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...
