Intriguing painting of the 1st Shii Imam/4th Caliph Hazrat Ali with his sons Imam(s) Hasan & Husayn (@ChristiesInc 2013/SaeedMotamedColl). Dated...

Bahu Begum was only legitimate daughter of he Nawab Mutaman-ud-Daulah Muhammad Ishaq, a noble in the Court of the Mughal...

‪Most people only know of one tree of life jaali in the Sidi Saiyed mosque in Ahmedabad.‬‪There are two of...

the dargah on left is Khwaja Nasrallah Wali son of Baba Farid in bijapurIt is said that when Hazrat Gesu...

I walk the steep steps ( definitely 100 +) behind Priti who is also carrying a baby.She's been coming to...

Pasande ( family recipe from Jaunpur /Banares the region to which my mother belonged) IngredientsMutton cut into parcha cut 3/4...

When we lived in Jamshedpur we would often go by road to Dhanbad where my in laws lived. All along...

Take a full cauliflower. Cut the stalk in such a way that it can sit flat. Boil water with salt...

An eternal favourite during winters Steam the bathua lightly ( you can grind it raw too)Add a few cloves of...

After the foundation stone of the Red Fort was laid in 1639 AD, it took nine years to build the...

‘Dastan-e-Ghadar: The Tale of the Mutiny’ by Zahir Dehlvi offers insights that are particularly relevant today. Butkhano'n mein jab gaya...

Deep in the central ridge forest near Malcha Mahal is the medieval dargah of Khwaja Moluddin Chisti.Famous for his generosity...

While growing up I remember Amma getting various Parathas made during winters. Our favorites were mooli, qeema and chane ki...

Champaner is a medieval city ‘frozen in time’.It's now been declared a UNESCO heritage city.On my visit there my first...

Shah Burj missing a dome now were royal apartments - the Nahr e Bahisht originated & flowed thru out the...

1. Munshi Mohammed Ali Tashnah was an eccentric poet in Ghalib's era who came to mushairas in a state of...

The Atala Masjid built in 1408 by Sultan Shamsuddin Ibrahim is one of the beauties of Jaunpur and the Sharqi...

This maqbara in Katghara near Jaunpur was so beautiful. Syed M Masum tells me it's the tomb of the Ruler...

Bahadur Shah Zafar’s court was adorned, amongst others, by Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, Hakim Momin Khan Momin, Shaikh Ibrahim Zauq,...

Today is the birth anniversary of one of my heroes, the multi faceted, very talented #BahadurShahZafarHe was a Crack shot-...

On the first floor A small Radha Krishna temple ( late Mughal Era) made by a noble from jhajjhar and...

Prof Romila Thapar writes about the Allahabad Ashoka Pillar"It was probably originally cut, sculpted and polished at Chunar (near Varanasi),...

Here is an example of how the same information was presented differently in the two editions and why edition one...

The miniature is inscribed with the following text: “...hamīn shab i chahār shambah, qal’a i Dehli rā sair kardah. Shabash...

Hazrat Syed Burhanuddin Qutub-ul-Alam, was the grandson of the celebrated Makhdoom Jahaniyan Jahangasht. He came to court of Ahmad Shah...

Dargah Hazrat Kapoor Shah Baba near Ajaigarh Morning I visited a Dargah near Ajaigarh enroute to Sariska .In the evening...

The utterly gorgeous Lattan Masjid of Gaur. I need to plan another trip there after the p. These are from...

This gurudwara is located in Talwandi Sabo, which also has one of the five takhts of Sikhs (Takht is a...

The #GurdwaraHajiRatan Sahib is extremely peaceful.I sat there in quiet contemplation Bhatinda

The Mosque in Lodi Gardens ( near Bara Gumbad) A very popular sight in Delhi monuments especially of the Lodi...