Indian Culture  

Avantika Khanna is just 17 years old, but her passion for history and heritage has made her dream big and achieve those goals. A year ago, she created an app called India Story to help people rediscover India’s rich heritage by curating audio tours of Indian monuments. Her recent venture is www.indiastory.me, which brings together culture walk providers under one umbrella. Let’s find out more about her journey in this episode of Culture ‘Shauk’ with Sunita Iyer.

In the bid for future generations to rediscover the glory of ancient India, the archaeological sites of Rakhigarhi, Sivasagar, Dholavira, Adichanallur and Hastinapur will be developed as iconic sites with on-site museums. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also announced that Rs 3150 crore will be allocated for the Ministry of Culture, under which the sites fall. Let’s find out more about the 5 sites in this episode of Culture ‘Shauk’ with Sunita Iyer.

Recently, a humble gesture by co-founder of software giant Infosys, Narayana Murthy, touching the feet of former Chairman of Tata group, Ratan Tata, went viral on social media. Narayan Murthy’s gesture came after he handed over Ratan Tata with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 11th edition of the TieCon Mumbai. While this heartwarming gesture won the hearts of several netizens, it has also brought focus on the age-old Indian tradition of touching the feet of our elders. Let’s find out more about this in today’s episode of Culture ‘Shauk’ with Sunita Iyer.

A fusion of music, dance and drama, folk theatre is a composite art form with deep roots in local identity and native culture. India has a long, rich and illustrious history of folk theatre. While some folk theatre forms like raslila, ramlila, dashavatar are recognized all over the country, there are some which remain largely unnoticed. Let’s find out more about some of the lesser-known Indian folk theatre forms in this episode of Culture 'Shauk' with Sunita Iyer.

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani today flagged off the inaugural run of the second premium Tejas train between Ahmedabad and Mumbai. Services on this train, operated by IRCTC, will begin on January 19 from the city. Pegged as a symbol of Indian culture blended with modernisation for enhanced passenger comfort, here’s everything you need to know about this train.

January 16 onwards, free Hindi classes would begin. It is imparted by Moxraj, a teacher of Indian Culture at the embassy.

Atithi Devo Bhava! The ancient Indian tradition of welcoming the guest as God has stayed alive despite the countless changes our country has gone through. Stories in Vedas like the one where Lord Vishnu visited his devotee’s house ratify the nature of the tradition deeply ingrained in Indian society. The recent gesture of President Ramnath Kovind compromising his security protocol to help a US couple take their wedding vows as per the planned schedule in Kochi is testimony that guest still remains akin to god in our country. Let’s find out more about this interesting story in this episode of Culture ‘Shauk’ with Sunita Iyer.

Suniel Shetty, the Bollywood action icon and founder of FTC Talent Media & Entertainment, was felicitated with the Award for Excellence for his Contribution to Indian Art and Culture.

In today's episode of Culture 'Shauk', we take a look at the origin of yoga and its revival in contemporary India.
 

Yana and Natasha who had come to visit India during Diwali festival not only learnt yoga, but also taught it to school students at Hardoi in Uttar Pradesh.

Today, as author Amish Tripathi turns 45, let's take a look at how this popular contemporary author made the current generation fall in love with Indian mythology & revived our culture through the famous Shiva Trilogy.

Priyanka Chopra, who is currently on the Jonas Brothers tour, celebrated her very first Karwa Chauth and documented it by sharing pictures on Instagram

In a special episode of Culture ‘Shauk’, MyNation speaks exclusively to Sriram Emani, Co-Founder and CEO of IndianRaga - a global community of performing arts that provides a platform for talented artists to collaborate and perform, across 40 cities in the world.

The Tamil Nadu government is considering banning the popular lip-sync app on the grounds of it ‘degrading’ Indian culture, but here is what the people have to say