-Saptadeepa Mahapatra The pink blossoms, the bright colors, the vibrant beats, the calm breeze in the evening- all indicates the arrival of spring and specially the festival of Holi, marking the triumph of good over evil and of eternal love. Since the ancient age, the festival of colors has painted India’s cultural canvas, with renewal, […]Read More
–Saptadeepa Mahapatra With the fading cool breathes of winter, every spring brings a subtle restlessness all over the Indian subcontinent, especially the Northern belt, the air begins to sway the enchanting scent of new blossoms. It’s a gentle reminder that festival of colours- Holi is just knocking on the door. People are very familiar with […]Read More
-Saptadeepa Mahapatra Art, literature, language, music- all act as the building blocks of a culture, slowly structuring the community. The rich cultural history of any community gains momentum when it is conveyed to the rest of the world. Adivasi, the ancient inhabitants and the indigenous people of India constitute about 8.6% of India’s population. While […]Read More
-Prachurya Ghosh The Muromachi period in history which was from 1336 to 1573 is really hard to put into simple words. It was not a time of peace and it was not just a time of war and chaos either. The Muromachi period was a time of change when the people in charge in the […]Read More
-Prachurya Ghosh Childhood Trauma and the Formation of Autocracy Ivan was born in 1530 to Grand Prince Vasili III, inheriting not only a throne but a fragile political world. When his father died in 1533, Ivan was just three years old—too young to understand power, yet old enough to become its symbol. A child who […]Read More
-Nisha Jha This story is about a king of jodhpur named “Maharaja Hanwant singh”, his first wife “Krishna kumari” and his second wife “Zubeida Begum”. MAHARAJA HANWANT SINGH “Hanwant singh” born on (16 June,1923) was the Maharaja of Jodhpur, carrying his father “Umaid singh” legacy as ruler of the princely state of Marwar in September […]Read More
-Oishee Bose Most people conjure stories of resistance against slavery, the creative survival of diasporic communities, and drawn-out battles for rights and recognition when they consider Black history. We should give those tales our complete attention. However, Black histories also include other sorts of stories about political agency, kings and patrons, and cultural impact. An […]Read More
-Chirag Peshawariya A warrior born from the heart of India that sent shocks down some of the mightiest courts and royal chambers, and the empires that opposed him (and watched him closely) made sure to never underestimate him once, let alone twice was Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the founder of a new Maratha State, and one […]Read More
-Prachurya Ghosh Introduction: A Forgotten Woman of Empire Susanna Anna Maria occupies a distinctive yet largely forgotten position in the social history of colonial India. Known historically as Begum Johnson of Calcutta, she belonged to the early generation of Eurasian Christian women who emerged in eighteenth-century Bengal, at a time when colonial society was still […]Read More
-Prachurya Ghosh Print culture refers to the complex system through which written texts are produced, circulated, consumed, and interpreted within society. It includes not only books and newspapers but also pamphlets, posters, journals, advertisements, and all other forms of printed material. The history of print culture is therefore not simply a technological story about the […]Read More