temple
5 ARTICLES
Can Sri Mandir get Indians to worship online?
The faith-tech firm has made a promising start in connecting devotees to temples, but to become the Flipkart of online worship it must traverse a tricky landscape.
02 Aug 2024
A campaign for a monastery in Muslim-dominated Kargil has Ladakh on edge
An ‘apolitical’ Buddhist monk has revived a 50-year-old dispute over a religious site. Now he also has the blessing of the BJP.
09 Jul 2022
Why control of temples makes for good politics
State control of temples is an issue that’s emotionally charged and fraught with contradictions, allowing political opportunism to have a field day.
02 Apr 2022
Metro rail projects could derail the economy
Expanding the metro rail network across the country with complete disregard for cost overruns and operating losses will have disastrous consequences on the state and national exchequers.
03 Jan 2022
India, emojified
2019 is the year of the Indian emoji. We present the conception to birth-and-after stories of the temple, diya, autorickshaw and sari.
19 Nov 2019