Among the many eccentricities against women in the name cultural religious and traditional was Mulakkaram or Breast Tax a tax forced upon the Dalit women of Travancore in order to cover their breasts ...

Robert Kelly is managing director of XTS Energy LLC, and has more than three decades of experience as a business executive. He is a professor of economics and has raised more than $4.5 billion in ...

The differences in the mindset of South Indians and North Indians has been the object of much fascination and in no small measure pride and envy The stereotype of the rough rugged aggressive foulmouth ...

Since 1947, India and Pakistan have been locked in conflict over Kashmir, a majority-Muslim region in the northernmost part of India. The mountainous, 86,000-square-mile territory was once a ...

Although Damask roses are cultivated in other parts of India, the varietal favors Ganges ... The earliest known botanical perfumes date back to ancient Egypt, when plants were crushed and infused ...

King Saul dies in battle. When the Philistines find him they strip him of his armor, a practice of war in Ancient times, and put his head in the temple of Dagon. By doing this, they attempt to show ...

Officials said the ancient city of Kuélap is the most important archaeological site in northeastern Peru. Photo by Peru's Ministry of Culture. High up in the mountains of Peru’s Amazonas region ...

It also gave us our closest look yet at the map, which is set in Vice City, Leonida, a fictional city and state based on Miami, Florida. As you’d expect, plenty of real locations have made their ...

One of the big contentions of popular historian William Dalrymple’s latest book “The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World,” which came out in the United States a few weeks ...

Straddling the Tennessee-North Carolina border, Clingmans Dome is one of Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s most visited destinations. So, if you want to snag a parking spot (the lot often exceeds ...

Greer is located in eastern Arizona within the White Mountains and is surrounded by the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest. Authorities set a "go" status for the communities of South Fork and North ...