Opinion

The Ganga as metaphor

The travel writer Bill Aitken tells a story about the Ganga. He was walking down its banks with an Indian friend, who decided, on the spur of the moment, to take to take a ...
A vast Asian delta is quietly sinking beneath millions of people, scientists warn, and the danger is not just rising seas but what is happening underfoot across India and Bangladesh.
Indian mythology is filled with stories of gods and heroes, but some of its most powerful tales are about human effort a ...
The newly inaugurated Aqua Life Conservation Monitoring Centre for Ganga and other rivers, inaugurated on 13.01.2026, has been established at the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, as a ...
“अन्तःसलिले येन तिष्ठति काशी सदा स्थिरा।” Kashi stands eternal, held within the waters themselves. Why is Ganga Jal from ...