~Tanushree Wadodkar We have all seen and loved ‘Heeramandi- The Diamond Bazaar’ by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. We have admired the actors’ beauty, the costumes, and the grand sets. But let’s talk about the actual core of the series- the tawaifs. Who were they? How did they come to be? And what happened to them? Several […]Read More
-Tanushree Wadodkar India has 28 states and 8 union territories. That is the map of India we know today. But it did not always look the same. Over the years, the boundaries within the country have undergone several changes. Territories have been acquired, states created on linguistic basis, and state boundaries altered. As the population […]Read More
-Tanushree Wadodkar When I first stepped into the Cellular Jail in Port Blair, Andaman, I just stopped. I have tried to describe that moment several times, but I honestly don’t know how. The small cells, the hanging cellar, and the darkness, both literal and metaphorical, were overwhelming to say the least. It did not feel […]Read More
~Tanushree Wadodkar When people talk about ‘Indian Mythology,’ they often think of figures like Lord Rama, Devi Sita, Lord Krishna, the Pandavas, etc. But to be honest, there are so many others who have moulded the events of our mythology, and yet they are not talked about. These characters may not always be the centre […]Read More
-Nisha Jha “Bhangarh” fort is a historic fort located in the “Alwar” district of Rajasthan, India, near the Sariska Tiger Reserve. This fort is widely known for its Mysterious stories and many people say, this is India’s most haunted place. But still, approximately 1500 tourist visit the fort on normal days. Bhangarh’s mystery is the […]Read More
-Oishee Bose At first glance Nihali looks like a footnote in the vast story of South Asian languages: a handful of words muttered in a few villages on a boundary map. But look closer and the footnote opens into questions about who lived where before the big language families spread, how languages survive contact, and […]Read More
-Oishee Bose There is something almost cinematic about a scientist who climbs into the Himalayas to hang photographic plates on a rickety frame and waits, sometimes for months, for invisible rain from the cosmos to etch its secret on silver halide. That image fits one chapter of the life of Bibha Chowdhuri: a young Bengali […]Read More
–Saptadeepa Mahapatra The story of the Indian Subcontinent is often told through the lens of great Mughal emperors, valiant Rajput warriors, or the complex legacy of British colonialism. Yet, woven into the very fabric of Bengal and the Deccan is a thread that traces back thousands of miles across the Indian Ocean to the Horn […]Read More
-Prachurya Ghosh If you travel across the plains, hills and river valleys of India you will see some really amazing monuments. These are the Nagara temples. They are not just buildings for worship. Also show how people felt about their faith used their imagination and were very skilled at art. These temples have tall towers […]Read More
-Prachurya Ghosh When we think of Abraham Lincoln we often think of a few pictures: a tall man with a thoughtful face a simple log cabin where Abraham Lincoln was born and a nation at war under Abraham Lincolns leadership.. Behind these pictures there is a very human story. A life that was shaped by […]Read More