Priti Agrawal discovers in Varanasi that the Tulsi plant and Vishnu get married after chaturmas marking the start of the wedding seasonHindus venerate the Tulsi or the Holy Basil plant as a goddess an ...

Currently, Li's troupe integrates local folk operas, including Qinqiang Opera, and shadow puppet shows into its performances for visitors. A well-known Chinese folk story featuring eight immortals ...

The faces of 2025’s warlords are no longer crowned with laurels or medals. They wear the polished smiles of Silicon Valley, ...

Former ambassador to China Geoff Raby has curated the work of Uyghur artist Aniwar Mamat to show a side of Chinese ...

Adults who want to visit the Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine in Portland must be accompanied by a child or attend a special event, like the Imagination Ball ...

In ancient Greece people enjoyed chilled wine at social gatherings using a specially designed cooling pot called a psykter. The name comes from the Greek verb “ψύχω” (psycho), meaning to cool or chill ...

Angampora is an ancient, indigenous martial art from Sri Lanka that combines hand-to-hand combat, self-defense techniques, and meditation. Pix by Nisal Baduge ...

NARA--An eighth-century pantry unearthed in the ancient Silk Road city of Samarkand suggests the influence of Eastern and Western dietary cultures on the dinner table of a Sogdian king ...

We meet ex-Army Dorrigo Evans (Ciaran Hinds) in his seventies. An established surgeon, he lives in a swanky house with his wife, Ella (Heather Mitchell). However, the time he served as a doctor in ...

April 26 marks the 12th annual Independent Bookstore Day — a holiday near and dear to the hearts of bookworms and bibliophiles due to its many sales, celebrations, and surprises. “Shopping at ...