Ramayana, Mahabharata authored by “lower castes”, says CM

In his lectures at Patna University in 1964, Sastri quotes J. Burrow, Professor of Oxford University, who had suggested that “Vedic speech was influenced not by the Dravidian languages of history as we know them, but by an earlier form, a sort of proto-Dravidian, which has long preceded them as well as Aryan advent into India”

In a video, the 64-year-old leader is seen speaking to the election staff at the helipad, asking for their names, postings, and appointment letters. He asked them, “How many people have you searched so far?” When they said that he was the first, Mr. Thackeray asked, “Why am I always the first customer?”

President-elect Donald Trump will nominate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee as ambassador to Israel

She called the book a “space pastoral” about six astronauts circling the Earth, which she began writing during COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns

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'I once thought Shah Rukh Khan to be the most knowledgeable actor in our industry,' Paresh Rawal once told me.'But Sushant was just as well-informed on any topic under the sun.'Subhash K Jha recalls his many conversations with the actor.

The unfortunate thing is that the film will leave a poor impression of the IAF's and indeed of the armed forces's ability to handle sensitive social matters within their professional space, observes Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd).

'You have not understood the heart of the Indian Air Force,' notes IAF Veteran Nitin Welde.

'It's also a movie-crazed kid's idea of a great time,' discovers Sreehari Nair.

'I did not find anything atrociously out of place about the depiction of the IAF's image,' says Group Captain Murli Menon (retd).

It is the most potent symbol of India's soft power -- more perhaps than the IT industry and our managerial skill, notes Vanita Kohli-Khandekar

'I can write a book about Kamal Haasan. No, make that three books.'

Subhash K Jha gives us an insight into Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Saawariya, as it completes 13 years in November.

For Dosanjh to stand by his faith, retain the turban and beard, and yet not trivialise himself in the roles he has essayed, is really his biggest achievement, observes Sandeep Goyal.

'I don't think my troubles would have happened if she was with me. I kind of lost my way after she was gone,' Sanjay Dutt once told Subhash K Jha about his mother Nargis, the legendary actress who passed away this day 41 years ago.

'He didn't have a single mean bone in his body.''He never had a negative word about anybody, not even those who harmed him.'

We are back to being a country that talks about box office numbers as the measure for what an audience's real feelings about a movie are, laments Sreehari Nair.

Sanjay Gadhvi once revealed to Subhash K Jha that he never wanted to make Dhoom.

For someone like me who studied Sam so intently, if a lump could form in the throat during the emotive scenes, I think the cast did a superb job, notes Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd).

Be it Kabir Singh or Ranvijay Singh, alpha males are nothing but grown men in diapers, observes Durba Dhyani.

While the country is gripped by Ram Mandir frenzy, Danish Husain -- without shouting from the rooftops -- silently staged his opinion with this play on one of India's best-known poets, observes Neeta Kolhatkar.

Do you ever find yourself trying to remember the URL path of you images directory? Well with Sass you can quickly add the path to the desired location and just use the variable throughout your code. Sass to the rescue. All you need to do is declare the variable and then use the interpolation syntax when you reference it. More ... Read more

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There are a few ways to implement the clearfix hack but the following Sass Mixin has been in my toolbox for the last year thanks to this article on Nicolas Gallaghers blog. Usage:

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Selected performances from nine of Colonial Williamsburg's recordings, including fife and drum marches, chamber music, slave chants, and tavern songs.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Temple University Press, 2024.

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2024]

[Place of publication not identified] : Filmhub, [2023]

The first scientist from a developing country to be appointed to the top position of IBRO, Shubha Tole is currently the dean of graduate studies at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai

AI systems may not be plotting to incinerate humanity, but they are mushrooming at a time when globalisation has withered, and corporations, not countries, are poised to control technological advances and neural networks

While Intelsat 33e had a history of issues while in orbit, its unexpected disintegration has heightened concerns about space junk

It’s important to anticipate RNA viruses and how they could evolve because they mutate rapidly and adapt quickly to new conditions

ISRO says satellite inputs help in better monitoring and mitigation of cyclone threat

Over 70,000 undergraduate, postgraduate and M.Phil students given degrees in absentia and 520 Ph.D candidates, including 90 gold medal-winners, receive their degrees in person

NASA astronauts discuss extended spaceflight, hospitalisation upon return from the International Space Station

There are many ways we can weave the spirit of social service into our daily lives, even as we learn the value of truly letting go.

Anand Kumar Selvam writes about how research at the university helped him gain more insights into the field of electrochemistry.

ROHAN SHUKLA writes about how his internship at Wipro helped him hone his skills and gain experience.

The decision will help to prevent seats going vacant, says Mr. Ponmudy

UGC Chairman Jagadesh Kumar emphasises that board exams are not likely to be made irrelevant in light of the decline in pass percentage in CBSE class 12 exams this year