In a historic moment, Heart Lamp, a short story collection by Banu Mushtaq, became the first Kannada title to win the prestigious Booker Prize.

It is the first time that the award has been given to a collection of short stories. "Heart Lamp" is the first book written ...

A look at three important ceremonies that take place in the early years of a Hindu ... ceremony, together with the use of astrological charts, the head-shaving ceremony and the sacred thread ...

The Sacred Thread ceremony is a ceremony for boys in some Hindu communities to confirm they are of an age to take on religious responsibility. Girls are sometimes honoured in the same way ...

Madurai: Amid a sea of devotees filling the air with intense devotion, the celestial wedding of Goddess Meenakshi and Lord ...

KALABURAGI: A candidate was allegedly asked to remove his janivara (the sacred thread worn largely by Brahmins) before writing the afternoon session of National ...