Medieval India’s Muslim rulers introduced the tradition of cooking flour, semolina, rice flour or gram flour with sugar, ghee ...

Basant Panchami 2025 marks the celebration of Saraswati Puja, but why do Bengalis avoid eating ber (jujubes) before the ritual? Explore the spiritual and cultural reasons behind this unique tradition ...

This unique degree programme offers training in an unparalleled range of ancient languages and their associated history, culture and textual traditions. Students study Hebrew and either Greek or Latin ...

Many of those in the small Muslim elite were Urdu-speaking Muslims who did not think of themselves as or call themselves ‘Bengalis’. They usually did not speak Bengali and did not identify with the ...

But the citrus genus has a surprising history, popping up everywhere from ancient Rome and the Renaissance to naval exploration and Casanova's famed romantic trysts. The history of citrus dates ...

The Indian jujube or ber holds a special significance during Basant Panchami celebrations as they are offered to goddess Saraswati during Saraswati Puja. This antioxidant-rich fruit also holds a ...

The Sterkfontein excavation site, which exposes the ancient deposits that once formed underground and contain Australopithecus fossils. The fossil-bearing red sediments clearly contrast with the grey ...

The political rhetoric and the police action have left many Bengalis who have migrated to Delhi in the danger of being branded as “illegal Bangladeshi immigrants”. Across two localities ...

It, however, blames the Awami League for three things. First, its leaders allegedly incited Bengalis against their own “political Mir Jafars and parasites” and “exploiters and dacoits” from West ...

Population of ancient Greece, Men weighing merchandise, side B of an Attic black-figure amphora. Credit: Marie-Lan Nguyen Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.5 Estimating the population of ancient Greece is a ...

It is used in all sorts of delicious dishes, which is why it's a favourite for Bengalis at home and abroad. To make nona ilish, the gills, the intestine, and any remaining eggs are first removed ...