Dorian Q. Fuller's research explores the origins and evolution of rice cultivation, distinguishing between African and Asian ...

India’s Sunday holiday tradition can be traced back to a 19th-century movement led by Mumbai mill worker leader Narayan Meghaji Lokhande.

Past the flats, in Samut Songkhram, a colossal Buddha rises in suspended creation. Its torso unfinished, scaffolding clinging ...

With the Dalai Lama turning 90 on July 6, anxiety over his succession has reached a critical point. For Tibetans, the stakes are existential. But for China, the potential vacancy offers a strategic ...

For two millennia, Tibet and China have clashed for power. The Dalai Lama's role in Tibet's history and his upcoming 90th ...

Born in Himachal Pradesh in 1966, Shartse Khensur Rinpoche Jangchup Choeden is a Tibetan Buddhist scholar and current ...

Despite being a stateless monk with no official power, the Dalai Lama remains one of China’s most persistent challenges. As ...

By David Bolling Among the compelling excuses espoused by American policy makers and warmongers for the extraordinary cost in lives, treasure and domestic tranquility invested in the Vietnam War, was ...

Over the decades, various methods have been used or proposed by pro-democracy forces to end military rule, but none has ...

Turkish security forces have seized 825 kg of heroin and detained 30 suspects linked to an international drug trafficking organization in an operation across seven provinces, said Turkish Interior ...

China has lashed out against Tibetan leader Dalai Lama over his comments on appointing his successor to protect the 600-year-old institution of Tibetan Buddhism, saying that only China has the right ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emphasised that the initiative to share the holy relics of the Buddha with Vietnam ...