-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 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 Maps often seem reliable because they offer a clear and organized image of the world. A classroom map, a folded atlas, or a phone map seems to offer an objective view, and that appearance encourages people to accept what they see without asking why it looks that way. Transforming the round Earth into […]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
-Neha Garg Sujini embroidery is a work from Bihar. It is an expressive product of art in textile. It is given protection under the GI registration act. Usually it is quilt or bed spread. It is usually made of old clothes but now generally it is made of easily available fabric. Embroidery is done with […]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
-Oishee Bose If you turn up at Tiretta Bazar early, you feel like you’ve stumbled into somebody’s memory. Steam climbs from aluminium steamers, a vendor nudges a bamboo basket across a wooden stall, a little kid tugs an elder toward a stall that smells of pork buns and moong dal, and the city’s different tongues […]Read More
-Prachurya Ghosh Introduction: A Woman Who Defied Her Age In the story of late eighteenth-century India, one would indeed be remiss not to mention the extraordinary life and contributions of Begum Samru, a woman who defied almost every social, political and gendered norm of her time. Rising from extreme poverty to become one of the […]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