All posts tagged "Buddhism"

Holland Cotter
A Sculpture Commands, Soothes and Beckons Us

The 7th century metal sculpture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which shows the Buddha in his earthly...
Kieran Cunningham
The Time I Died in Ladakh

Travel for me had never been a means of meeting new people, but of meeting awe and wonder...
Little India Desk
UK Police Return 12th Century Buddha Statue Stolen from India 57 Years Ago

India gets back 12th century bronze Buddha statue, 57 years after it was stolen from Nalanda museum.
Holland Cotter
At the Rubin Museum, the Future Has Arrived. And It’s Fluid.

The Rubin Museum of Art, much of it comprising Buddhist art from the Himalayas, is devoting its 2018...
Aswati Anand
Heritage Heroes: Preserving History on Roof of the World

As history crumbles in the face of modernization, art lovers from across the world try to preserve Ladakh’s...

Chetna Kapoor | February 28, 2019
The Rise Of The NRI, The Influential Non-voter

In 1936, Radhakamal Mukerjee, a famous Lucknow-based social scientist, wrote a book titled Migrant Asia that contained an...
Chetna Kapoor | February 28, 2019
Love And Marriage: Rebels Against An Indian Tradition That Endures In The U.S.

For years, my mom, Indira Pillay, told her American friends and colleagues that she and my dad had...
Chetna Kapoor | February 27, 2019
Integration Of Indian And African Flavors Accelerates

In the 2006 comedy movie “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby,” Mr. Bobby (played by Will Ferrell)...
Chetna Kapoor | February 26, 2019
Oscars 2019: The Indian Sanitary Pad Makers’ Story Wins Award

Sneh was 15 when she started menstruating. The first time she bled, she had no idea what was...
Chetna Kapoor | February 26, 2019
India’s Rich Fancy These Foreign Destinations

In India, there is no dearth of wealth and the proof of this is the growing number of...

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A Sculpture Commands, Soothes and Beckons Us