Acute cocaine intoxication, which resulted in brain and pulmonary edema and ultimately led to cardiovascular and respiratory failure, is the established cause of death of 36-year-old Yavor Georgiev on ...

Nammazhwar, traditionally considered to be from the Shudra varna, hailed as foremost among all the Azhwars and Sri Ramanuja’s message of Prapatti (surrender to the divine) uniting all bhaktas ...

Most children in India are taught about the four-fold caste system that emerges in the Vedas. However, in real life, these four categories are not distributed equally across India. In North, South, ...

Veteran Sheffield Steelers' fans are mourning the death of a former NHL forward Scott Metcalfe, who has died at the age of 58. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Star, you can get ...

The old varna model (Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya, Shudra, Ati-shudra or Pancham) is now replaced by a new categorisation (General, OBC, Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe). The general principle remains ...

In the vast landscape of post-Independence Indian literature, Phanishwar Nath Renu (1921-1977) remains a spectral figure, immensely influential, yet curiously under-studied. While his debut novel ...