This is not just a festival unfolding in Kerala. On the banks of the Bharathapuzha river, history is being rewritten, and a new religious claim is taking shape.

For over 3,000 years, Jews have oriented their faith, culture, and identity toward Jerusalem. “Next year in Jerusalem” is not a metaphor but it is a declaration of continuity. Zionism did not begin in ...

The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics begin in one week, and the United Nations and organizers are calling for a 7-week pause of all wars worldwide — as they do every time the Olympics take place.

The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics are just one week away and United Nations and Games organizers are urging a 7-week global ...

A Greek period Aramaic inscription found in eastern Turkey reveals the role of local elites in the ancient Kingdom of Sophene ...

A 1976 article from the Village Voice archive exposed the fact that Marion Javits, wife of the powerful U.S. senator, was lobbying for Iran.

The Aztec empire succumbed to its own imperial arrogance, alienating neighbours who ultimately helped bring about its ...

Two professors of sociology at Florida International University write that top-down decisions on how and what they can teach do not represent the ideals of higher education.

Kyrgyzstan's bride kidnapping "tradition" is not as ancient as it seems ...

Ancient Greek coins acted as a version of social media, broadcasting political power and national identity to every level of ...

A museum built directly atop the ruins of an ancient city at the heart of what once was the Wuyue Kingdom opened to the ...

India celebrated her 77th Republic Day on Monday, with the parade also marking 150 years of Vande Mataram, the iconic anthem written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay| India News ...