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In Tajikistan, discover the ruins of a once mighty Silk Road kingdom
The country’s most important archaeological find has been compared to Machu Picchu. Here’s how to see it At…
Demand For Exorcisms On The Rise In Tajikistan And Central Asia, Despite Crackdown, Scandals
Madrid (10/03 – 21.43) Exorcism is a key source of income for Sabohiddin Shodiev, a popular cleric in…
Deepavali, Celebrating Festival of Lights
Amsterdam, Berlin (16/11 – 10) Diwali, a.k.a. Deepavali, is a Hindu religious celebration as well as a traditional…
Sri Lanka’s New Visa-free Policy for India; Culture and Religion Are Magnet for Indian Tourists
Now that India and travellers from six other countries – China, Russia, Malaysia, Japan, Indonesia and Thailand, can…
Row Over Tagore’s Name Missing on Santiniketan’s Unesco Tag Plaques
Visva-Bharati university has installed three plaques describing Santiniketan as a Unesco world heritage site that feature the names…
How Colonialism Shapes Our Discussion About Central Asia
A recent article from the American Political Science Association (APSA) examined how the words used to describe Central…
Indic Textiles: The History of Saree
Mainstream historical discussions have often focused more or less on great wars, monarchical exploits, technological developments, architectural and…
The Assassination of Indira Gandhi: I was There
On 31 October 1984, Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, was killed by her Sikh bodyguards. The assassination…
Ceylon
The story of Britain’s acquisition of Ceylon, one of the strangest in the history of imperial expansion is…
The Nomads of Mongolia
With a population of around 3 million and the area of 1,566,000 square km (605,000 sq mi), Mongolia is the…