Founded in 1982 as the Downtown Dance Festival, the Battery Dance Festival (BDF) is New York City’s longest-running free public dance festival. It brings together companies from across the world for open-air performances against the dramatic backdrop of Lower Manhattan’s waterfront.
Independence Day of this year-2025 promises to be a grand blend of tradition and modernity- from historic Red Fort ceremonies to celebrations of ‘Operation Sindoor’ and the vision of a bold, inclusive, and forward-looking Naya Bharat.
In a remarkable turn of events, which bridges centuries and continents, a small box containing what are believed to be bone fragments of Lord Buddha has been returned to India after spending 127 years in the possession of a US family