~Vani Mishra Of all the ancient riverine civilizations namely the Tigris, the Euphrates, the Indus, the Yangtze none blended the sacred and the political as tightly as Egypt on the Nile. Here, faith did not exist apart from law, and government was never far from ritual. Every temple inscription, towering statue, and dawn chant swept […]Read More
~Vani Mishra Among the imposing monuments of ancient Indian warfare, none inspired more veneration or strategic worth than the war elephant. Greater than a beast of burden or tool of terror, the elephant was an extensively integrated element of statecraft, military science, and ritual authority throughout the Indian subcontinent. To study the legacy of India’s […]Read More
-Vani Mishra There was a time, not so long ago in the greater arc of history, when we knew how to listen to water. Not just use it. We observed how it fell from the sky, how it slipped through earth, how it waited in quiet corners for us to find it. Our forefathers were […]Read More
-Mili Joshi The workers, being the spine of every industry, economy, and society, have often been the starting point of real human change in history. When the wages were such that they didn’t even begin to make up for their labour, when workdays became unbearably long, and when working conditions crossed the line from difficult […]Read More
-Mili Joshi The end of World War II in the year 1945 was only ushering in what amounts to an indefinite continuation of the war for millions of people around the world due to the psychological and emotional scars left by the conflict well after fighting ended and treaties took place. While governments moved forward […]Read More
-Bhoomee Vats The other name for the Indo-Greek Kingdom is the Graeco-Indian Kingdom. It is historically famous as the Yavana Kingdom and was a Hellenistic-era Greek kingdom that covered parts of Afghanistan, all of Pakistan (specifically the northwest region of the Indian subcontinent), and a small area of Iran, from 180 B.C.E. to around 10 […]Read More
-Muskaan India has a rich history of multiple religions, beliefs, customs and rituals. In this diverse nation, diversity exists in worship also. While it is prominent as a Hindu nation, communities have their worship systems, where they have their tribal Gods. Tribal Gods are the folk deities that have spiritual and cultural importance among communities. […]Read More
-Ananya Sinha Ancient myths were not only religious and cultural patterns but also templates of the explanation of justice, power, and human behaviour. Perhaps the most primitive topic explored in the myths is the tension between divine justice drawn from cosmic or moral order and human law that is fashioned for the ordering of society. […]Read More
-Vani Mishra At the center of Rajasthan’s desert sun-scorched landscape rises the Sambhar Salt Lake. India’s largest inland salt lake. A tourist destination today and a center of salt production. But centuries ago, it was the center of a pre-colonial salt economy controlled by a class of influential salt merchants. These merchants, eclipsed by stories […]Read More
-Vani Mishra Odisha A beautiful gem on the east coast of India,Odisha is famous for its vibrant cultural heritage, classical dance forms and magnificent temples. Of these wonderous works of architecture, the Konark Sun Temple, looms large not only in a physical sense; but as an embodiment to the craft, brilliance, and cosmic knowledge of […]Read More