Most people who go to visit the Taj Mahal in Agra are probably unaware that other wives of Emperor Shah...

SufiThursdays The story goes that the jinns were not letting the Taj Mahal be built, so Shah Jahan called Sheikh...

https://youtu.be/bC-0C7KMPUo The fort of Kalinga in the south-western corner of district Banda in UP is on the border of Madhya...

Deep in the forests of the Vindhya mountains of Chitrakoot is the Amravati Ashram The Amravati Ashram is one of...

سبک بر داشت آن کوه گران راچو ماه نو بر انگشت آسمان را Lightly he lifted that heavy mountain /Like...

This is one of the most famous representations of #yusufzulaikha by Kamaluddin Behzad the legendary Persian painter. It is in...

One of the most famous Sufis of the ninth century was a woman named Fatima (d.838) who lived in Nishapur....

The fun part of Kalinjar Fort are the ones away from the beaten track. We walked quite a long way...

Central India has a long history of Saivite worship.As seen in earlier posts, Kalinjar Fort as some stunning sculptural depictions...

One of the highlights of the Neelkanth Temple in Kalinjar Fort is a 24 feet rock cut sculpture of Lord...

SufiThursdays I came across this dargah in Gulbarga.It's called Jhat Pat Bibi ki dargah and women come here in great...

Magar jab shukr-e-ne’mat mein jabin jhukti hai bande keWoh sachi bandagi hai ik sharifana ita’at haiJosh Malihabadi you have probably...

In 2013 I visited the Nabi Karim area in Paharganj, Delhi.There I found what seemed like a derelict mosque or...

Ladies Shooting from a PavilionThis 19th century Kota school painting in the Cleveland Museum of Art, painter's name isn't known.This...

Do read The Taliban are the ugly offspring of the Cold War who came to power in the 90's as...

Muharram terminology :as seen in this painting by Sewak Ram, "A Muharram Scene", Patna, India c1807 (Victoria and Albert Museum)...

Orchha was founded as the capital of Bundelkhand by Rudra Pratap in 1531. He built his citadel on an island...

Contributed by Dr Tahir Zaidi who has invented this recipe Boneless chicken 250 gmCurd 100 gm2 large onions finely choppedGG...

Near Almora (35 km away) are a few clusters of ancient Shiva temples. The Jageswar valley became a major tirtha...

The famous poet Dabir-ul-Mulk, Najm-ud-Daula Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib was born on 27 December 1797 and witnessed the first war...

My normal way of seeing a city's unknown monuments is to hire a rickshaw/auto and ask them to take me...

The Zadibal Imambara was built in 1518, by Kaji Chak,and is one of the oldest historic places in Kashmir valley....

Mirza Izzad Baksh Bahadur popularly known as Nili Sahib , was the son of Shah Alam II, (1762-1825). He had...

An unknown shrine of two saints became the centre of a conspiracy theory that Jesus survived crucifixion and came to...

Ever since I saw the movie Haider, I have been very eager to visit the temple of Martand. It's only...

Recipe and cooking by Dr. Tahir Zaidi Bhindi half kg cut in 1 “ piescesTomatoes 3Ginger 1 1/2 “ gratedSaunf...

"There is one GodBut with a hundred names.There is not a blade of grass,Which does not worship Him."Nur-Nama - poem...

Nothing quite beats the feeling of awe as one gets a first glimpse as the thick wooden door opens and...

I had done this in 2013 for @ Urdu alfaz twitter handle. Posting it here youtube.com/watch?v=SPRdjRwh6XE …reference : dialogues taken...

By Dr Tahir Zaidi Kathal 1/2 kg cut in 2 in piecesPyaz 1 kg Finely slicedTomatoes 250 gmchoppedDahi 250Laung 5...