Hyderabad: A division bench of Telangana High Court, comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Abhinand Kumar Shavili, on Friday ordered a judicial probe by the principal district judge, Warangal, into the alleged harassment and torture of one Banya and his tribal family, residing in Jeedigadda tanda of Chennaraopeta mandal in Warangal district. The High Court directed the principal …
The significance of the Russian ‘banya’ Vladamir Zapletin/Getty Images Groups of friends will often visit a communal banya each week For centuries, these bathhouses have been a place to connect and to heal – and are even considered sacred by many Russians. Avstraliavasin/Getty Images Many Russians have a private banya in their dacha, while public banyas can be found in …
For thousands of years, the banya has been a symbol of human tenacity and endurance, a place to cleanse and transform. As others mourned their favourite hole-in-the-wall establishments, I began to lament the Russian bathhouse – “the banya”, my favourite place in all of New York – just off Wall Street. The Russian love for the banya runs deep In …
