Indian Ghosts News Today

Films and books transport us to worlds where goblins and wraiths roam free. Urban legends and myths would have us believe that anything can happen anytime!The success behind books that scare us silly is that we want to be scared again, and again. But what frightened us last time won’t frighten us again, and therein lies the catch.

The author of ‘Haunted Places of India’ on why we believe in ghosts, how ghosts are more relatable than gods and more

This week was all about polls. The week ended with a bang as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rode to power with yet another thumping majority in the politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh. Also two big films released this Friday, Prabhas's Radhe Shyam and Dhanush's Maaran.

In letter and spirit, a book on Indian ghosts Phantom tales: Ghost stories are popular in literature across the globe   -  ISTOCK.COM× Riksundar Banerjee draws from a rich repertoire of ghost stories to craft an encyclopedia of otherworldly beings * Author Riksundar Banerjee dissects the characteristics of the ghost in diverse cultures * Some ghosts try to sexually seduce their victims. “Sexual desires have often driven ghosts into finding a way back to the mortal world” * Banerjee’s s...