Paresh Rawal stars in The Taj Story, a drama challenging the Taj Mahal’s origins. It explores the Tejo Mahalaya theory ...

The Code of Hammurabi, named after the king of Babylon, stands as one of the earliest and most comprehensive written legal codes in history.

Historian and former diplomat Olivier Hein argues that Mauritius is a strategic crossroads that has shaped global history.

Hemp arrived in Ireland via Viking ships by at least the seventh century, used initially for rope and sailcloth rather than ...

Justice P S Narasimha applauded a new book that re-evaluates the historic underpinnings of India's contract law from fresh perspectives. Speaking at the book launch event, Narasimha underscored the ...

The question of whether the Caspian is a lake or a sea often arises, with the answer being both, depending on perspective. Scientifically, it is a lake, being landlocked and primarily fed by rivers, ...

The man was James Marston Phillips, Jim Brown’s grandfather; the town was Aberdeen, Ed Van Syckle tells us in “The River Pioneers.” Of Irish, Cherokee and Black ancestry — mulatto, in the parlance of ...

The ties between Wales and Islam can be found stretching back hundreds of years, a new study from Cardiff University finds.

The mind is the last frontier of human freedom. If we allow it to be colonised without consent, we will have permitted the ...

The first time Elena Giacci (Diné) heard of forced sterilization, she was at a conference. It was 1994, and she had just ...

When are the governors of a state a ‘government’ and when are they a ‘regime’? When is the killing of 160 little children a terror attack, and when is it when little girls just ‘die’ autonomously in ...

The power struggles within a contentious Indian family feed the rise of a demagogue.