Indology

Indology Indology is the academic study of India and its people: history, cultures, religions, languages, and literature. A specialist...

Kaapi

Coffee! Throughout the world there are many ways to make a cup of coffee. Within a country also there...

Kirtan: Untranslatable Indian Word

Kirtan is a Sanskrit word, कीर्तन , and found its way literally to other Indian languages including English as it is ‘kirtan’.

Pro, PRO, Pro Bono, Pro Bono Publico

Pro bono means something done for free, something done for the public good, something done for free for public welfare, something done...

Decoction

Decoction means a process, or action, of extracting the essence of something from something. Decoction is a concentrated liquor resulting from heating...

Ascension, Ascension Day

Ascension, Ascension Day, Holy Thursday, Ascension Thursday Did you notice the Ascension Day, also known as Holy...

Down, Downs, Wenlock Downs

Down, Downs, Wenlock Downs Down: Down functions as an adverb (Laxman fell down), preposition (Laxman ran...

Goulash (Gulasch)

Goulash is a Hungarian dish, gulasch: soup, or stew. It consists of meat (beef, veal, pork, lamb) cooked in a sauce and...

Tortoise and Turtle

Turtles and tortoises are reptiles, and are related. Both of them have the distinctive protective gear in which the head and the...

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