In 'Echoes Of Eternity', Pavan K Varma explores the history of Indian philosophies from the Rigveda to the present.

C ount on Korean food for a sensory experience. There’s the banchan that seemingly refills itself. Sizzling dolsots that you can only hope land on your table. Kimchi tofu stew t ...

Hats were decorated with not only individual feathers but the stuffed remains of entire birds, complete with beaks, feet and glass eyes ... with the local quail, kestrels, bluebirds and herons.