The order of the Knights Templar was officially founded in 1119 AD by a group of nine prominent knights, led by Hugues de Payens (Hugo de Paganis). Besides Payens, the other knights were recorded as ...

The Karthigai Deepam saga is only the latest reminder of the grand old party’s long history of discomfort with independent ...

The ancient Thiruparankundram hill in Madurai, a site long revered for both the Subramaniya Swamy temple and the Sikkander ...

For six decades, Dravidian political ideology has held sway. After years of unsuccessful attempts to establish a foothold, ...

This declaration of independence in Paris on December 14 th, 2025, may not make Jews as happy as they once were, but it may ...

Zionists draw on the military imagery of Hanukkah, while others look to the synagogue prayers that focus on the miracle of ...

Editor Gerald Owen pushed me to be fair in assessing ideas I disagreed with. He made me a better writer and a better person ...

A New Democratic History, Rohit De and Ornit Shani show how upper-caste Hindus tried to protect caste privilege by presenting ...

Diagoras was the first known atheist, whose bold critique of the gods was crucial in shaping early Greek secular thought.

Everyone at the party was praising love, calling it beautiful and benevolent. Diotima says this cannot be the case. Love is ...

Published in Zürich in 1525, Lucas Cranach the Elder’s map came at a moment when the modern idea of nation-states was only ...

Human rights groups say the world must pay more attention to the assault on one of Africa’s oldest Christian communities.