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Cinema

Sorrow of rivers

A documentary film festival in Bangalore helps create awareness about the water crises of the future.
VIKHAR AHMED SAYEED
Art

The great quest

After six years of wandering, Gautama Siddhartha attained his goal: he became a Buddha, one who had gained Bodhi.
TEXT & PHOTOGRAPHS: BENOY K. BEHL
Art

Opulent sculptures

Epigraphist V. VedachalamS forte is the study of Jaina sites.
Art

Culture of peace

The Upanishads, composed in the 8th or 9th century B.C., form the basis of all major faiths that originated in India.
TEXT AND PHOTOGRAPHS BY BENOY K. BEHL

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