free Thaipusam is celebrated in all parts of the world where there is a concentration of South Indians. In Malaysia, the manifestation of the festival is best witnessed at Batu Caves and Penang.

Sam Riviere’s 81 Austerities (shortlisted for this year’s Forward Prize for best first collection) began in 2011 as a blog in protest at the Government’s spending cuts, and now nestles ...

Vishwamitra surrendered the title given by Brahma and began further intense austerities. The Devas met with Rambha, the celestial dancer and asked her to go where the yagna of Vishwamitra was done.

There are now symptoms that the austerities are going to intensify the social conflict. To bail out Greece from the debt crisis, strong conditions have been put by the EU.

In 2002, introducing a book of poems by 52 living poets, I said most British poets didn't work in universities but earned their living in other ways such as teaching, journalism, publishing or ...

Tapas or performing austerities have various roles in many religions, especially in Hinduism. When we hear the word ‘tapas’ most of us think of sadhus standing on one leg or yogis meditating ...

The State House failed to adhere to austerities announced by Dr Ruto after spending a record Sh11.64 billion, a jump of ...

This paper draws on five successive, comparable studies of English young people's experiences and opinions of debt, conducted between 2004 and 2014. The paper makes three main contributions to ...

Sri Krishna is explaining to Arjuna the three different qualities that are behind people’s actions and behaviour. This is in response to Arjuna’s question about ...

As a painting major in Albany, New York during the late 1980s, it was easy to sprint a few blocks from the art department over to the Nelson Rockefeller Art Collection to grab some inspiration ...

81 Austerities, By Sam Riviere Ellen E. Jones Thursday 13 September 2012 13:39 BST 0 Comments ...