President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, known to electorate as AKD, in a more than three-hour long marathon talk show on Sirasa ...

Americans might be puzzled as to why an autocratic strongman holds such appeal with voters. But it’s a story India has seen a ...

Among the rare documents being preserved is a fully intact volume of Kautilya's Arthashastra, a seminal work that offers ...

The Oriental Research Institute at the University of Mysore is nearing the completion of its major digitization project, ...

Bengali grandmothers have an unwavering love for handloom textiles, with starchy jamdani being a festive favourite. During this time, the delicately pressed five-yard pieces, often tucked away in ...

Kautilya’s Arthashastra mentions a Superintendent of Ships, responsible for inspecting and taxing blue-water vessels and rivercraft, yet the treatise makes no reference to a navy. There is no Indian ...

In time for Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s 149th birth anniversary on 31st October, the author of a recent book on the accession of the princely states to the Union of India looks at how he employed all ...

Kautilya’s Arthashastra from the 3rd century BC advocated for the collection of population statistics for state taxation policies. During the Mughal era, Akbar’s administrative document ...

Hanuman of Ramayana was the golden spy in the war of Ram against Ravana. Our ancient treatise Manusmriti and Kautilya’s Arthashastra elaborate on facets of the working of spies and diplomats. Koutilya ...

Machiavellianism is a strategy of social conduct aimed at manipulating people for one's gain, even if it harms the other ...