The core idea behind Diwali is the triumph of good over evil, reflected in its rituals like diyas and rangoli. Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists and Jains worldwide are celebrating Diwali this year on November 12. The festivities that run for five days are characterised by bright lights, burning incense and sumptuous meals — especially sweets. Families otherwise separatedRead more
France has banned the sale, possession and transport of all fireworks during the upcoming Bastille Day festivities. The government issued a decree on Sunday prohibiting “pyrotechnic articles” for the 14 July celebrations that mark France’s national day. The move comes after rioting sparked by last month’s police killing of 17-year-old Nahel M by police inRead more
The world’s oldest toys date back thousands of years – but determining whether ancient children played with them, and how, remains a mystery archaeologists are piecing together. O Over the two decades that archaeologist Gus Van Beek excavated Tell Jemmeh, an Assyrian settlement inhabited from around 3,800 to 2,200 years ago, he recovered so manyRead more
From fairytale and formal to satirical and subversive – the art and photography that depict Her Majesty the Queen reveal some interesting truths. Holly Williams takes a look.W When Cecil Beaton photographed Her Majesty the Queen to mark her Coronation, in 1953, it was – as you might expect – in full pomp, with orbRead more
The move is one of the harshest restrictions imposed on Afghanistan’s women since the Taliban seized power last year. Afghanistan’s supreme leader has ordered the country’s women to cover their faces in public – one of the harshest restrictions imposed on them since the Taliban seized power last year and an escalation of growing restrictionsRead more
A new true-crime series explores an unexplained 2001 death – but how does it compare to the gripping 2004 documentary of the same crime, asks Caryn James.A Amidst an apparently endless flood of true-crime series, what can possibly set any of them apart anymore? Well, a charming, wily murder suspect and a death that remainsRead more
Vocibus volutpat reprimique eum cu, his nonumy voluptua lobortis et, eum periculis assueverit reformidans at. Amet sanctus neglegentur at sed, saepe scaevola atomorum mea ex. Mutat nostro an eos. In atqui deleniti dissentias duo, ea mei consul fabellas, id ius vero saperet. Quis exerci ei qui, per ut vocent dignissim reprehendunt, dicat postea eum ut.Read more
Vocibus volutpat reprimique eum cu, his nonumy voluptua lobortis et, eum periculis assueverit reformidans at. Amet sanctus neglegentur at sed, saepe scaevola atomorum mea ex. Mutat nostro an eos. In atqui deleniti dissentias duo, ea mei consul fabellas, id ius vero saperet. Quis exerci ei qui, per ut vocent dignissim reprehendunt, dicat postea eum ut.Read more
Vocibus volutpat reprimique eum cu, his nonumy voluptua lobortis et, eum periculis assueverit reformidans at. Amet sanctus neglegentur at sed, saepe scaevola atomorum mea ex. Mutat nostro an eos. In atqui deleniti dissentias duo, ea mei consul fabellas, id ius vero saperet. Quis exerci ei qui, per ut vocent dignissim reprehendunt, dicat postea eum ut.Read more