion where everyone can take a refugee in. It is one thing that stays through every high and low; not just since decades but right from the times of the immortals.Music, like other forms of art, lives through people when they pass it on from one generation to another. Click on the link below and take a peek into India's legacy of music evident from its history, culture and mythology