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Buddha Purnima: Here’s Why PM Nehru Took Buddha’s Relics To Ladakh in 1950!
The initial years following Independence were very challenging for the people of Ladakh. In 1948, the region came under siege from Pakistani tribal raiders, leaving much devastation in its wake. Not...
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This 19th Century Mumbai Temple Is Being Restored for a Great Reason!
As a child, I would spend my evenings with my grandmother. She would meet her friends near a temple around 5 pm while I played with mine. At 7 pm, we would both come back home. When I think about those...
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Teams from 31 Countries Are Heading to Kerala, for a 3000-Year-Old Connection!
Once upon a time, the town of Muziris was known to be the most sought-after trade centre famed for its magnificence, glamour and flamboyant commerce, where ships and vessels from across the globe came...
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Sukumar Sen: The Civil Servant Who Set Up India’s Extraordinary Electoral System
The first few years after Independence was a fascinating time for India. On the one hand, there was the general euphoria that the followed the birth of a new nation. As Prime Minister Nehru had aptly...
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Unsung Hero: A Legendary Plane And The Iron Will That Saved Ladakh From...
Earlier this month, the Indian Air Force Facebook page celebrated the famous Dakota DC-3 (Douglas Commercial 3) transport aircraft. In its post, the Indian Air Force spoke of the critical role it...
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20 Years After Pokhran-II, Why India Remains a Responsible Nuclear Nation
From the initial years following Independence till the 1990s, there was a great deal of public debate about whether or not India should acquire nuclear weapons. Discussions at the highest echelons of...
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JP Dutta’s ‘Paltan’: The True Story of the Nathu La & Cho La Standoff of 1967
The man behind movies like Border, Refugee and LOC Kargil, National award winning director of JP Dutta will soon be back onscreen with his next movie, Paltan. And from the looks of its just-released...
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Victory Without a Drop of Blood: The Unknown, And Incredible Story of a...
In the fabled history of Independent India, many citizens from its frontier regions—Ladakh and the Northeast—have significantly contributed to the process of nation-building. Some have received due...
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Care for Some ‘Monsooned Malabar’? You’ll Love This Celebrated Coffee!
Recently, West Bengal’s rasgulla officially became “Banglar Rosogolla” after the coveted Geographical Indication (GI) tag was bestowed on Calcutta gentleman Nabin Chandra Das’s luscious creation — a...
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India’s Iron Man: The Unsung Pioneer Who Made JN Tata’s Industrial Dream A...
Born on May 12, 1855, in the village of Gaipur in West Bengal, Pramatha Nath Bose or PN Bose is counted amongst India’s most eminent scientists, and his many achievements spearheaded the technological...
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Google Honours ‘Maker Of Modern India’: Remembering Raja Ram Mohan Roy
It takes a lot of courage and independent thinking to critique the system that your family and society have followed for several generations. And to shoot the arrow of critique at the bull’s eye, it...
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Check Out India’s Jurassic Village, Where ASI is Preserving 2.6...
Masol, a remote, neglected hamlet lying in the vicinity of the ‘modern’ city of Chandigarh, caught not just the attention of the local authorities but also international scholars when some fossils from...
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Zorawar Chand Bakshi: The Wartime Hero Who Was India’s Most Decorated General
Did you know Lieutenant General Zorawar Chand Bakshi led the Pathans against the Japanese in the British Indian Army during World War-II? After Partition, he subsequently led the Gorkhas against the...
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‘Colonel’ Nizamuddin, the Forgotten Driver Who Took 3 Bullets to Save Netaji...
Seventy-one years after India finally got its hard-won independence, the courage and contributions of many little-known freedom fighters have faded away from public memory. Largely overlooked by...
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Naiki Devi, the Gujarati Queen from Goa Who Defeated Muhammad Ghori
From the legendary Amazons of Greek mythology to Queen Boadicea of Roman Britain, warrior women have fascinated the world for millennia. India, too, has its own share of indomitable women who proved...
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ASI Finds Copper-Bronze Age Chariots, Tombs in UP Village, Calls It...
Back in 2005, in the village of Sinauli, Uttar Pradesh, farmers came across remnants of pottery next to an ancient human skeleton. The farmers didn’t know that it was an ancient burial ground dating...
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Malika Kishwar, the Awadh Queen Who Rests in France’s Most Famous Cemetery
Perhaps the most visited cemetery in the world, Père Lachaise in Paris receives over 3.5 million visitors each year; nearly the same number of people who hit up the Empire State Building in the same...
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Sarfaroshi ki Tamanna: Remembering the Firebrand Called Ram Prasad Bismil
“Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil mein hai, dekhna ki zor kitna baazu-e-qatil mein hai.” (The desire for revolution is in our hearts, we shall see how much strength lies in the arms of the enemy.)...
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Birsa Munda, the Tribal Folk Hero Who Gave the British Sleepless Nights!
There is a certain malleability attached to the phrase ‘freedom struggle’. For many Indians, the phrase refers to their long struggle for Independence against British colonial rule. This was a movement...
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The Other Qutub: Shah Jahan’s Forgotten ‘Mini Minar’ to Be Restored by Delhi...
The name Shah Jahan immediately brings to mind the Taj Mahal, the iconic monument which is a symbol of love and stands tall in all its white glory. However, very few people know that the same emperor...
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