The author and his mother were both scarred from living and working through wars in Africa. In her last days, he attempted to ...

The people of Myanmar have often turned to the clergy for aid during natural disasters. But last month’s earthquake was also ...

Locals living near Vaikunth say they have felt no relief from smoke or air pollution despite PMC's claims. With no real-time ...

Visitors to Mani Bhavan Gandhi Sangrahalaya in Gamdevi have one more reason to head to this historic landmark that best ...

An excerpt from the story ‘Flower of Evil’, by Satchidananda Routray, in ‘Maguni’s Bullock Cart and Other Classic Odia ...

Perhaps this is why God demands that the animal sacrifice be dismembered, eviscerated, its pieces stacked on the pyre. Seeing one’s Ferrari taken apart piece by piece and junked on a furnace ...

On Monday, her cousin took a long bamboo pole from the bier that carried her a few hours earlier and began to sift through the charred wood from the pyre, checking for any mortal remains. “Kuch nahi ...

The current theory is that this was the funeral pyre of a local ruler. The flames burned out the human remains and any wood and textiles leaving only the metalwork, but it is clear that that ...

Most modern structures are built to last 50 years or so, but ingenious ancient engineering has kept this watery city afloat for more than 1,600 years – using only wood. As any local knows ...

While sustainably-grown wood can be an economical and eco-friendly building material, its relatively low tensile strength limits its potential applications. That could soon change, however ...

Story continues below this ad The surahi also can have a sharp conical base that allows it to be perched between planks of wood on a ship or buried in sand ... is carried in a pot to light the funeral ...

As they do today, tourists, pilgrims, and curious passers-by often gathered at Manikarnika or Harishchandra ghats, by the banks of the sacred Ganga, to watch a body set alight on a burning pyre, hear ...