During 1560-1561 the faction supporting Maham Anaga remained dominant. Vincent Smith calls this period the ignoble interval when Akbar...

INTRODUCTION Babur named all three of his daughters by Dildar Begum after the word Gul ‘rose’; (Gulrang: ‘rose colored’, Gulchihra:...

Many of us probably remember the first chapter of our history textbooks in 12th grade- Bricks, Beads, and Bones, about the Indus Valley...

Pedagogies of educational transitions reflect stages of social evolution; they also help to analyze the relationship between...

PART 2: POLITICS AND LATER LIFE Politics was not all that Swarup had on her mind. Her husband had already found an ideal match for their...

During the Swadeshi movement in Bengal major changes were coming in, inspired by indigenization as the soul force impacting all spheres...

Every year in the month of June-July (Ashadha), the Rath Yatra (Chariot festival) is observed in the temple town of Puri, Odisha....

"This beautiful building is in itself a school of design"- Lockwood Kipling The historical sites can be conceptualized as mirrors of...

PART 1: EARLY LIFE Motilal Nehru’s natural shrewdness, persuasive manners and sense of humour had enlivened many a courtroom. But his...

The ancient imperial citadel of Odisha, the fortress of Barabati, also a masterpiece that stands ruined and dilapidated today, is a...

Mughal paintings developed around the 16th century. Mughal paintings are the kind of paintings that the Mughals brought in with them....

The term “shamanism” is used to describe the spiritual practices of indigenous communities all over the world. It is a religious practice...

Betel Leaf or Paan has a history that dates back to more than 5000 years. Paan finds mention in many ancient texts. Paan has originated...

The Malfuzat records the teachings of mystic or Sufi saints and of the pirs and the sheikhs. Malfuzat literature can also be defined as...

Architecture is the physical embodiment of the aesthetic values and creative genius of human beings. Since time immemorial, human...

Mahatma Gandhi once said, “We are all leaves of a majestic tree whose trunk cannot be shaken off its roots which are deep down in the...

In the summer of 1916, Sir Dinshaw Petit, an affluent Parsi businessman, invited his close friend, the barrister and rising politician...

Amritsar literally the ‘pool of nectar’ is the ‘Vatican city of Sikhs‘. The city was established around Golden Temple by the fourth guru;...

Many actors came on screen, saw some success, and were forgotten with time, but very few had a charisma of their own, one such actor was...