December 4, 2024

Heritage

News, articles and Essays on Sanatana Dharma, Hinduism and Indian way of life.

Art and Culture Heritage

Conservation of Ancient Folk Cultures

To protect, preserve & promote various forms of folk art and ancient folk cultures throughout the country including Jharkhand, Bihar and Kerala, the Government of India has set up seven Zonal Cultural Centres (ZCCs) with headquarters at Patiala, Nagpur, Udaipur, Prayagraj, Kolkata, Dimapur and Thanjavur. Jharkhand is the member State of Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (EZCC), Kolkata; Bihar is the member State of North Central Zone Cultural Centre (NCZCC), Prayagraj and Kerala is the member State of South Zone Cultural Centre (SZCC), Thanjavur.

By Kautilya / March 17, 2021
Heritage Indian Legends

Government Announces 23rd January to be Celebrated as ‘PARAKRAM DIWAS’ Every Year

Government of India has decided to celebrate the 125th Birth Anniversary year of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in a befitting manner at national and international level, beginning from 23rd January 2021. A High Level Committee, headed by the Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi, has been constituted for deciding the programs, and to supervise and guide the commemoration.

By Kautilya / January 22, 2021
Art and Culture Economy Governance Heritage Video

KVIC Brings Alive 1000-yrs Old Monpa Handmade Paper Industry in Tawang

Apart from handmade paper, Tawang is known for two other local crafts – handmade pottery and handmade furniture – that are also getting extinct with passage of time. KVIC Chairman announced that within six months plans will be rolled out for revival of these two local arts. “Revival of handmade pottery will be taken up on priority under Kumhar Sashaktikaran Yojana very soon,” Saxena said.

By Kautilya / December 28, 2020
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Google Unveils Machine Learning Model for Indian Languages

Called Multilingual Representations for Indian Languages (MuRIL), the model aims to address concerns around Indian language understanding of computer systems, including all of its complexities like transliteration, spelling variations, mixed languages and other specific use cases that emerge in the Indian context. It also supports transliterated text such as writing Hindi using Roman script.

By Kautilya / December 20, 2020