Hindu devotees carry a basket with idols of deities of Ganesha, the elephant-headed god, and goddess of wealth Lakshmi to perform rituals on the occasion of Bengali New Year’s day in which traders in ...

Pohela Baisakh, the Bengali New Year, falls on April 15. Celebrations occur in Bengal, Tripura, and Bangladesh. The day marks ...

Guwahati: On the eve of the Bangladeshi New Year, the interim government chief Professor Muhammad Yunus called upon the ...

It all started with a king’s command and the struggles of farmers. But over time, Pohela Boishakh became much more than just a calendar fix—it turned into a celebration of people, pride, and protest.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended his warm greetings to the nation on various traditional New Year celebrations observed ...

As spring returns and the sun shifts course, two vibrant Indian festivals — Kerala’s Vishu and Assam’s Bihu — unfold rituals ...

As a result, Asians’ fondness for gold is often attributed to cultural reasons. But India and China are culturally very ...

As a result, Asians’ fondness for gold is often attributed to cultural reasons. But India and China are culturally very dissimilar, and South-East Asian countries would chafe at being lumped in with ...