If you thought the Hell's Gate was the only astonishing thing about Turkmenistan, here are 20 weirdest facts about the weirdest dictatorship in the world.

The infamous yet all the more relevant (at least for Gen-Z) Urban Dictionary defines the term 'passport bros' as 'men who have chosen to seek out foreign women, typically from other countries'.

There is copious evidence that the Vedic Aryans sacrificed cows and ate beef. In the Vedas there are references to various kinds of sacrifice in which cows were killed and its flesh was eaten ...

A recent study shows that India has the lowest rate of divorce in the world — only 13 out of 1,000 marriages in India, a mere 1 per cent, end in divorce.

Technology has become a major part of cricket these days. A prime example of this was visible in the India vs Australia T20I at Mohali. During the 11th over of the first innings, India's Umesh ...

As the South Korean First Lady Kim Jung-sook set foot in India on her first foreign visit without being accompanied by her husband, President Moon Jae-in, a historical page that defines India’s ...

Manusmriti is usually traslated as "code of Manu", but it literally means "reflections of Manu". It presents itself as a document that compiles and organises the code of conduct for human society ...

An insight into the genealogy of the Maratha Kshatriyas and warriors of Chattrapati Shivaji, whose bravery changed Indian history by ending Mughal dominance, and keeping the British at bay for ...

The exclusion of the avarna took the form of arguing that some communities were “Asprishya”, a term that came into use at this time. This dates to the early to mid centuries of the first ...

On the surface, Raksha Bandhan seems like a quintessential North Indian Hindu festival. And while this claim is true to a large extent, the festival's history shows how it has also been used to ...

I wonder if the Archbishop has had the “thou shall not steal” conversation with Her Majesty. In fact, I wonder if his predecessors had one with those that adorned the throne before her. I’m ...

When an Indian child is growing up, her parents ask her at some point: "Beta, which one is your favourite scam?" The kind of scam you like reveals a personality type—a guide to the future ...