Both Hebrew and Chinese emerged from pictographic origins. Before alphabets and phonetics, their letters and characters were ...

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Emiko Ohnuki-Tiernay discusses rice's profound cultural significance in Japan, tracing its historical roots from ancient ...

The Tibetan spiritual leader has announced that his organization will search for his successor. However, China wants to ...

Splendid sculpture and painting from LACMA's permanent collection was packed up about eight years ago. Finally, it's back on ...

Almost 90 US B-29 bombers dropped about 6,000 tons of napalm on Kumagaya, Japan, on the night of August 14-15, 1945. Eighty ...

The Buddha Samyak Darshan Museum-cum-Memorial Stupa being constructed in Vaishali will be inaugurated in presence of Buddhist monks from 15 countries.

Xuanzang's journey in India is reviving the country's forgotten Buddhist heritage. Deepak Anand, a researcher and heritage ...

A mythical birthplace, a political symbol, and the site of one of history’s most powerful eruption. It's all hidden from the ...

For many, the American flag represents freedom and national pride — but some argue it’s taken on a role more like a religious ...

As humanity transitions to the possibilities of the mid-century let's appreciate the possibilities that the Dalai Lama's institution represents ...

Amid the rise of digital communication such as texts, emails and emojis, the act of writing a letter has become an intentional act of care ...