There are 220 heritage cities in the world, but not a single one in India. For a start, the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) is making efforts to get world class heritage city status for Delhi by UNESCO. ”While the Archaeological Survey of India has its hands full protecting heritage monuments, [...]

A G K Menon, First Heritage City, INTACH, Maj Gen L K Gupta, ndian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, UNESCO

What make a piece of cloth Most expensive? Fabric, Brand name associated with it, Jewels, or the heritage carried by it. To your surprise, the factor associated with this Sari is the “Painting”. Ascintillating beauty bedazzled with 12 valuable stones and embossed with 11 celebrated paintings of Raja Ravi Verma, the world’ most expensive sari [...]

Chennai Silk, Most Expensive Sari, Sari

Holi – the festival of colors, marks the triumph of goodness over evil. This brings in the opportunity to convey the the message of love, trust and brotherhood. Hence, people come together to celebrate this festival of colors with great zest. People get together to celebrate the fun and excitement of this colorful festival. Holi [...]

Gifts On Holi, Happy Holi

In spite of being such a colourful and gay festival, there are various aspects of Holi which makes it so significant for our lives. Though they might not be so apparent but a closer look and a little thought will reveal the significance of Holi in more ways than meets the eyes. Ranging from socio-cultural, [...]

Happy Holi, Significance

Busy collecting balloons, coloured powders and pichkaris for Holi? How about investing in some mild cleansers, oils and caps to protect your skin and hair from harsh chemicals and the sun? Most of the powders used in Holi are not derived naturally and contain chemicals like mica and even lead that not only irritate the [...]

Hair, Happy Holi, Skin

Holi is around the corner and so are ‘bhang thandai’ and ‘bhang pakoras’! But not everyone knows of the enormous health benefits of bhang – known as cannabis sativa in medical language – that is widely used in ayurvedic treatments. “The use of cannabis sativa in ayurveda varies according to the symptoms and causes of [...]

Happy Holi, Holi, Holi and Health

Holi ke rang mein’, ‘Rang barse bheege chunar wali’ and ‘Holi khele Raghuveera’ are some popular Hindi movie songs that captured the spirit of the festival of colours on the big screen. But recent years have witnessed a dearth of songs revolving round the festival, leaving audiences with no choice but to stick to the [...]

Happy Holi, Holi Songs

Festival of Mahashivaratri is the most important festival for the millions of devotees of Lord Shiva. The festival has been accorded lot of significance in Hindu mythology. It says that a devotee who performs sincere worship of Lord Shiva on the auspicious day of Shivratri is absolved of sins and attains moksha. Significance of Shivaratri [...]

Gaura, Goddess Parvati, Hinduism, Mahashivratri, Shiva Puja, Shivratri

The new version of Mile Sur Mera Tumhara – The song of India released on 26th Jan. The new version of the song released by Zoom TV after 22 years after the 1st version of the song. More than 70 National icons are acted with thenew version . The premiers of the song started from [...]

A.R. Rehman, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Amaan and Ayaan Ali Khan, Amithabh Bachchan, Anushka Sharma, Bhupen Hazarika, Bichung Bhutiya, Deepika Padukone, Dr. K. J. Yesudas, Dr. L. Subramaniam, Faizal, Film field, Gurdas Maan, Mile Sur Mera Tumhara, Music field, Priyanka Chopra, Rahul Sharma, Ranbir Kapoor, Saina Nehwal, Salman Khan, Shaan, Shah Rukh Knan, Shahid Kapoor, Shaimak Dawar, Shankar Ehsaan Loy, Shilpa Shetty, Shivakumar Sharma, Shreya Goshal, Sivamani, Song on National Integration, Sonu Nigam, Sports field, Sushil Kumar, Taufiq Qureshi, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Ustad Rashid Khan, Vijendra Kumar, Zakir Hussain

The simple Surya Namaskar that has been practiced in India for years has recently found a whole lot of takers. And if you want a good start to your day, what better than the Surya Namaskar, which is known to have a host of health benefits. There are 12 different poses to do in a [...]

Baba Ramdev, Benefits, Surya Namaskar, Yoga