-Tanushree Wadodkar I remember the first time I watched Ramayana on TV. I remember sitting with my family and watching the stories I had grown up hearing. I also remember how one particular character stayed with me for years: Urmila. Her silent endurance, her support for her husband, and her sacrifice felt overlooked amidst the […]Read More
-Tanushree Wadodkar The story of India’s struggle for independence is often associated with mass movements, protests, satyagraha, and revolution. Naturally, we tend to think of names like Mahatma Gandhi, Bhagat Singh, Mangal Pandey, and Jawaharlal Nehru. However, long before these movements took shape, some individuals were working towards exposing the realities of British rule, not […]Read More
-Tanushree Wadodkar Lord Krishna occupies a rather unique position in the Hindu traditions. He is seen not just as a God, but also as a friend, a guide, and a companion. He is also a central figure in the great war of the Mahabharata. However, beyond the battlefields, diplomacy, and philosophy lies another aspect of […]Read More
-Devashree Kulkarni Long before social media influencers and trendsetters there were merchants, monks and travelers were the first influencers and influenced people by spreading ideas, beliefs, fashions and culture while traveling around different regions. There were no smartphones and social media they used caravans, ships and trade routes to connect with people. One of the […]Read More
~Tanushree Wadodkar Among the many philosophical and spiritual religions that emerged in ancient India, Buddhism is one of the most influential. It began as a journey of one man seeking answers and became a religion that spread to several parts of the world. Buddhism focused on personal conduct, compassion, self-awareness, and the search for enlightenment, […]Read More
-Tanushree Wadodkar Mythology and history, more often than not, remember the figures who stood at the centre. The ones who fought battles, ruled kingdoms, and commanded armies. We don’t usually look beyond them. We don’t see the person who shaped them. The mother whose love gave them the strength to be the person the world […]Read More
-Tanushree Wadodkar मेरे तो गिरिधर गोपाल दूसरो न कोई। जाके सिर मोर मुकुट मेरो पति सोई। तात मात भ्रात बंधु आपनो न कोई॥। छाँड़ि दी कुल की कानि कहा करिहै कोई। संतन ढिंग बैठि-बैठि लोक लाज खोई॥ चुनरी के किये टूक ओढ़ लीन्ही लोई। मोती मूँगे उतार बनमाला पोई॥ अँसुवन जल सींचि सींचि प्रेम बेलि […]Read More
-Tanushree Wadodkar My first introduction to the Roopkund Lake was through an Instagram reel. At first glance, it looked beautiful, nested in the mighty Himalayas. But the more I read about it, the more intrigued I became. Located high in the mountains of Uttarakhand, Roopkund Lake does not seem unusual. It is remote, cold, and […]Read More
Long before the modern classrooms, universities and printed textbooks became common, India had already built one of the world’s oldest and most sophisticated traditions of education. In ancient times knowledge and education was not any tool to secure the job it was pursued with the aim to be able to choose a right path and […]Read More
-Devashree Kulkarni A memorable moment of 2025, Chola Copper plates finally came back home.The centuries old Chola copper plates inscribed records from one of South India’s greatest empires were formally returned to India after being traced overseas for decades. More than just metal sheets etched with ancient writing, these plates carried the voice of a […]Read More