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‘Only I Know…’: Sardar Patel Wrote This Letter On Nehru’s 60th Birthday
Despite what some might say today, the mutual admiration between Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel has been well-documented. This is not to say that political disagreements did not exist,...
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Rani Rashmoni: When A Bengali Widow Outwitted The East India Company
For all of history, Indian women have been championing social change, pioneering important movements, and making invaluable contributions to society. But as can be seen from our history books, their...
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Scientists Claim World’s ‘First’ Beach Was In India; Here’s Where It Is Now
Challenging the long-held notion that continents first emerged from the ocean 2.5 billion years ago, scientists in India, Australia and the US have found that this phenomenon occurred much earlier —...
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When a Freedom Fighter Led Farmers to Force the British to Repeal 3 Farm Laws
As British-rule in India entered the 20th century, the time was ripe for a farmers’ agitation in undivided Punjab. Better lines of communication, transport, and the downward turn in the local agrarian...
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‘I Am An Ordinary Citizen’: JRD Tata Wrote This Profound Letter To A...
Much has been written about the legacy of industrialist Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy (JRD) Tata, whose shrewd business sense ensured that the Tata Group became what it is today — one of the largest and...
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Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Doctor Conducted 876 Autopsies in a Night to Uncover The...
“At that moment when you are faced with hundreds of bodies, you feel dead inside. The only thing you can do is steel yourself and get to work. But, I must have cried some ten times the next day,” says...
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Horrified by The Cruelty of War, Emperor Ashoka Built an Infrastructure of...
“Amidst the tens of thousands of names of monarchs that crowd the columns of history … the name of Ashoka shines, and shines almost alone, a star.” – HG Wells, English novelist, journalist,...
View Article‘The Black Tiger’: True Story of RAW Agent Ravindra Kaushik’s Incredible Life
“Kya Bharat jaise bade desh ke liye qurbani dene waalon ko yahi milta hai?” (Is this what lies in store for people who sacrifice their lives for a big country like India?) These words of anguish were...
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When A Portuguese Woman Intrigued With An Emperor In The Mughal Empire
In the suburban village of Okhla, one of the oldest in Delhi, stands a tall board that reads ‘Sarai Julena Gaon’. This signboard is the last remaining proof of a sarai, or rest house, built for weary...
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Legends In Pics: 10 Indians Who Silently Sparked Revolutions in Art, Science,...
Sports, science, art, and more — India has left her mark on many fields over the course of her history. And to spark these revolutions, it often took just one person to lead the way. From the first...
View ArticleThe Delightful History Behind Where Rajasthan’s Traditional Dal Baati Churma...
Who doesn’t love the quintessential Rajasthani dish dal baati churma? Do you know the interesting tale of how it originated? It is said that while the Rajputs were establishing their reign over...
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The Forgotten ‘Sardar’ From Kerala Who Saved Thousands During Partition
What are the milestones that an individual has to achieve to make their lives “well lived”? Humans have a tendency to describe a person’s life in a couple of words — she was a scientist, he was a...
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At 17, Assam’s Forgotten Freedom Fighter Laid Her Life to Hoist the Indian Flag
India has many great, historical tales and legacies to tell. The fight for independence, in particular, was able to bring out the heroes from each bylane of the country. History books are flooded with...
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Who Is Jamini Roy Whose Bengal Home Is To Become India’s First Private Artist...
A 75-year-old building located in the historical streets of South Kolkata was recently acquired by Mumbai-based art gallery DAG. The building, which is all set to become India’s first private...
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History Behind How a Lawyer From Gujarat Led 1000s of Indian Labourers to...
Slavery was abolished in the 1830s but the gruelling fate of the Indians in Fiji — a country in the South Pacific that also has status as an archipelago of more than 300 islands — was persistent,...
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Inside India’s Only Interactive Music Museum Studded With History & Nostalgia
A brightly painted auto rickshaw, with no driver, has two visitors seated inside, listening to Indie pop from the early years of contemporary rock music. Adjacent to it is a space dimly lit and...
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The Migration of the Tandoor: A 5000-YO Cooking Secret Behind a Global...
You’ll find a list of tandoor items on the menu of most Indian restaurants, no matter what corner of the world you’re in. The science of baking flatbread in an urn-shaped oven is not recent, but one...
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Why Freud Wrote Letters Praising This Bengali Pioneer of Mental Health Care...
In March 1922, Dr Sigmund Freud, the legendary Austrian neurologist and founder of Western psychoanalysis wrote a letter to his colleague Lou Andreas-Salome, a Russian-born thinker and psychoanalyst,...
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A History of Santiniketan: The ‘Vessel’ That Carried Rabindranath Tagore’s...
Author Gaura Pant ‘Shivani’, in her book Amader Shantiniketan, recalled Santiniketan as “a peaceful retreat that remained unshaken by the din and terror of the world beyond.” And through the course of...
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ISRO’s 1st Launch, Sardar Patel’s Speech: History in Pics of Moments That...
Significant events throughout Indian history have shaped our nation and continue to impact our present day. While some of these events chronicle achievements, others highlight some melancholic times....
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